HONORARY CHAIRMAN
Queen Silvia
Queen Silvia of Sweden founded World Childhood Foundation in 1999.
CHAIRMAN
Kenneth Bengtsson
Kenneth is Chairman of the Board for Clas Ohlson, Ahlsell, Systembolaget, Ersta Diakoni, Eurocommerce and Ung Företagsamhet Stockholm, among others. Between 20001 and 2012 Kenneth was President and CEO of ICA AB, Chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise 2010-2013 and Chairman of the Swedish Trade Federation 2005-2010.
BOARD MEMBERS
Princess Madeleine
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has worked with Childhood since 2006, both in Stockholm and in the USA. She has served as a member of Childhood’s Swedish Board of Directors since February 2016 and is an honorary Board member of Childhood USA
Kirstine von Blixen-Finecke
KIrstine is Sweden’s Mistress of the Robes since 2016. She previously served as lady-in-waiting as well as Sweden’s First Lady of the Court and Head of Queen Silvia’s Household.
Johan Dennelind
Johan was President and CEO of Telia Company AB 2016-2019. Previously he worked as International CEO South Africa at Vodacom 2010-2013 and CEO of DiGi Telecommunications Malaysia 2008-2010,
Geoff Gage
Geoff is the founder, owner and CEO of Geoffrey Carlson Gage Brand Communications, which he started in 1999.
Peter Hansson
Peter used to be Managing Director of the Göteborg Opera and President of Volvo Cars in Sweden 1995-2006 and in the Nordic region since 1999. Peter is chairman of VBG Group AB (publ), Vänersborg and board member of Swedish Hertz, Volvofinans and the Swedish Performing Arts Association.
Martin Ingvar
Martin is Professor of Neurophysiology and Integrative Medicine at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. He is also Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Future Healthcare on Karolinska Institute’s Management Group since 2014. Martin Ingvar has served as the Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine since 2007.
Sebastian af Jochnick
Sebastian is the founder and CEO of Retail Knowledge Sweden AB. He is also board member of the Jochnick Foundation, and partner and Investor in the investment company R12.
Suzanne Lagerholm
Susanne is Head of Corporate Communications på ABB Sweden och member of ABB Sweden’s management team. She is furthermore board member of Etablering Västerås and the Mälardalen Chamber of Commerce. Suzanne holds a degree in economics from Uppsala University.
Madeleine Linins Mörner
Antonia Ax:son Johnson Family, StockholmFormer communications and strategy consultant through her own company Hobo Inc. Madeleine is co-founder of Fair Unlimited cooperative association, with an operative role in business development and sales. Former board member of the Svalorna Latin America Foundation.
Johan Lundgren
Partner at Bain & Company Nordic Inc. since 2001. Head of Bain & Company’s Bain Cares social initiative. MSc from the Stockholm School of Economics and MBA from Manchester Business School.
Cecilia Lundin
Cecilia has worked in leading HR roles for Kinnevik, Tele2, Billerud and Novartis, as well as leading business roles for Ericsson and Connecta. She is member of the board for TV4 and the Swedish HR Association, among others.
Jane Olsson Thorburn
Jane and Dan Olsson Family, GothenburgJane is associate professor in obstetrics and gynecology, former chief physician at the Department of Reproductive Medicine at Sahlgrenska Hospital in Gothenburg.
Anna Philip-Sörensen
Sven Philip-Sörensen Family, StockholmAnna holds a masters in linguistics and Scandinavian studies from the University of Edinburgh and studies in complementary medicine.
Anna Ryott
Anna is chairman of the board for Summa Equity. She is also a member of the board for Dagens Industri, Norrsken Foundation och Axel Johnson AB. Anna was earlier CEO of Swedfund,
secretary general of SOS Children’s Villages and fundraising director at UNICEF.
Sophie Stenbeck
Jan H. Stenbeck Family, Los AngelesSophie is a philanthropist and social entrepreneur with extensive experience from grassroot organizations and board assignments in charitable foundations. Founder of Imperativ, Sea Fund and Social Visionary Foundation. Chairman of the Hugo Stenbeck Foundation and active in Reach for Change.
Inge Thulin
Inge is former chairman, president and CEO of 3M Company. Inge Thulin started working for 3M in 1979 and held several senior positions in the company, including vice president, marketing director and head of Life Science.
Carina Åkerström
President and CEO of Handelsbanken. Earlier Carina served as deputy CEO and has also worked as head of region Eastern Sweden and later as head of region Stockholm. Carina holds a master of law degree from Lund University.
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