Lars-Johan Jarnheimer has more than 40 years of experience from multinational companies such as Tele2 and Millicom, H&M and the media company Egmont Group. Since 2015 he is the Chairman of Ingka Holding B.V (IKEA) and since 2019 the Chairman of Telia Company AB. Furthermore, he is the Chairman of Arvid Nordquist HAB, Elite Hotels and Grimaldi Industri AB. In addition to his current career as board professional and European business leader, he is a popular business management speaker, who can cover topics from finance and futurism to maintaining drive, determination and sustaining a highly effective leadership style.  

Lars-Johan has been known to make some of the most impressive changes in businesses of all sizes – from H&M to Ingka Holding, from Zalando and Rocket Internet to Global Fashion Group, this influential businessman has extensive experience in multiple industries and his story of business success teaches corporate audiences the essential business strategies for high-performance teams.  

Lars-Johan’s international career is impressive. Starting in 1991, he joined the investment group, Kinnevik Group. Responsible for the profitability of over 30 companies, he managed the operations of 80 countries across five continents. At Tele2, he was responsible for 14 million clients across nine different countries. Remaining in the telecom business, he was appointed Managing Director of Comviq GSM AB before moving to SAAB Automobile to manage markets in Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic region.  

With such a diverse and international career, audiences benefit hugely from Lars-Johan’s extensive wealth of profitable business strategies. Be it startups or industry leaders, his audience will most definitely learn about the strategies he employed in these positions, offering listeners an insight unlike any other. At SHIFT, Lars-Johan will focus on business transformations and successful corporate turnarounds in international business.

After his keynote, Lars-Johan will be available for an executive Q&A session hosted by André Noël Chaker – if you are an executive ticket holder, you do not want to miss this chance! The keynote and Q&A are in English.