Board of Directors
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- Board of directors
Industry representation
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.
Eva Häussling
Born 1967. Elected in June 2017.
Director Trade & Investment Promotion, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Executive Director, Swedish Foreign Trade Association
Other assignments: Member of the board Fonden för Exportutveckling, Ehrenfrid och Lola Owesens Stipendiefond, Chairman of the board German School in Stockholm.
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
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.
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.
Government representation
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.