Carl-Henric Svanberg
Carl-Henric Svanberg (born May 29, 1952 in Porjus , Jokkmokk municipality ) is a Swedish engineer , economist and entrepreneur . He was CEO of Ericsson from 2003 to the end of 2009 and has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of BP since January 2010 .
resume
Svanberg holds a Masters in Applied Physics from Linköping University of Technology and a Bachelor in Business Administration from Uppsala University . After graduating in 1977, he worked for Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) in various international roles in the export department. In 1986 he moved to Securitas , the world market leader in the security sector. Four years later he was named First Executive Vice President of the Securitas Group. In 1994 he moved to the Assa Abloy group as CEO . He was then CEO of the Ericsson telephone company from April 2003 to the end of December 2009. After resigning from his position as CEO, he remained on the Ericsson Supervisory Board and holds 3,234,441 shares in the company. Svanberg was on the BP Board as Chairman-designate from September 1, 2009, and succeeded Peter Sutherland in the chair from January 1, 2010.
On June 16, 2010, Svanberg met with fellow BP leaders including Tony Hayward and Bob Dudley with US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to discuss BP's responsibility for the impact of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill . He caused a media stir when he expressed BP's concern for the little people on the Gulf Coast of the United States and the threat to their livelihoods from the oil spill by saying, “We care about the small people.” Svanberg apologized for his choice of words with “ slip in translation ".
In 2007, 2014 and 2015 he took part in the Bilderberg Conference .
literature
- Carl-Henric Svanberg , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 41/2012 of October 9, 2012, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/press/releases/2009/06/1324827
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7054008
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/16/AR2010061605528.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Svanberg, Carl-Henric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Porjus , Sweden |