Christer Runestam

Christer Runestam is a highly experienced financial services professional currently serving as Director and Head of Financial Services at Grant Thornton Sweden since April 2023. Previously, Christer held key positions including CFO, Head of Internal Control, and Head of Risk at Invidem AB, focusing on compliant KYC data services from May 2018 to September 2020. Prior experience includes leadership roles at Handelsbanken, overseeing governance, internal control, audit of capital markets, and asset management processes from 2006 to 2018. Christer's career also encompasses positions at KPMG as Financial Services Manager and at Danske Securities as Head of Finance, Risk Control, and Compliance, along with auditor roles at Ernst & Young. Christer holds a Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics from Uppsala University, earned from 1992 to 1997.