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Office + Dicom + Zetup become… Nordlo
In my previous column, I shared how I accepted the increasingly exciting challenge of chairing the merger of Office IT-Partner, Dicom, and Zetup. After many years in the industry, including roles as CEO of Martinsson and Atea, I had a broad understanding of the sector...
Every Case Is Unique – Adapt Your Strategy Accordingly!
In my previous columns, I’ve shared insights from my experiences at companies like Martinsson, Atea, Bisnode, Nexus, and Infotheek. Each of these projects involved extensive—and sometimes painful—transformations aimed at creating one company. Now, it’s time to...
The Owners Have Decided – Now It’s Up to You as CEO to Deliver
In several of my previous columns, I’ve highlighted the tremendous value of having strong, ambitious owners backing you—owners who are willing to make bold decisions to consolidate an industry. Having been through this process multiple times, I’d like to share some...
What Happens When You Dare to Think Big?
What happens when two strategic acquisitions are executed simultaneously to create an immediate market advantage? I’ve had the privilege of experiencing this multiple times—and what a privilege it is! In previous articles, I’ve written about the momentum that...
Infotheek and Altor – A winning combination
As I mentioned in my previous post, I was entrusted to be part of the team that would embark on a growth journey with the company Infotheek. The new owners at the beginning of the journey were the company's CEO Jordy Kool and the capital-rich and acquisition-savvy...
Value creation by combining a strong entrepreneur with a capital-rich owner
It was 2016 when Harald Mix called me and told me that Altor had made an acquisition of Infotheek, a fast-growing IT company based in the Netherlands. Harald told me that the company was led by a strong CEO (Jordy Kool) and wondered if I would consider helping the...
Time to upgrade to Lars 2.0
After many years of hard work to put Nexus in order and to prepare the company for the future, I more and more often came to think about the advise from Henrik Engsner from 2014 (see separate article) "You should start thinking about a next chapter where you can help...
Nexus – Securing our financial status
I've shared some stories about how we worked to develop Nexus to ensure survival and then long-term success. In my columns I have told you how Nexus initially was fragmented in its offering based on many acquisitions with limited synergy how we formulated our...
Having good people who care about you is priceless.
This happened in 2014. I was completely focused on Bisnode's transformation and was working almost around the clock. One day I had a visit from Henrik Engsner. Henrik was working as a senior headhunter at the time, with a lot of top-level assignments. I had met Henrik...
We will win this time!
In a previous article I told you how we at Nexus were invited to participate in a large procurement to secure the fleet of a major vehicle manufacturer. How we put together an attractive bid. How we made it to the final of that tender. How we were given the...
Nexus. Learning from loosing a deal…
I've written a few columns about how we prepared Nexus for a more focused and winning future during a period of extremely hard change. Now we were well into this journey. We had a tight management team, we had decided that we would focus on identity and securing it...
Jonas says “Lars. I am fast – but I know a person who is even faster…”
In a couple of stories I have told you how we methodically worked to sort out the security company Nexus Group to set the company in the right strategic position to be a future winner.I have also told you how I had great help from Jonas Dahlberg with the initial rough...