Board of Directors
- About us
- Organisation and governance
- Board of directors
Industry representation
Magnus Schöldtz
Elected in June 2019.
Current assignment: Senior Advisor, Wallenberg Foundations AB.
Previous assignments: Ambassador, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Other: The committee for Expo 2020 in Dubai.
Education: Bachelor of Arts and Stanford Executive Programme.
Johan Söderström
Elected in July 2022.
Current assignment: Region Manager, Europe, the Middle East & Africa, Hitachi Energy.
Other : Honorary Doctorates in Technology and Engineering from Uppsala University and Linköping University.
Anna Stellinger
Elected in July 2020.
Current assignment: Head of International and EU Affairs at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.
Previous assignments: Former Director General of the National Board of Trade Sweden and Director of the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (Sieps). Board member of Lund University for seven years, the last three of which as Vice Chairman of the board.
Other assignments: Board member of Swedfund.
Other: Knight of the French National Order of Merit, by decree of the President of France.
Peter Cerny
Elected in July 2022.
Current assignment: CEO ESBE Group.
Other assignments: Member of the Board BE-GE Företagen AB, Member of the Board Proton Group AB.
Education: Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management, Linköping University.
Anna-Lena Öberg-Högsta
Elected in July 2023.
Current assignment: CEO WSP Sweden & WSP Nordics
Other: PhD and associate professor in geotechnical engineering.
Government representation
Mats Granryd
Elected in November 2024.
Current assignment: Director General at GSMA (formerly GSM Association), an international organisation for mobile operators.
Other assignments: Chairman of the Board at Vattenfall AB and Coor, and board member at Ratos. Member of the UN Broadband Commission and the high-level expert group associated with the government's AI commission.
Previous assignments: Various positions at Ericsson and CEO at Tele2.
Education: Master of Science in Engineering, educated at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology).
Anna Karin Hatt
Elected in June 2019.
Current assignment: CEO, Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF)
Other assignments: Chairman of the board LRF Media AB, Chairman of the board Co-operatives Sweden, Chairman of Sigill Kvalitetssystem. Vice Chair of Svensk Kooperation, Vice Chair 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.
Camilla Mellander
Elected in September 2024
Current assignment: Director-General for Trade, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Previous assignments: Consul General in New York. Head of the Department for Promotion and Sustainable Business. Ambassador to Vietnam. Board Member of the EKN Board 2016-2021.
Marie Nilsson
Elected in July 2018.
Current assignment: 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 Westerberg
Elected in June 2017.
Other assignments: Member of the Board of Almi Företagspartner Stockholm-Sörmland, Fundler AB, AB Vaktslottet, Statens Inspektion för underrättelseinhämntning (SIUN), the Export Control Council and the disciplinary committee of the Swedish Bar Association.
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.
Staff representation
Helena Barrantes Carlsson
Elected in November 2020.
Current assignment: Program Manager Export Promotion. Employed at Business Sweden since 2006.
Kaveh Farebrant
Elected in December 2022.
Current assignment: Program Manager. Employed at Business Sweden since March 2022.