SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES
Björn Kvarnskog
Head of Equities
Future Fund
Björn Kvarnskog joined the Future Fund in February 2016, he is responsible for the strategy of the Listed Equities portfolio and is a member of the Investment Committee.
Previously he was the Head of Global Equities for eight years at the Fourth National Pension Fund (AP4) in Sweden, a SEK 300 billion (AUD 50 billion) government pension fund. Mr Kvarnskog was a member of the Funds Investment Committee and was also responsible for overseeing all aspects of the fund's long-only equity index portfolio, and the total implementation of the fund's portable alpha mandate including manager selection and allocation of risk to two bespoke long-short alpha platforms. Mr. Kvarnskog previously held senior positions at DnB NOR Asset Management, AP3, Alfred Berg Asset Management and Handelsbanken Life.
Björn holds a degree of Bachelor of Science with a major in Finance and Economics from Stockholm University and a degree of Master of Arts with a major in History from Mid Sweden University and has currently completed post graduate studies in history.