Laurent Leksell

Appointed by the SSE Association in 2016.

Laurent Leksell is the Founder and Chair of the Board and principal shareholder of Elekta AB. He is also a Board Member of the Center for Advanced Studies in Leadership at SSE. Laurent Leksell received his PhD in Business Administration in 1979 at 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

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.

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.

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.

Ulla Litzén

Appointed by the SSE Association in 2011.

Previous positions include President of W Capital Management and various executive positions at Investor AB. Currently a Board Member of Electrolux AB, Epiroc AB, Husqvarna AB, NCC AB, Ratos AB, the SSE Association and Ersta Diakoni.

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.

Helena 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.

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.

Magnus 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 an M.Sc. degree in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics and has also studied Economics at Fundaçáo Getulio Vargas in Brazil.

Magnus Johannesson

Appointed by the SSE Faculty Forum 2021.

Professor, Department of Economics.

Karl Wennberg

Appointed by the Faculty Forum.

Professor, Department of Management and Organization

Laura Hartman

Appointed by the City of Stockholm 2023.

Laura Hartman is chief economist at LO (The Swedish Trade Union Confederation) and docent in Economics at Uppsala University.

Ryan Thomas

Appointed by the Student Association in 2023.

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

Benjamin Dousa

Appointed by the City of Stockholm 2023.

He received his BSc from SSE in 2015 and is a member of the board of the Moderate Party.

Mette Sandoff 

Appointed by the government in 2022.

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

Wilma Liewendahl

Appointed by the Student Association in 2022.

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

Helena Segerdahl

Appointed by the Chair in 2019.

Assistant Analyzer, Office of Academic Affairs.

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.

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

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”. 

Arnoud 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).

Jikyeong 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.

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

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. 

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.

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.

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).