HONORARY CHAIR
Queen Silvia
Queen Silvia of Sweden founded World Childhood Foundation in 1999.
CHAIRMAN
Kenneth Bengtsson
Kenneth is Chairman of the Board of Clas Ohlson, Lyko, Ersta Diakoni, SJ, Jumpyard and Mio, among others. He was the President and CEO of ICA AB 2001 – 2012, Chairman of the Swedish Trade Federation 2005 – 2010 and Chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise 2010 – 2013.
DEPUTY HONORARY CHAIR
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.
BOARD MEMBERS
Kirstine von Blixen-Finecke
Mistress of the RobesKIrstine 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
Advisor, investorJohan 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
Gage family, Co-founderGeoff is the founder, owner and CEO of Geoffrey Carlson Gage Brand Communications, which he started in 1999.
Patrik Hofbauer
Telia Company, Co-founderPatrik is President and CEO of Telia Company. He has extensive experience from senior positions in telecom and media. Patrik is also a board member of Clas Ohlson. Born in 1968, Patrik studied Innovation, Leadership and Strategy at INSEAD, and Marketing at IHM Business School.
Elsa Håstad
The Ministry for Foreign affairsElsa is a diplomat and ambassador with over 20 years of experience in leadership, development cooperation and communication with a focus on democracy, human rights, equality and development. She has worked for the UN, Sida and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in countries including Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and Vietnam. Since 2023, Elsa has been working on the development of Ukraine at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm.
Martin Ingvar
ProfessorMartin 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
af Jochnick family, Co-founderSebastian 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.
Madeleine Linins Mörner
Antonia Ax:son Johnson family, Co-founderFormer 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.
Cecilia Lundin
HandelsbankenCecilia is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Handelsbanken and a member of the Executive Committee. She has previously held senior HR positions at Northvolt, Telia Company, Kinnevik, Tele2 and Billerud, among others, and various business roles at Ericsson and Connecta.
Sunit Mehrota
KingSunit is the founder and CEO of the communications agency King with 30 years of experience in the communications business. He is also actively involved in board work through his investment company Hollingworth/Mehrotra, is Vice Chairman of HiH Sweden and Chairman of the Business Challenge Foundation.
Kim Olsson
Jane and Dan Olsson family, Co-founderKim has a background as Graduate Economist from the Stockholm School of Economics and has worked in the real estate industry since 2011, first within Stena Fastigheter and then as CEO of Stena Sessan Fastighets AB since 2018.
Anna Philip-Sörensen
Sven Philip-Sörensen family, Co-founderAnna holds a masters in linguistics and Scandinavian studies from the University of Edinburgh and studies in complementary medicine.
Björn Rosengren
ABB, Co-founderBjörn is the President and CEO of ABB (Switzerland). He was previously President and CEO of Sandvik AB (Sweden) and Wärtsilä Corporation (Finland).
Jessica Span
Volvo Car SwedenJessica is CEO of Volvo Car Sweden and has held various business roles within Volvo Cars since 2005. Prior to her current role, she was CEO of Volvo Bil AB from 2019-2020, Jessica is also Chairman of the Board of Swedish Hertz.
Sophie Stenbeck
Jan H. Stenbeck family, Co-founderSophie 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.
Carina Åkerström
HandelsbankenPresident 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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