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Jonas Wiström

Vice Chairman of the board
Born: 1960. Elected in June 2014.
President and CEO Ratos AB

Other assignments: None.
Previous assignments: Chairman of Ratos AB, President and CEO of ÅF AB.

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Magnus Schöldtz

Born 1965. Elected in June 2019.
Senior Advisor, Wallenberg Foundations AB

Other assignments: The committee for Expo 2020 in Dubai.
Previous assignments: Ambassador, Ministry for Foreign Affairs


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Sofie Lindblom

Born 1989. Elected in June 2016.
CEO and co-founder Ideation360 and part of the Global management team Innovation360 Group AB.

Other assignments: Member of the board Silicon Vikings and Mediafy.

Previous assignments: Global Innovation Manager at Spotify.


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Åke Svensson

Born 1952. Elected in October 2015.

Other assignments: Chairman of the board of Swedavia and Teknikföretagen, Member of the board of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Parker-Hannifin Corporation (USA) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Previous assignments: Former CEO of Teknikföretagen (Association of Swedish Engineering Industries), former President and CEO of Saab AB.

Anna Stellinger

Born 1974. Elected in July 2020.
Head of International and EU affairs at Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.

Other: Conferred the title Knight of the French National Order of Merit by the French President.

Previous assignments: Former Director General of Kommerskollegium, the National Board of Trade Sweden and Director of Sieps. For seven years, Board member of Lund University, the last three as Vice Chairman of the Board.

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Ulrica Messing

Chairman of the board
Born 1968. Elected in February 2020.

Other assignments: Board assignments in PostNord AB, SOS Alarm Sverige AB, Länsförsäkringar Fondförvaltning AB, Astrid Lindgrens värld AB and within the Kosta Boda Group.

Previous assignments: Member of the Riksdag, Minister for Infrastructure and Deputy Minister for Enterprise.

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Anna Karin Hatt

Born 1972. Elected in June 2019.
CEO, Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF)

Other assignments: Chairman of the board LRF Media AB, Chairman of the board Co-operatives Sweden, Member of the board Castellum AB, Member of the board ICC Sweden.

Previous assignments:CEO for Almega (the Employers’ Organisation for the Swedish Service Sector), Minister of ICT and Energy and Minister of ICT and Regional Affairs in the Swedish Government.


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Marie Nilsson

Born in 1964. Elected in July 2018.
Chairman of IF Metall

Other assignments: The Swedish Trade Union Confederation, Nordic IN, Industri All Europe executive committee, Industri All Global, Teknikcollege in Sweden. Member of Nationella godstransportrådet (The national freight transport council) and The committee for Expo 2020 in Dubai.

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Per-Arne Hjelmborn

Born 1969. Elected in September 2019.
Director-General for Trade, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Previous assignments: Ambassador of Sweden to Brazil and Malaysia, Head of Department for the EU Internal Market and the Promotion of Sweden and Swedish Trade. Previously also served at the Swedish Embassy in China, Spain and Chile and at the Department for International Trade Policy.

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Per Westerberg

Born 1951. Elected in June 2017.

Other assignments: Chairman of the Swedish Academy of Board Directors and The Swedish Shareholders’ Association, member of the Board of Infranord AB.

Previous assignments: Speaker of the Riksdag, Minister for Enterprise and Innovation, chairman of the Enterprise and Innovation Committee, chairman of the Environment and Agriculture Committee, member of the Riksdag.



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Jonas Thulin

Born 1965. Elected November 2020.
Program Manager Life Science. Employed at Business Sweden since 2009.

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