Our board

Annette has been Chairperson of the Board since June 2018. She has served as Managing Partner Europe within Brunswick Group LLP, where she was global advisor on strategic communication, crisis communication, change processes and public affairs. She has also been Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at E.ON Sverige AB and CEO of Senea. Annette has over 20 years of successful board level experience in Nordic companies among others Norske Skog, Vattenfall and Peab.

Paula Guillet de Monthoux is the Secretary General of World Childhood Foundation, a sister organisation to the Global Child Forum. Previously, she was the Director of SOS Children’s Villages in Denmark.

Kirstine von Blixen-Finecke is Mistress of the Robes at the Swedish Royal Court. She sits on several boards working with children’s rights, such as World Childhood Foundation and Care About the Children. Previously, Kirstine was the First Lady of the Court, managing H.M. Queen Silvia’s Office.

Johan Öberg is a Senior Partner and Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group. He leads the global private equity sector and is on the leadership team of The Boston Consulting Group’s Principal Investors & Private Equity practice. Johan has a broad experience from strategy, M&A and transformation projects globally. He holds a BA in business economics from Uppsala University and California State University, and an M.B.A. from INSEAD.

Björn König is the former CEO and founding shareholder of International, a Luxembourg-based alternative investment fund which he co-owns with Interogo Holding AG as its majority owner. After graduating from the University of Stockholm with a degree in Business & Economics, Mr. König started his career focusing on real estate, and thereafter spent several years with the Tallard Venture Group. Joined Inter IKEA heading up the equity trading in 1995 as well as developing a private capital arm, today International. Mr. König is a member of the board for The American Friends of Moderna Museet and supports the drive of large scale sustainable transportation forward, within a collaboration of WEF, McKinsey and relevant pockets of capital.