Jacob Wa
Chairperson
ABB Group
Czech Republic
Biography
Mr. Jacob Wallenberg, B.Sc. (Econ.), MBA, serves as the Chairman of W Capital Management. Mr. Wallenberg has been the Chairperson of Investor AB since April 11, 2005 and its Director since 1998. Mr. Wallenberg served as the Vice Chairman at Investor AB from 1999 to 2005. He serves as the Chairman of Thisbe AB. He serves as Honorary Chairman of IBLAC (Mayor of Shanghai's International Business Leaders Advisory Council). He has been a Deputy Chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) and SEB Investment Management AB since April 2005. He has been Vice Chairman of SAS AB since 2001, FAM and Atlas Copco North America LLC since 1998. He serves as a Deputy Chairman of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ). He has been Vice Chairman at ABB Ltd since April 30, 2015 and as its Independent & Non-Executive Director since June 26, 1999. He serves as Vice Chairman at Patricia Industries. He has been a Director of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Publ) since 1997 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) since March 3, 2011. He serves as a Member of Global Advisory Board at JER Partners L.L.C. He serves as a Member of the Board at SAS Scandinavian Airlines System. He serves as Vice Chairman of The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. He serves as Chairman of Nominating Committee at OMX AB. He is a Board Member at Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science (IVA) and The European Round Table of Industrialists. He serves as a Director of Stockholm School of Economics. He serves as a Director of The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and the Nobel Foundation. He serves as a Member of Governing Board of Indian School of Business. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of SEB Group since 1997. Mr. Wallenberg served as an Executive Vice President of Corporate and Investment banking at SEB Group from 1995 to 1996, Head of Enskilda Division and Advisor to the President and Chief Executive Officer since 1993.Â
Research Interest
Jacob Wallenberg is a recipient of many awards and grants for his valuable contributions and discoveries in major area of research. His research interests lie in New busniness marketing. He is the Editor-in-Chief/Editorial Board Member of many peer reviewed journals. His area of expertise credits with many publications in national and international journals. His is committed to highest standards of excellence and it proves through his authorship of many books