Chairman of the Board of Directors of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Chairman of the Board of Directors of Astra Zeneca PLC

Current Position:

•     Chairman of the Board of Directors of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

•     Chairman of the Board of Directors of Astra Zeneca PLC

•     Member of the Board of Directors of Autoliv, Inc

•     Member of the Board of Directors of Ecolean AB

 

Other assignments

•     Chairman of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science

•     Board member of The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv)

•     Board member of the European Round Table of Industrialists, ERT

•     Delegate of the China Development Forum

•     Member of the Board of the BOAO Forum

•     Member of the Advisory Board of the Mayor of Beijing

•     Member of the Advisory Board of the Governor of Jiangsu

 

Principal work experience and other information:

•     President and CEO of AB Volvo 1997-2011.

•     With the Electrolux Group 1979. Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux 1988-1991, President 1991-1994 and President and CEO of AB Electrolux 1994-1997

•     Holds honorary Doctorates of technology at Chalmers University of Technology and at Blekinge Institute of Technology

•     Holds honorary Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Gothenburg.

•     Officer dans L'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur (France).

•     His Majesty the King’s Medal, 12th Dimension, with the Ribbon of the Order of the Seraphim (Sweden).

 

Education:

Master of Science in Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology.