Background
Johansson, Jerker Mats was born on May 19, 1956 in Uppsala, Sweden. Came to the United States, 1979. Son of Mats Erik and Ingrid Margareta (Rosengren) Johansson.
diversified financial services company executive
Johansson, Jerker Mats was born on May 19, 1956 in Uppsala, Sweden. Came to the United States, 1979. Son of Mats Erik and Ingrid Margareta (Rosengren) Johansson.
Johansson received a Master"s degree in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1979 and an Master of Business Administration from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1986.
During this time, he was part of Bankers Trust"s Graduate Training Program and worked for Chase Manhattan Bank. Johansson joined Morgan Stanley as a Summer Associate in 1985. From 2002 to 2005, Johansson was the head of the Institutional Equity Division of Morgan Stanley Europe.
In August 2005, he was named Company-Head of Combined Sales and Trading, consisting of the Institutional Equity Division and the Fixed Income Division.
From April 2007, he was co-head of sales and trading with responsibility for clients and services, prime brokerage and solely responsible for sales and trading in capital markets. In February 2008, Johansson was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank of Switzerland Investment Bank.
On 27 April 2009, Johansson "resigned with immediate effect" and was replaced by Alex Wilmot-Sitwell and Carsten Kengeter as Company-Chief executive officers of the Investment Bank.
He later went to work at Morgan Stanley Europe, and became a Vice Chairman and member of their Management Committee. He also serves as a member of the Union Bank of Switzerland AG Group Executive Board. Johansson is a member of the Stanford Business School Advisory Board, a Trustee of Tower Hamlets Educational Business Partnership and a Business Leader at Community Links, London.
Married Stephanie K. Matthews, August 7, 1982. Children: Marika, Tanja, Kirsten.