1. Carl-Henric Svanberg was born on 29 May 1952 and is a Swedish businessman and chairman of Volvo.
15 Facts About Carl-Henric Svanberg
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Carl-Henric Svanberg was chairman of BP for eight years, from 2010 to 2018.
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In December 2023, Svanberg was appointed commission chair to the AI Commission to the Swedish Government.
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Carl-Henric Svanberg holds a master's degree in applied physics from the Linkoping Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Uppsala University.
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Carl-Henric Svanberg holds honorary doctorates from Lulea University of Technology and Linkoping University.
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Carl-Henric Svanberg was CEO of telecom company Ericsson from April 2003 to December 2009.
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Carl-Henric Svanberg joined the BP board as chairman-designate in September 2009, and succeeded Peter Sutherland as chairman in January 2010.
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Carl-Henric Svanberg was named the ordforande of the Sweden's newly formed AI-kommissionen in December 2023 with the task to deliver a report to the nation by mid-2025.
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In May 2024, Carl-Henric Svanberg announced that his team was bringing the report forward to "mid-autumn 2024, instead of 1 July 2025" to help the nation prepare more rapidly.
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Carl-Henric Svanberg is a dedicated fan of Djurgardens IF and is on the board of Djurgardens IF Hockey.
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Carl-Henric Svanberg is a former ice hockey player himself, having played for IF Bjorkloven in Umea during his youth.
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Carl-Henric Svanberg has received the Lifetime Achievement Award, given out by the security trade magazine Detektor, for his work in Assa Abloy and Securitas, other notable recipients of the award have included Thomas Breglund former CEO of Securitas.
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In June 2010, Carl-Henric Svanberg met with US President Barack Obama to discuss BP's responsibility for the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Carl-Henric Svanberg caused a PR uproar by afterwards expressing BP's concern for the common people along the Gulf Coast of the United States whose livelihood is threatened by the oil spill by saying "we care about the small people", drawing upon the Swedish vi bryr oss om de sma manniskorna.
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Carl-Henric Svanberg subsequently apologized for the term, saying that he had "spoken clumsily".