Leif JOHANSSON

Chairman, Ericsson

Member of the Board, Boao Forum for Asia

Leif Johansson is the Chairman of the Board of Ericsson. Based on his more than 30 years in executive positions within Swedish companies with global operations, he has extensive experience of international competition and the demands on leadership and expertise. Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and related services to mobile and fixed network operators globally. Over 1,000 networks in more than 180 countries utilize Ericsson’s network equipment and 40 percent of all mobile calls are made through its systems. Ericsson is one of the few companies worldwide that can offer end-to-end solutions for all major mobile communication standards. Prior to joining Ericsson, from 1997-2011 Mr. Johansson was the President of Volvo and Chief Executive Officer of the Volvo Group and from 1984 to 1997 he held various executive positions at Electrolux, becoming its Chief Executive Officer in 1994. In October 2011 Mr. Johansson was awarded the Large Gold medal of the Swedish Royal academy of Engineering Sciences. In 2005 he was recognized with the awards of Royal Automobile Club’s Memorial Medal in Gold (Sweden) and Chevalier dans L'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur (France). In 2001 he was awarded His Majesty the King’s Medal, 12th Dimension, with the Ribbon of the Order of the Seraphim (Sweden). In 2007 he was appointed Honorary Doctor of Medicine of Göteborg University and in 2006, Mr. Johansson was appointed Honorary Doctor of Technology of Blekinge Institute of Technology. Mr. Johansson holds a Master of Science and Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg Sweden. Mr. Johansson is the Chairman of the Board of the European Round Table of Industrialists in Brussels. member of the board of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in the United States, member of the board of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget in Sweden, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and a member of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.