Olof (born 1962) works as Partner at TRANSEARCH, an international search. Olof has many years of experience from medical device companies in different leadership roles but also from other industries.
After studying at Chalmers, Gothenburg and ETH, Zurich, Olof worked at the Boston Consulting Group, first in Munich and later in the Stockholm office. Olof lived many years in Germany and worked as the Swedish Trade Commissionaire to Germany / Regional Manager Europe at Business Sweden. After that Olof held several senior positions at Elekta, including the role as Executive Vice President. Olof has also been CEO of RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, with focus on merging the Swedish research institutes into one national organisation. Olof has carried out several M&A projects with subsequent integration work.
Olof’s board experiences are from different industries, including research-institutes, medical technology, e-commerce, sports equipment / sports facilities, both for private, listed and PE-owned companies. Today Olof’s serves on the board of two medical device companies Micropos and Scandidos, as well as a PE owned company Unisport OY.
Olof holds a master's degree from Chalmers / ETH Zurich and an Executive MBA from Columbia, New York.