Positions and assignments
2019–
Minister for Foreign Trade and Nordic Affairs
2017–2019
Board member, Lifco
2017–2019
Board member, Mid Sweden University
2016–2018
Board member, Partnerinvest Norr
2013–2018
Deputy CEO, Almi Företagspartner AB
2010–2017
Board member, University West
2009–2019
Board member, Atrium Ljungberg
2007–2012
CFO, Almi Företagspartner AB
2001–2007
Managerial positions, SEB Private Banking
1999–2001
Project manager, Öhman Fondkommission
1987–1999
Various posts and managerial positions, SEB Merchant
Banking
Chairman of the Board of Volvo Group elected in April 2012.
Born: 1952.
Other current assignments: Chairman of The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and Chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists.
Principal work experience: Has held various positions at Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) and Securitas AB, President and CEO of Assa Abloy AB, President and CEO of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, member of the External Advisory Board of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, the Advisory Board of Harvard Kennedy School and Board Chairman of BP plc.
Education: MSc in Applied Physics, Linköping Institute of Technology, BSc Business Administration, University of Uppsala.