Fagerhult taps new CEO with strong IoT credentials

Bodil Sonesson is steeped in connected security cameras and data analytics for video surveillance stalwart Axis, and is well clued in on sensors. She joins later this year. With the lighting industry heading resolutely into the Internet of Things, Fagerhult Group has landed a new CEO who looks set to bring solid IoT experience — including sensors, data collection, and data analysis — when she joins the Swedish lighting vendor later this year. Bodil Sonesson is currently vice president of global sales at Swedish security-camera stalwart Axis Communications, which claims to have been the first company in the world to have launched a networked camera, back in 1996, the year Sonesson joined.