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

Elinor Hägg

Creative Director

Waldemar Ingdahl

Communications Officer

Magnus Jiborn

Head of Research

Sofia Norberg

Head of Innovation

Victoria Wariaro

Project Manager, Annual Report on Global Risks

Ulrika Westin

Head of Communications

ulrika@globalchallenges.org