Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and Chairman of European Round Table (ERT). Member of the Advisory Board of Harvard Kennedy School. Chief Executive Officer of Ericsson from 2003 to 2009; Chief Executive Officer of Assa Abloy Group from 1994 to 2002; Chairman of BP from 2010 to 2018. MSc in Applied Physics from the Institute of Technology at Linköping University and BSc in Business Administration from Uppsala University. Honorary doctorates at Luleå University of Technology and Linköping University in Sweden. Recipient of the King of Sweden's medal for contribution to Swedish industry.