Background
Stigson, Bjorn Roland was born on August 9, 1946 in Madesjö, Kalmar, Sweden. Son of Stig Viking Leopold and Anna-Lisa Ottilia (Jonsson) Johansson.
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Stigson, Bjorn Roland was born on August 9, 1946 in Madesjö, Kalmar, Sweden. Son of Stig Viking Leopold and Anna-Lisa Ottilia (Jonsson) Johansson.
Master of Business Administration, Swedish Management Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1969. Student, Harvard University, 1981.
He began his career as financial analyst with the Swedish Kockums Group. From 1971-1982 he worked for ESAB, an international supplier of welding equipment, in different positions, being responsible for finance, operations and marketing. In 1983 he became president and Chief Executive Officer of the Fläkt Group, a company listed on the Stockholm stock exchange and the world leader in environmental control technology.
From 1993-1994 he ran his own management consultancy.
In 1995 he was appointed president of the WBCSD, a coalition of some 200 leading international corporations. He now serves on the boards of or on committees advising the Chinese government, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Clinton Global Initiative and the Global Reporting Initiative.
Following the acquisition of Fläkt by ABB Group, in 1991 he became executive vice president and a member of ABB Asea Brown Boveri’s Executive Management Group.
Married Karin Anna-Britta Hakeby, February 10, 1968. Children: Anna, Sara, Peter.