Scania AB, stylised SCANIA in its products, is a major Swedish manufacturer headquartered in Södertälje, focusing on commercial vehicles—specifically heavy lorries, trucks and buses. It also manufactures diesel engines for heavy vehicles as well as marine and general industrial applications.
The European Round Table for Industry, abbreviated ERT, is a cross-sectoral forum and advocacy group in the European Union consisting of some 60 European industrial businesspeople working to strengthen competitiveness in Europe.
Leif Valdemar Johansson is a Swedish businessman. He was President and CEO of the Volvo Group from 1997 to 2011 and Chairman of Ericsson from 2011 until 2017 and is currently Chairman of AstraZeneca plc. In 2012, the Fokus Magazine ranked him as Sweden's 6th most powerful person.
Björn Helge Andreas Lundstedt is a Swedish singer, best known as a member of the pop-dance group Alcazar.
Joe Kaeser is a German manager and former CEO of Siemens AG, Berlin & Munich, a role he was in from August 1, 2013, until February 3, 2021.
Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar is a Swedish businessman. He is mainly known for his 24 years as CEO and chairman of Volvo, between 1970 and 1994. In the early 1980s he took the initiative for the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT).
Peter Robert Voser is a Swiss businessman, who is the chairman of the Swedish-Swiss company ABB. He was the CEO of the Dutch-British corporation Royal Dutch Shell from July 2009 to December 2013. He was interim CEO of ABB from April 2019 to February 2020. He started his career at Royal Dutch Shell in 1982, working in a number of finance and business roles in different countries. From 2002 to 2005 he was chief financial officer for ABB and Royal Dutch Shell. In 2004, he was appointed Royal Dutch Shell's chief financial officer (CFO) and then CEO in July 2009.
Assar Thorvald Nathanael Gabrielsson was a Swedish industrialist and co-founder of Volvo.
Håkan Samuelsson is a Swedish businessman who was chairman of the executive board (CEO) of Volvo Cars Corporation AB from October 2012 to January 2022. Previously, he was CEO of MAN SE from January 2005 to November 2009.
Olof Erland Persson was the president of Volvo and CEO of the Volvo Group until April 22, 2015, having been in the role since September 1, 2011. He has also been a member of the board since September 1, 2011 and a member of the Volvo Group executive team since 2006. In addition to these duties, he is also the chairman of the board of the German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce.
Jean-Pierre Clamadieu is a French businessman.
Jean-Paul Agon is the chairman and former CEO of the international cosmetic company, L'Oréal. Because of the age limit of 65 set by the company, he was replaced in his role of CEO by Nicolas Hieronimus on 1 May 2021, while remaining chairman of the board. He graduated from HEC Paris in 1978.
The automotive industry in Sweden is mainly associated with passenger car manufacturers Volvo Cars and Saab Automobile but Sweden is also home of two of the largest truck manufacturers in the world: AB Volvo and Scania AB. The automotive industry is heavily dependent on export as some 85 percent of the passenger cars and 95 percent of the heavy vehicles are sold outside of Sweden. The automotive industry and its sub-contractors is a major part of Swedish industry. In 2011 around 110,000 people were employed and the export income of 150 billion SEK accounted for 12 per cent of Sweden's export income. During 2009 128,738 passenger cars and 27,698 heavy vehicles were built in Sweden. Koenigsegg is also a famous swedish company which makes some of the fastest cars in the world, but also some of the most expensive. They currently produce models such as the Jesko, Gemera, and CC850.
Stéphane Richard is a French businessman who has been serving as chief executive officer and chairman of the worldwide mobile phone network Orange since 2011. In December 2021, he resigned as both chairman and chief executive of the group and he will be replaced by January 31, 2022.
Patrick Jean Pouyanné is a French engineer who has been serving as chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies since 2014.
Kasper Rørsted is a Danish business executive who has been the CEO of German sportwear firm Adidas since 2016. On 22 August 2022, it was announced that he would hand over his role as CEO during the course of 2023.
Leif Albert Östling is a Swedish chief executive officer and former head of the Scania AB truck company, owned by the German Volkswagen Group. In spring 2016, he was appointed Chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, a post he left in advance in November 2017.
Martin Brudermüller is a German businessman, and the CEO of BASF since 2018.
Martina Merz, is a German engineer who served as Chief executive officer (CEO) of ThyssenKrupp from 2019 to 2023, and has been called "the most powerful woman in the German economy".
Pekka Lundmark is a Finnish business executive, and the President and CEO of Nokia. Previously, he was CEO of Fortum, a Finnish state-owned energy company, from 2015 to July 2020.
