Björn Rosengren (businessman) explained

Björn Rosengren
Birth Date:April 4 1959 (age 65)
Nationality:Swedish
Alma Mater:Chalmers University of Technology
Occupation:Businessman
CEO of ABB
Boards:World Childhood Foundation

Björn Rosengren (born 1959) is a Swedish business executive. He has been chief executive officer (CEO) of ABB since March 2020.[1] [2]

Life

Education

Rosengren holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.[3] [4]

Career

From 1985 to 1995, he held various positions at ESAB in the US, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden. In 1995 he became the general manager of NordHydraulik.

Rosengren was the business area manager for Atlas Copco's construction and mining equipment division and Senior Executive Vice President for nine years from 2003 to 2011 before he left the company 2011 to serve as CEO for Wärtsilä.[5] He had been mentioned as a strong candidate for the CEO position at Atlas Copco in 2009. In 2015, he left Wärtsilä to become the CEO and president of Sandvik, where his decentralisation strategy proved profitable. Decentralisation was a core part of his strategy both at Wärtsilä and Sandvik.[6] At Sandvik he was also a member of the board of directors from 2016 until 2020. Since March 2020 he is CEO of the Swedish-Swiss company ABB.

Memberships

Rosengren is a member of the International Business Council (IBC) of the World Economic Forum[7] and of the European Round Table for Industry.[8] He is also a member of the board of directors of the World Childhood Foundation.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Fischer. Peter A.. Müller. Giorgio V.. 2 May 2020. ABB-CEO Björn Rosengren: "Ich spüre, dass sich viele Mitarbeiter nach Erfolg sehnen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 7 September 2021.
  2. News: 2 May 2020. New ABB CEO Rosengren outlines decentralisation plan: NZZ. en. Reuters. 10 September 2021.
  3. Web site: Björn Rosengren. 14 September 2021. ABB Group. en.
  4. Web site: Rosengren: ABB tar fem år att förändra. www.affarsvarlden.se. 2024-03-15. 2019-11-06.
  5. News: Hägerstrand . Anders . Het kandidat för ABB . . 29 April 2019 . 8 . Swedish.
  6. News: Almvik . Jan . Blytunga förväntningar vilar på Björn Rosengren . . 13 August 2019 . 4 . Swedish.
  7. Web site: Björn Rosengren. 22 September 2021. ERT. en.
  8. Web site: Members. 22 September 2021. ERT. en.
  9. Web site: Childhood's Board of Directors. 2 June 2022. en.