How to Succeed When Pursuing a Career as a Woman Today

Aberdeen Feminist Society is proud to present Mrs. Victoria Strand, executive vice president at 'Ericsson', currently based in the Middle East.
Mrs. Strand will be holding a speech for the students of Aberdeen University regarding the difficulties that arise when trying to pursue a career as a woman, and how to face and fight those difficulties. It is also important to note as a male, how to not stand in the way of a woman pursuing that career - which makes this talk an important one to attend for everyone.

BACKGROUND
Victoria Strand graduated from the University of Linköping, Sweden , with a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration. Her career at Ericsson began in Sweden in 1989 as Area Sales Manager for the Soviet Union. She has then held several positions in many different areas, including project management, product management, bid-and proposal management, technical sales support, HR and communications.
In 1998 she was named Head of Business Management for Central Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia and held this position until 2001. Thereafter, she led the Product Area “Circuit Switching, TDMA and PDC” in the newly formed and combined Business Unit Systems at Ericsson in Sweden and was a member of the Business Unit Management Team. Between 2003 and 2010, she was the CEO and head of Business Unit Test Environments with a global responsibility for all test equipment used for Research, Development and Support and 1000 persons around the world. In this role, Mrs. Strand and her team managed to make significant cost reductions, while increasing the utilization and efficiency in the test environment area.
In 2013, she was appointed as Head of the GCC and Pakistan Unit, part of the Ericsson Middle East Region. In her new role, Strand will be overall responsible for handling the company’s customer relations, further developing the skill level of employees and focusing on business growth. Based in Ericsson’s Dubai office, Strand will oversee the telecom giant’s operations in the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Yemen and Pakistan.

See you there!