Cecilia Qvist

Cecilia Qvist is a Swedish business executive who is currently the Director at Kinnevik. Cecilia has a long and successful history in the business world, holding various high-level positions at different companies.

Qvist started their career in 2007 as the Global Head of Business Development at NASDAQ OMX. Cecilia held this position for four years before moving on to Swedbank in 2011. At Swedbank, they were the Global Head of Retail, Large Corporates & Institutions, and Senior Vice President. Cecilia left Swedbank in 2015 to join Ericsson as the Head of Business Development Region Eastern Central Asia and Vice President.

After two years at Ericsson, Qvist joined Lindholmen Science Park AB as a Board Member in 2017. The following year, they took on a role at Spotify as their Global Head of Markets and Senior advisor. In 2018, they became a Board Member for Catena Media. Cecilia held this position for two years before moving back to Kinnevik AB in 2020.

Most recently, in October 2020, Qvist became a Non-executive board member and member of the Finance & Audit committee for Trustly.

Cecilia Qvist pursued a Master of Business Administration at The University of Edinburgh.