Present position

Director General – Formas – Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development since 2013.

Selected Honours

Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA).

Present commissions

Vice-president of Science Europe

Chairperson of the Board of the Swedish Agency for Employment ServicesVice-chairperson of the Board of the Swedish Tourist Association.

Member of the Board of National Board of Health and Welfare

Member of the Board of the Stockholm Environment Institute.

Member of the Executive Committee of IIASA and Chairperson of the Finance Committee

Previous positions

Investigator, the Ministry of Education and Research, 2013

EU Science Relations and Collaborations Leader, Astra Zeneca, 2011-2012

Director Science Relations, Astra Zeneca, 2007-2011

State-Secretary, the Ministry of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, 2002-2006

Deputy Director General, the Swedish National Social Insurance Board, 1998-2002

Director, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, 1991-1998

Expert Advisor Science Policy, Prime Minister’s Office, 1989-1991

Desk Officer, Ministry of Finance, 1984-1989

Section Secretary, Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), 1982-1984

Past Commissions (Selection)

Chairperson of the Board of Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 2011-2013

Member of the Board of Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 2008-2011

Chairperson of the Scientific Council for Medicine and Health, Swedish Research Council, 2001-2002, Member of the Medical Research Council 1998-2001