Entrepreneur of the Year in Malmö 2016- Nicklas Persson CEO, AddPro

"The Entrepreneur of the Year runs a company with a clear vision - We do the job with passion, or not at all! The company competes for global contracts and has won prestigious deals right under the noses of much bigger international dragons in the industry. Many of us are indirectly influenced by the solutions the winner helps his clients with, but for most, he and the company are obscure! He has a strong belief in the city of Malmö, where his headquarters, origins and permanent base are located. From Malmö, the world is around the corner."

This is the jury's motivation for the Entrepreneur of the Year in Malmö 2016!

Finalist picture/winner picture: Oscar Näsström Source: Malmö Business Gala

Finalist picture/winner picture: Oscar Näsström Source: Malmö Business Galax

• AddPro is the best in Sweden in 2016 for the delivery of IT consulting services according to Radar Group's large annual supplier quality review in Sweden, we learned when they released their annual customer survey report on the Swedish market this summer. By then they had interviewed 650 customers and 127 different suppliers were evaluated by Swedish companies and organisations. Sweden's customers rank AddPro as the absolute best company in this area at creating value for their customers so that we are also named Company of the Year in Malmö is incredibly great for us, says Nicklas Persson, CEO at AddPro.

• We see the award as a team win, I would never have had the privilege of receiving the award without having the privilege of being part of the amazing team at AddPro and our loyal customers who constantly challenge us! We fight and we win together, both staff and customers! We are incredibly happy and proud that the City of Malmö values and appreciates the work we do! We take a long-term approach to all our assignments and we have implemented a methodology that is well anchored in both our own organisation and our clients' organisations. This is one of the best proofs we can get that we are on the right track and it encourages us to run even faster in the market and there are many more who need qualified advice on how to take their respective businesses further with the help of IT solutions to strengthen their own competitiveness continues Nicklas Persson, CEO at AddPro.

• AddPro is growing at record speed and our business model with managed services has received a fantastic reception from large and medium-sized customers, so it's particularly nice that it's also being recognised in this type of forum. I think it is important that society pays attention to the business community and entrepreneurs, Sweden is and in the future will be even more dependent on an expansive business community to be able to maintain and develop the business community. I am convinced that every penny that society invests in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs is paid back to society many times over, and this is one of many ways to do that," concludes Nicklas Persson.