Åsa Holmgren, Human Resources and Talent Management Director
Stockholm, May 10, 2010.
We are pleased to announce that Åsa Holmgren has been appointed ´Human Resources and Talent Management Director´, of the OSM Group.
Åsa, who will also be included in the OSM Group Executive management team, will in this position be responsible for developing, coordinating and leading human resource and talent management activities in the OSM Group to maximize the strategic use of human resources. She will also be in charge of aligning HR processes globally and maintaining strategic HR functions such as employee compensation, recruitment, personnel policies, and regulatory compliance.
Personal Qualities and previous working History:
Åsa is a result-oriented and open-minded business executive with international experience. She holds a broad experience base ranging from large multinational to smaller national companies, from operational line responsibility to management consulting, from running major strategic projects to having corporate staff positions.
Prior to her joining the OSM Group, Åsa held the role HR Director Capgemini Consulting - Central Europe and Asia Pacific. Before Capgemini, Åsa was leading process- and transformation projects at Ernst & Young Management Consulting. She started her career as a trainee at ABB in Sweden and Brazil, after finishing her M.Sc at the Royal School of Technology in Stockholm. She also studied at the Stockholm School of Economics.
OSM Group sees product and operational synergies following successful acquistion of DICOTA brand
Stockholm, Sweden, February 11 2010.
Global mobile accessories specialist, OSM Group, and leading carry solutions brand, DICOTA, have realized substantial product and operational efficiencies in their first 12 months as a merged entity.
“During our first year together, we have identified the core competencies of the two companies, allowing us to forge a leaner and more agile group, better equipped to respond to our customers across segments and around the world,” explains Michel Bracke, OSM Group CEO
The acquistion creates tremendous synergism by coupling the strengths of a world-class OEM specialist in the multimedia sector to those of one of the leading global brands in carry solutions.
“DICOTA retains its strong, respected brand with an established product portfolio and high quality standards. The acquisition allows us to further improve our offering and our service to customers,” says Jean-Pierre Martin, OSM Group Managing Director for Europe Middle East and Africa.
OSM acquired DICOTA in January 2009. Following 12 months of strategic planning, DICOTA’s successful integration into OSM Group is now complete. The acquisition has seen substantive structural synergies that have already created benefits for customers. Of utmost importance, the acquisition has seen the thorough rejuvenation of DICOTA’s respected brand and product portfolio.
Synergies will continue to be realized as OSM and DICOTA share creative capabilities through a global network of designs teams. OSM’s global capacity in customer research and analysis affords DICOTA valuable market insight to develop products that meet the needs of target groups in different markets.
DICOTA’s new look and feel – new brand and corporate identity – are in place and new collections are to follow, including expansion into the Mobile Phone cateogry. OSM plans to launch the new collections throughout the year accumulating in a new fresh and streamlined portfolio by the end of 2010.
DICOTA is extending its brand attraction from corporate and business sectors to the personal market: building on the success of DICOTA’s established, legacy range and evolving the portfolio for the fashion-savvy, multi-media generation.
The rejuvination of the DICOTA product range gets underway at the upcoming CeBIT exhibition that runs between March 2 and March 6, 2010 in Hanover, Germany. OSM and DICOTA will be exhibiting at CeBIT in Hall 15, Stand F16, Planet Reseller, under the campaign theme “Bag to the Future”. CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments.
Thomas Huss, Vice President of the OSM Group, Americas
USA, Dallas: Feb 2, 2010.
OSM is pleased to announce that Thomas Huss has recently been appointed Managing Director, America's, of the OSM Group. In this position Thomas will be responsible for the management and development of all the business areas of the OSM Group in the America's region.
Thomas brings with him an extensive retail and distribution knowledge from within the wireless industry as well as sales and team leadership
Thomas’s seventeen years of progressive business experiences include documented success in sales, business development, marketing, sourcing and operations. A veteran of the wireless industry he has held management positions at Airtouch Cellular (Verizon), Nokia Mobile Phones, Case Logic Wireless, BlueAnt Wireless, and most recently Technocel Corporation where he led new business development activities. Accomplishments within these roles include the successful development and management of branded wireless products, primarily wireless accessory products, and sales programs at mobile handset manufacturers, mobile network operators, the major U.S. distributors and major retailers in the Americas.