Björn Rosengren (businessman)

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

Björn Rosengren
Speaking at the 2021 World Economic Forum
Born	(1959-04-04) April 4, 1959 (age 65)
Nationality	Swedish
Alma mater	Chalmers University of Technology
Occupation	Businessman
Title	CEO of ABB
Board member of	World Childhood Foundation

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.^[3] In 1995 he became the general manager of NordHydraulik.^[5]

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.^[6] He had been mentioned as a strong candidate for the CEO position at Atlas Copco in 2009.^[6] In 2015, he left Wärtsilä to become the CEO and president of Sandvik, where his decentralisation strategy proved profitable.^[6] Decentralisation was a core part of his strategy both at Wärtsilä and Sandvik.^[7] 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.^[2]

Memberships

Rosengren is a member of the International Business Council (IBC) of the World Economic Forum^[5] 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]

References

1. 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. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
2. "New ABB CEO Rosengren outlines decentralisation plan: NZZ". Reuters. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
3. "Björn Rosengren". ABB Group. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
4. "Rosengren: ABB tar fem år att förändra". www.affarsvarlden.se. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
5. "Björn Rosengren". ERT. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
6. Hägerstrand, Anders (29 April 2019). "Het kandidat för ABB". Dagens Industri (in Swedish). p. 8.
7. Almvik, Jan (13 August 2019). "Blytunga förväntningar vilar på Björn Rosengren". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 4.
8. "Members". ERT. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
9. "Childhood's Board of Directors". Retrieved 2 June 2022.