ADVISORY BOARD
2018-2020
STOCKHOLM SUSTAINABLE FINANCE CENTRE ANNOUNCES ADVISORY BOARD
BOARD MEMBERS
Magnus Billing
CEO of Alecta
Magnus Billing is the CEO of Alecta. Alecta provides collectively agreed occupational pensions, and is owned by approximately 2.3 million private customers and 34,000 corporate clients.
“It is a great privilege for me to be given an opportunity to contribute and be part of SSFC’s development. The centre can play an instrumental role in supporting and facilitating the transformation of the financial system to a more sustainable system not only in Sweden, but also globally.”
Maria Håkansson
CEO Swedfund
Maria Håkansson is MD and CEO of Swedfund, the Swedish Governments Development Finance Institution. Swedfund’s goal is to fight poverty through the creation of sustainable businesses in developing countries and thereby to contribute to Agenda 2030.
“I am very pleased to have been appointed member of SSFC’s Advisory Board. I want to contribute to the Board with my experience from Swedfund where we create sustainable business in some of the world’s toughest and most promising growth markets.”
Jens Henriksson
CEO Folksam Group
Jens Henriksson has an extensive experience from financial markets, public finances, private companies and international economic affairs, gained during his years as an advisor and policy maker in government, international agencies and policy organs, and president and CEO in private companies.
Anna Ryott
Chair of the Board Summa Equity, Private Equity
Anna Ryott’s professional aim over the last years has been to do everything in her power to fight poverty and climate change through sustainable business. Today she pend most of her time working as Chairperson of Summa.
“Sustainable investments and sustainable finance is key to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. I am excited to work with the center and the board to find new innovative models to accelerate a positive change for people and planet.”
Joachim Alpen
Head of Large Corporates & Financial Institutions SEB
Executive Vice President and Co-Head of division Large Corporates & Financial Institutions since 2018.
“ESG has become a prerequisite in everything that we do, where SEB as an large institution carries a responsibility towards our clients, employees and other stakeholders to be in the forefront and to act according to our values. For me, it is important to be part of the journey together with SSFC of setting new grounds for future requirements when it comes to sustainable capital investments.”
Harald Mix
Managing Partner Altor, Private Equity
Co-founded Altor in 2003. Harald was previously deputy CEO and co-founder of Industri Kapital. Prior to that he worked in the leveraged buyout group at First Boston and at Booz Allen Hamilton.
He is a Swedish national and holds a BSc (magna cum laude) from Brown University and an MBA (Baker Scholar) from Harvard University. Harald is a member of the boards of Carnegie Investment Bank AB and Carneo AB.
Liza Jonson
CEO Swedbank Robur
Previously, she was Head of Funds at Storebrand Asset Management and CEO of SPP Fonder AB.
Erik Berglöf
Professor London School of Economics (LSE), Director of the Institute of Global Affairs
Professor Erik Berglöf is the inaugural Director of the Institute of Global Affairs (IGA) and its newly launched Global Policy Lab at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has published widely in top journals on economic and political transition, corporate governance, financial development and EU reform. He is a member of the Secretariat for the G20 Eminent Persons Group tasked with reviewing global financial governance.
Lars Strannegård
Professor & President Stockholm School of Economics
Lars Strannegård is President of the Stockholm School of Economics. He is the holder of the Bo Rydin and SCA Chair in Leadership. His research interests focus on aspects of leadership, aesthetics, sustainability and organization.
He has carried out research on organizing and management practice in multinational organizations, published for instance in his PhD dissertation Green Ideas in Business.
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CONTACT PERSONS
- Aaron Maltais, Program Director, aaron.maltais@sei.org
- Emma Sjöström, Deputy Program Director, emma.sjostrom@hhs.se
PRESS RELEASES
VIDEO FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Magnus Billing
CEO at Alecta