Formerly: Deputy Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Finance, Sweden; Economic Policy Adviser to Swedish Prime Minister; Member of the Board of Governors, Central Bank, Sweden; Member, Group of Economic Policy Advisers, European Commission; Chairman, Government's Productivity Commission; and Chairman, Government Committee for Economic Studies of Public Sector. Concurrently: Adjunct Professor of Economics, University of Lund; Senior Economist, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB). Vice-Chairman, Fifth General Pension Fund. Author of numerous books and articles, including: best-selling economics textbook in Sweden and a recent book on China's development; a financial thriller about murder and insider trading in the Ministry of Finance.