Per-Olof Björk
Per-Olof Björk
Senior Advisor
Mr. Per-Olof Björk is Partner at UMA Hb (Unlimited Management Assistance).
Mr. Björk joined Ericsson in 1975. He used to live in Asia for 9 years. From 1980 to 1983 he was working as Marketing Advisor in Indonesia. He started to work with China in 1984 and in 1988 he was appointed General Manager & Chief Representative for Ericsson in China where he stayed until 1991. In 1996 he was appointed Executive Vice President at Ericsson China. During 1998-1999 he stayed in Vietnam as Director, Business Development. During 1999 – 2012 he was working as Director Asia Pacific, Government & Industry Relations, at Ericsson Group Headquarters in Stockholm. From 2010 – 2012 he also had the position Vice President, General Affairs, Ericsson China & North East Asia.
Between the assignments abroad he held various positions in marketing and sales for Asia at Ericsson Headquarters.
Mr. Björk is Vice Chairman of the Board of Sweden China Trade Council (SCTC) and Senior Advisor to Sweden India Business Council (SIBC).
Mr. Björk is also a Member of the Board of the European Institute for Japanese Studies (EIJS) and Senior Advisor to the China Economic Research Center (CERC) at Stockholm School of Economics.