Karin Karlström appointed as CEO of Polhem Infra

The board of Polhem Infra has appointed Karin Karlström as the CEO of the company.

Karlström has been acting CEO since November 2021 and will take up the role of CEO on 4 May 2022. Polhem Infra is owned by Första AP-fonden (AP1) , Tredje AP-fonden (AP3) and Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4) and invests in unlisted Swedish companies with a focus on socially important infrastructure.

She has been acting CEO of Polhem Infra for the past six months and before that worked extensively as an independent consultant in combination with a number of board assignments. She has solid experience from transactions and investments, especially in the tech and telecom sector.

She has a background in investment banking at Carnegie as well as business acquisitions and strategic investments at Telia. Karlström was a board member of Polhem Infra during the period February to November 2021.

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