Swedish mobile games developer MAG Interactive has appointed former Widespace executive Magnus Wiklander as its new Chief Financial Officer.

He will be placed in charge of optimising internal operations in order to facilitate the publisher's planned growth and increased prosperity in the years to come.

Wiklander was previously the CFO at mobile advertiser Widespace. He joined the company in 2012 and saw it grow from nine to 200 employees.

A perfect addition

"We are thrilled to welcome such an experienced, knowledgeable and driven person as Magnus Wiklander on board as our CFO to help guide MAG into the future", said MAG CEO Daniel Hasselberg.

"With a robust background in building and scaling both organizations and businesses as well as overseeing financial operations in digital marketing, Magnus is a perfect addition to our team of professionals since a large part of our activities capitalizes on digital channels to grow business."

MAG Interactive reached a milestone 100 million downloads across its portfolio of games in June 2016. Its word game Ruzzle had achieved 50 million downloads alone by its third birthday.