About

A ‘trusted’ advisor to senior management, Åsa Ericson Hedström joined Sony in 2000 as legal counsel, after four years as a reporting official at the Swedish Competition Authority. At Sony she served as interim head of the EMEA legal department and director general counsel for the Nordics before being promoted to her current role as vice president legal and compliance in February 2013. Ericson Hedström now heads a team of 28 and serves as the principal legal advisor and general counsel to the global sales and marketing management team. Based in six locations around the world, she has made the legal department truly global with close cooperation within the department and the business, participating in all processes at an early stage. With a focus on setting the global legal strategy and developing global legal operations, Ericson Hedström’s work empowers Sony Mobile to grow its business in a fast paced market while effectively managing the associated legal risks. Among her most significant work is contributing to the successful transition from Sony Ericsson to Sony Mobile, when Sony purchased the remaining shares from Ericsson in 2012.