Eva Halvarsson

Since 2006, Eva Halvarsson has acted as the CEO of the Second Swedish National Pension Fund - AP2.  She heads up an organization with nearly SEK 400 billion under management in virtually every asset class, and one that is active in all parts of the world; AP2 is one of northern Europe’s largest pension funds. 

Ms. Halvarsson began her career as an accountant, progressing to the point that before joining AP2, she spent ten years working for the Swedish Government where she was responsible for the governance and management of the large and extensive portfolio of state-owned companies.  

Eva Halvarsson has had a distinguished and varied leadership career. She took part in the working group that put into effect the Swedish Corporate Governance Code in 2004. She also spent several years, serving on the Swedish Corporate Governance Board. Eva has been a board member of several large companies and has chaired the nomination committees of some of Sweden’s largest listed companies. She recently left after serving for ten years as the Deputy Chairperson of the board of the University of Gothenburg. 

In 2017, Eva Halvarsson received the medal Pro Studio et Scientia – for Commitment and Science - from the School of Business at the University of Gothenburg for her dedicated work to develop the school. 

Presently, she is board member of the UN-PRI (the United Nation´s Principles for Responsible Investments), Vasakronan (the largest real estate company in Sweden), the WIN WIN Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development, Misum (Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets) and The Royal Swedish Opera. In addition, she serves on the advisory board of the Women Entrepreneur´s Opportunity Facility, the first-ever global finance facility dedicated exclusively to women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises. 

Eva Halvarsson was born in 1962 and holds an MSc in Business and Economics from the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg.