The Assar Gabrielsson Visiting Professorship

Current holder

Entrepreneur and investor Johan Sköld is appointed to the Assar Gabrielsson Visiting Professorship, for the period 24 September 2026 to 23 September 2027.

Johan Sköld is a partner at the private equity firm Amp Eleven AS, founder of J2 Ventures and co-owner of Devotion Ventures. He is a highly regarded lecturer and is actively involved in a large number of companies, and has extensive experience of leading, developing and investing in businesses.

– I feel most at home at the intersection of academia and business. What has always interested me most is the practical application: how academically grounded methods and models can be put into practice and make a real difference. I look forward to spending my year as Visiting Professor sharing my experience with students and faculty, while also benefiting from an exchange of ideas that I can take with me into the future. If we can combine the academic knowledge here at the School with experience from business and entrepreneurial thinking, while also harnessing the opportunities created by AI, I believe we can work together to develop better solutions to some of the challenges facing society, says Johan Sköld.

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About the Assar Gabrielsson Visiting Professorship

The Assar Gabrielsson Visiting Professorship in applied corporate management was initiated in 1999 in memory of Assar Gabrielsson (co-founder of Volvo) and is funded through a gift from the foundation Stiftelsen Göteborgs Handelshögskolefond. The purpose of the professorship is to provide students at the School of Business, Economics and Law with wider knowledge regarding application of the theories in economics and leadership that they encounter in their studies. The School consults the West Sweden Chamber of Commerce as part of the appointment process.