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Revision as of 15:52, 15 November 2019
Annika Falkengren | |
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| Born | 12 April 1962 Bangkok, Thailand[1] |
| Education | 1987 BSc Business Administration and economics, Stockholm University |
| Occupation(s) | Former Chief Executive of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, AB |
| Years active | 1987 to present |
Annika Falkengren née Bolin (born 1962) was President and Group Chief Executive of the Swedish bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) between November 2005 until March 2017.[2]
Early life
Annika Falkengren was born 12 April 1962 in Thailand where her father was a diplomat.
Education and career
Falkengren holds a degree in economics from Stockholm University.[3] After this, she applied for SEB’s holding trainee programme in 1987.[4] She has worked for SEB since 1987, when she started as a trainee, worked in the Trading & Capital Markets division from 1988 until 2000, and was Head of the Corporate & Institutions division from 2001 until December 2004, when she was appointed by the board to succeed Lars H. Thunell on 1 January 2006, meanwhile serving as Deputy Group Chief Executive.[5] As Thunell left for the World Bank, she eventually took office on 10 November 2005.[6]
Falkengren also serves as chairperson of, Scania CV AB and FAM AB.[7] A director of the Mentor Foundation and the IMD Foundation.[8] Since January 2017, she is a managing partner of the Lombard Odier Group.[9]
Falkengren was nominated to the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen in 2011.[10] The media have often focused on her gender and her good looks and the fact she had a child in 2005 just a few months before entering her top position.[11] Swedish business magazine Veckans Affärer named her the most powerful woman in Swedish business in 2005,[12] and the Financial News Online has ranked her as No 68 among the "100 most influential people in European capital markets".[13] In 2015, Fortune ranked her as the third most powerful woman in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.[14]
Recognition
On Fortune's Most powerful women in global business 2008 Falkengren was ranked as number 7, being the second most powerful businesswoman in Europe[15] and in 2010 was ranked number 8 globally.[16]
References
- ^ "Annika Falkengren: banking survivor with a trader's gut instincts". ft.com. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ "Annika Falkengren B.Sc". Businessweek. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ Emilie Westholm, "Annika Falkengren Archived 4 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine" at the news site Realtid.se, Sept. 29, 2005 (mentions that she studied economics at Stockholm University); SEB Board of Directors Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (mentions her degree).
- ^ "Annika Falkengren". EuropeanCEO.com. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ SEB Board of Directors Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine; "Annika Falkengren VD i SEB 1 januari 2006 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine", press release from SEB dated 15 December 2004.
- ^ "SEB - Pressmeddelanden". Cws.huginonline.com. 10 November 2005. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Annika Falkengren | SEB". sebgroup.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Annika Falkengren". European CEO. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Media Release" (PDF). Lombard Odier Group. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Volkswagen Group Changes in Volkswagen's Supervisory Board". Volkswagenag.com. 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Mary Mårtensson, "Bebismamma knep toppjobbet Archived 21 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine" ("Mother of baby took the job"), Aftonbladet, December 16, 2004.
- ^ "Näringslivets 125 mäktigaste kvinnor[permanent dead link]" ("The 125 most powerful women in [Swedish] business").
- ^ "The Financial News 100 most influential people in European capital markets Archived 8 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine", Financial News Online, undated. Other Swedes on the list are Marcus Wallenberg (b. 1956), President and CEO, Investor AB, chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (no. 43), Conni Jonsson, Managing partner, EQT Partners (78), Björn Savén, Chairman and chief executive, Industri Kapital (92), and Karin Forseke, Chief executive, Carnegie Investment Bank (98).
- ^ "MPW: Europe, Middle East & Africa". Fortune. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ Amanda Billner (3 September 2008). "Tre svenskor bland världens mäktigaste affärskvinnor | SvD". E24.se. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2010: The Global 50 - FORTUNE". Money.cnn.com. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
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