Tomas Franzén — currently CEO of cabel-TV-operator Com Hem — is taking the helm of Swedish media company Bonnier AB, the company confirmed.

Started in 1804, Bonnier AB is a privately held Swedish media group of 175 companies operating in 20 countries. It is controlled by the Bonnier family^.

“Bonnier is an international company, with a powerful base in Sweden, strong positioning and brands, and long-term thinking that’s appealing”, Franzén said in a statement.

A half year ago, Jonas Bonnier stepped down as CEO of Stockholm-based Bonnier, parent to the U.S.-based Bonnier Corporation and divisions in 17 other countries.

Jonas Bonnier is stepping down as CEO of Stockholm-based Bonnier AB, parent to the U.S.-based Bonnier Corporation and divisions in 17 other countries. – See more at: http://partners.decisionbriefs.com/folio/article/jonas-bonnier-to-step-down-as-ceo-of-bonnier-ab/#sthash.Y6tqJ5qc.dpuf

“I’m extremely pleased to be bringing in Tomas Franzén, who has a solid and very successful background as a CEO,” says chairman Carl-Johan Bonnier.

“He has led companies with challenges that are similar in many ways to those that Bonnier companies face: distribution, digitalization and understanding and facing changes in how media is consumed. I’m convinced that Tomas has everything it takes to successfully lead Bonnier.”

Franzén, 51, has been CEO of Com Hem, a leading cable operator and provider of broadband services in the Swedish market, since 2008. Before that, he was CEO of Eniro for four years and between 2002 and 2004, was CEO for Internet provider Song Networks. He has some 20 years of experience as a CEO in both publicly traded and private companies. Franzén studied a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management at Linköping University, Sweden.