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Board of Directors and International Advisory Council

The Board of Directors carries the legally defined oversight responsibilities for the activities conducted by the School. The International Advisory Council advises the board on strategy development from an international perspective. Together, the Board of Directors and the International Advisory Council perform the governing and strategic advisory functions for the school, providing input on current and future expectations and requirements of society and the business community, setting goals and priorities, and providing expertise on the strategic development and international positioning of the School.

Board of Directors

Chair

Magnus TyremanMagnus Tyreman

Appointed by the SSE Association in 2023.

Magnus Tyreman is Managing Partner for McKinsey Europe and member of McKinsey’s global leadership team. He holds a Degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics and has also studied Economics at Fundaçáo Getulio Vargas.

President of SSE

Lars Strannegård

President of SSE

Professor of Business Administration and holder of the Bo Rydin and SCA Chair in Business Administration, leadership.

About Lars Strannegård

VICE CHAIR

Per-Olof Söderberg

Appointed by the SSE Association in 2001.

Per-Olof Söderberg is the Chair and Founder of Söderberg & Partners. He is also the Chair of Ratos and the Chair and Founder of Inkludera. He received his Civilekonom degree at SSE in 1978 and his MBA degree at INSEAD in 1982.

   

member

Lena Gustafsson

Appointed by the Government in 2016.

Professor emerita of Microbiology and the former Vice-chancellor of Umeå University. Currently Chairperson of the Boards of the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology, of the Foundation Research!Sweden, and of the Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre.

 

Member

Bertil Andersson

Appointed by the SSE Association in 2018.

Professor of Biochemistry and retired President of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is a prominent plant biochemist and expert in photosynthesis research.

member

Katarina Martinson

Appointed by the SSE Association in 2018.

Chair of the Board of Directors of Indutrade AB and the Lundberg Foundations. She is also a Board Member of Lundbergföretagen AB, Fastighets AB L E Lundberg, Husqvarna and Fidelio Capital.

MEMBER

Helena SaxonHelena Saxon

Appointed by SSE Association in 2023

Helena Saxon was employed at Investor AB in 2010 as an Investment Manager and she has been CFO and member of the Management Group since 2015.
She has a Master of Science in Business and Economics from Stockholm School of Economics.

member

Helena Stjernholm

Appointed by SSE Association in 2019.

Helena Stjernholm is the President and CEO of Industrivärden. She is also the Vice Chair of Ericsson and member of the board of Sandvik and Volvo.

MEMBER

noperson.jpgArnoud De Meyer

Appointed by the SSE Association 2024

Singapore Management University, Singapore.
A global academic leader with more than 35 years of experience in top international academic institutions in Europe and Asia. Until December 2018, he served as President of Singapore Management University (SMU).

MEMBER

RF.jpgMariassunta Giannetti

Appointed by the SSE Faculty Forum 2023.

Professor, Department of Finance.

MEMBER

Wilma LiewendahlSara Rosengren

Appointed by the Faculty Forum.

Professor, Department of Marketing and Strategy.

MEMBER

Laura Hartman

Appointed by the City of Stockholm 2023.

Laura Hartman is Associate professor in Economics at Uppsala University and an independent lecturer and advisor.

Member

Wilma LiewendahlClara Härdling

Appointed by the Student Association in 2024.

President of the Student Association at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Deputy

Mette Sandoff 

Appointed by the government in 2022.

Mette Sandoff is a Professor in Public Administration at the University of Gothenburg.

Deputy

Ryan ThomasRyan Thomas

Appointed by the Student Association in 2023.

Former President of the Student Association at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Secretary

Helena Segerdahl, Secretary of the Board of DirectorsHelena Segerdahl

Appointed by the Chair in 2019.

Assistant Analyzer, Office of Academic Affairs.



International Advisory Council

Chair

Bertil Andersson 

Appointed by the SSE President in 2015.

Professor of Biochemistry and retired President of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is a prominent plant biochemist and expert in photosynthesis research.

member

Julian Birkinshaw

Appointed by the SSE President in 2015.

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Academic Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Deputy Dean (Executive Education) at London Business School

MEMBER

Stefano Caselli

Appointed by the SSE President in 2021

Bocconi University, Italy

Stefano Caselli is Vice Rector for International Affairs at Bocconi University since 2012, where is a Full Professor of Banking and Finance at Department of Finance and Algebris Chair in “Long-Term Investment and Absolute return”. 

MEMBER

noperson.jpgArnoud De Meyer

Appointed by the SSE President in 2021

Singapore Management University, Singapore

A global academic leader with more than 35 years of experience in top international academic institutions in Europe and Asia. Until December 2018, he served as President of Singapore Management University (SMU).

MEMBER

Jikyeong Kang.jpgJikyeong Kang

Appointed by the SSE President in 2021

Asian Institute of Management, Philippines

Jikyeong Kang has been the President and Dean of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), and its MVP Chair in Marketing since 2015.

Member

Ulrike Landfester

Appointed by the SSE President in 2015. 

Professor of German Language and Literature at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. She holds the position of Vice President, External Relations at the University

MEMBER

Marie Laure Salles

Appointed by the SSE President in 2021

Graduate Institute Geneva, Switzerland

Since September 1st 2020, Marie Laure Salles is Director of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Before joining the Institute she was Dean of the School of Management and Innovation at Sciences Po, Paris, a school she launched in 2016. 

MEMBER

Edward A. Snyder

Appointed by the SSE President in 2021

Yale School of Management, USA

Edward A. Snyder is the William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics and Management at the Yale School of Management.  He conducts research on Industrial Organization topics and on Competition Policy and Enforcement.

Member

Sarah A. Soule

Appointed by the SSE President in 2015.

The Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is also Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Member

Dominique Turpin

Appointed by the SSE President in 2015.

Dean of External Relations at IMD. He served as IMD President from July 2010 to December 2016. He was also Nestlé Professor at IMD. He is Dentsu Chair Professor, PhD Sophia University (Tokyo).