Chief Executive Officer of Swedish
Gardell studied business at Stockholm School of Economics and graduated in year 1984, worked at McKinsey & Company and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Swedish investment company Bachelor of Arts Custos in 1996, where he stayed until 2001.
In 2002, he co-founded (with Lars Förberg) the investment firm Amaranth Capital, which in 2003 changed its name to Cevian Capital. The firm uses an "active ownership" or "activist" investment strategy. In 2006, Cevian launched Cevian Capital II, the largest dedicated active ownership fund in Europe with c.
€6 billion of aum as of January 2013.
This fund holds major investments in several companies on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, including Volvo. Past investments have included Lindex, Skandia, and TeliaSonera.
