Board of Directors and International Advisory Council
Board of Directors
Chair
Magnus Tyreman
Appointed by the SSE Association in 2023.
Magnus Tyreman was previously 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.
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 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
Mariassunta Giannetti
Appointed by the SSE Faculty Forum 2023.
Professor, Department of Finance.
MEMBER
Sara 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
Clara 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
Ulla Hamilton
Appointed by the City of Stockholm 2024.
Ulla Hamilton is a politician and has a Master of Laws, LL. M. She has been a member of Stockholm's municipal council from 1994 until 2022, and she was a city councilor in the city of Stockholm 2006–2014.
Deputy
Ryan Thomas
Appointed by the Student Association in 2023.
Former President of the Student Association at the Stockholm School of Economics.
Secretary
Helena 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; Dean of Ivey 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
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).
MEMBER
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.
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).