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Born 1943, Master of Engineering, Lund Institute of Technology.
Board Chairman: AB Electrolux and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.
Board member: ABB Ltd. and B-Business partners.
Holdings in Ericsson*: 770,000 Class B shares
Principal work experience and other information: President and CEO of AB Electrolux 1997- 2002. Earlier positions mainly include positions within Atlas Copco, where he served as President and CEO 1991-1997. Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Michael Treschow is Chairman of the Board of Ericsson since March 2002.
Michael Treschow was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Electrolux Group until April 2002, a position to which he was appointed in 1997. As of May 2004, Mr Treschow is Chairman of the Board of AB Electrolux.
Before joining Electrolux, Michael Treschow was President and Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Copco AB. He spent three years in the United States as Area Manager out of his 22 years with Atlas Copco. Mr Treschow also spent one year in France as responsible for the set- up of Bahco Ventilation's operation in France.
For his excellent efforts in Swedish trade issues, Mr Treschow received in June 2000 the King's Medal of the Twelfth Dimension with the Ribbon of the Order of the Seraphims from His Majesty the King of Sweden. In May 2000, Mr Treschow was awarded the Spanish order "Insigna de Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Civil" for strengthening the trade relations between Sweden and Spain. In September 2002, Mr Treschow was awarded the French order "Grade de Chevalier dans l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur" for strengthening the trade relations between Sweden and France. In 2004 he was bestowed the title of Commandor of the Order of the Crown for strengthening the trade relations between Sweden and Belgium.
Educational background
Mr. Treschow was born 1943 in Helsingborg, Sweden. He earned a Master of Science degree from the Institute of Technology in Lund, Sweden.
Other positions
Chairman of the Board of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise as of May 2004. Chairman of the Board of AB Electrolux as of April 2004. Board member of ABB Ltd. since 2003. | 