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About us

"Everyone is talking about digital transformation, but how do we actually make it happen?"

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This was the question asked back in 2014 by Marcus Wallenberg and Mats Agervi, a then Ericsson executive who was soon to be co-founder and CEO of Combient.

They both saw the big challenge in keeping up with the rapid movement of technology, and how it affected not only IT departments but entire organizations - from executive leadership to culture and communications. Even more true for the established enterprises with hundreds of years of legacy and thousands of employees. Machine learning? Working with startups? Agile?

This challenge was - and still is - cutting across companies, industries, and even countries. With major impacts on climate, ethics, urban life, economy and people, it’s fair to say this is one of our biggest challenges yet. But that also means a big opportunity.

With three powerful traits of Sweden and the Nordics in mind - a heritage of industry leaders, a prosperous innovation scene and a culture resting on trust - the answer to Marcus’ and Mats’ question was, naturally, to collaborate.

“If five companies say yes, we will actually do it"

A group of leading Swedish companies connected to the Wallenberg family got introduced to the idea: A world-first collaboration network where non-competing industry leaders would share assets and work together on their transformation.

“If five companies say yes, we will actually do it,” that was the deal. Within four months, 11 companies – Atlas Copco, Electrolux, Ericsson, FAM, Investor, LKAB, Saab, SEB, Sigma, SKF and Stora Enso – said yes, and Combient was founded in January 2015.

Today, Combient is the leading cross-industry collaboration network in the Nordics. Including 35 large enterprises, and supported by an ecosystem of top universities and startups, the network has created a space for shared assets and rapid growth.

But how on earth do we manage to scale industrial AI, re- and upskill the workforce, change culture, bring research closer to the industry, and startups closer to corporations?

We manage because we do it together. Combient’s vision was the same back in 2014 as it is today.

Reinventing collaboration.

Management

Anders Ösund
VP Technology & Innovation
Jonas Wettergren
VP & Head of Human Resource
Jukka Ryhänen
Managing Director, Finland
Karin Olby
Chief MarCom & Platform Officer
Lauri Lehtovuori
VP & CEO of Combient Foundry
Mats Agervi
CEO
Olof Lanner
CFO
Niclas Oddsberg
CEO, Collegial
Torgny Gunnarsson
Deputy CEO
Marika Määttä
VP & Head of Combient Pure

Board of Directors

Tom Johnstone
Chair
Tamara de Gruyter
Wärtsilä
Martin Johansson
SEB
Christian Hedelin
Saab
Antti Koskelin
KONE
Carl Lindgren
FAM

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If you get excited by tackling a diverse set of problems, and want to work with talented people in an ever-changing environment, you should join us!

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