Björn Kvarnskog, who changed jobs from the position as head of global equities at Sweden’s AP4 to take on a similar role at Australia’s Future Fund in 2016, is in the process of making another international career move. This time, he is joining the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the giant sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. He was first approached about the somewhat ambiguous-sounding role as a senior advisor to the investment committee at ADIA about a year ago. “At first, I didn’t fully understand what the role included,” he recalls. However, he quickly learned that this is the highest investment position you can have as a foreigner as all members of the investment committee at ADIA are locals.
Asked why he thinks he was offered the job, Björn Kvarnskog mentions his long experience and not least the fact that he was part of the investment committee at the Future Fund. “I think that was key in me getting this new role,” he says over Skype from Melbourne where he is based for a little while longer. He takes on the new role in early March. Björn Kvarnskog is not the first former AP-fund employee to join ADIA. Mattias Bylund, who previously has held positions such as chief operating officer and head of external management at AP3, joined theIf you’re new to Tell Media Group, create an account.
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