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Keynote SpeakerLars-Johan Jarnheimer

Chairman of IKEA Group, Former President and CEO of Tele2 AB

Lars-Johan Jarnheimer became Chairman of IKEA Group January 2015. He is the former President & CEO of Tele2 AB a major European telecommunications operator, with about 14 million customers in 9 countries. Jarnheimer’s corporate leadership began in 1991 when he joined the Kinnevik Group an investment companies with stakes in... Read more

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Popular Talks by Lars-Johan Jarnheimer

  • Creating Customer Focused Organisations
  • Regulatory Issues
  • Business Transformation
  • Leadership
  • Customer Happiness

Biography

Lars-Johan Jarnheimer became Chairman of IKEA Group January 2015. He is the former President & CEO of Tele2 AB a major European telecommunications operator, with about 14 million customers in 9 countries.

Jarnheimer’s corporate leadership began in 1991 when he joined the Kinnevik Group an investment companies with stakes in about 30 companies operating across five continents in more than 80 countries, with a particular focus on growth markets. The largest holdings are Zalando, Millicom, Tele2, Rocket Internet, Global Fashion Group and MTG. He was recruited as Managing Director of the Swedish music video channel Z-TV, a satellite channel. Soon after this his career at the Kinnevik Group accelerated and he became Managing Director of the newly started telecom company Comviq GSM AB. After Comviq’s merger with Tele2, Jarnheimer left for new challenges at SAAB Automobile where he became responsible for the Scandinavian, Baltic, and Russian markets.

In 1998, Lars-Johan Jarnheimer returned to the Kinnevik Group as Executive Vice President, responsible for growing the customer care company Transcom, as well as the loyalty management company Collect AB. From 1999 to 2008 Lars-Johan held the role of President & CEO of Tele2 AB.

His current chairman-ships include INGKA Holding B.V (IKEA), Telia Company AB, Arvid Nordquist Handelsaktiebolag, The Polar Music Prize, Egmont international Holding A/S and vice chairman of the Board of SAS AB.

Lars-Johan Jarnheimer was earlier the Chairman of BRIS, the Swedish children’s rights organisation.

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What makes Lars-Johan Jarnheimer a strong fit as a keynote speaker?

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