Organisation

The Board

Laszlo Szombatfalvy

Founder and Chairman

Laszlo Szombatfalvy (born 1927) came to Sweden in 1956 from Hungary as a refugee. He developed his own model for...

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Mats Andersson

Vice Chairman

Mats Andersson (born 1954) is the former Chief Executive Officer at the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund and has a...

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Christer Jacobsson

Board Member

Christer Jacobson (born 1946) was formerly CEO and chief analyst at the Alfred Berg Group, the largest investment bank in...

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Folke Tersman

Board Member

Folke Tersman (born 1964) is Chair Professor of Practical Philosophy at Uppsala University. He is also the initiator of the...

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Björn Franzon

Board Member

Björn Franzon (born 1944) was formerly Deputy Managing Director of the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4), Sweden’s largest shareholder...

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Jennie Banér

Board Member

Jennie Banér (born 1983) is a labour lawyer and central negotiator at the Swedish Confederation of Transport Enterprises. She studied...

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Johan Rockström

@Board

Johan Rockström is an internationally recognized scientist working on global sustainability issues, and currently director of the Potsdam Institute for...

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The Secretariat

Jens Orback

Executive Director and additional board member

Jens Orback (born 1959) is the former Minister for Democracy, Metropolitan Affairs, Integration, and Gender Equality of Sweden, and Secretary...

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Pamilla Andreasson

Head of Finance

Greta Grunewald

Administrator and Accounting clerk

Ulrika Westin

Head of Communications

ulrika@globalchallenges.org +46 070 890 02 01

Waldemar Ingdahl

Communications Officer

Magnus Jiborn

Head of Research

Sofia Norberg

Head of Innovation

Victoria Wariaro

Coordinator

Anja Olin- Pape

Expert on youth policy