Per Franzén joined EQT Partners in Stockholm in May 2007.

Per holds a M.Sc in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics with exchange studies at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland.

Prior to joining EQT Partners, Per spent six years at Morgan Stanley’s London and Stockholm offices working in M&A, Leveraged Finance and Nordic Banking.

Per has worked in the Stockholm and Munich offices at EQT Partners and has been involved in a number of investments including IFS, Automic, SSP, AcadeMedia, Securitas Direct, IVC, Anticimex, Eton, Duni, Karo Pharma and Piab. In May 2025, Per was appointed CEO & Managing Partner of EQT.

Per is Chairman of the Equity Partners Investment Committee.

Per-Olov Bergström is Chairman of Nordics Investment Banking at Barclays Investment Bank.

He has more than 35 years’ experience in the Nordic M&A, equity and debt capital markets, having advised clients across a wide range of industries.

Love has over 20 years of investment banking experience with a particular focus on M&A across industrials, business services and renewables & energy transition.

Prior to DNB, Love spent 12 years at DB with a focus on Nordic and industrials M&A based in London and NY.

He holds a BA from Cambridge University and an MBA from INSEAD.

Jan joined Deutsche Bank in 1988 and has held several positions within M&A, Structured Finance and Corporate Finance. He holds a BA from Pomona College, an MBA from Wharton, an MA from University of Pennsylvania, and a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies from the London School of Economics.

Rodney Alfvén is currently a Partner and Executive Director at Hallvarsson & Halvarsson. He brings over 25 years of experience in banking, having spent roughly half his career as a financial analyst, where he was voted the best financial analyst three times in banking and insurance. The remainder of his career includes senior leadership roles as Head of Investor Relations at Nordea and Chief Investment Officer at Nordea Life and Pension.

Niklas Bonnier is a senior member of the M&A group at DNB Carnegie, with over 15 years of dedicated experience advising on mergers and acquisitions. He has held M&A advisory roles at Lazard, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley, including working in Lazard’s New York office, advising on complex domestic and cross border transactions. Niklas has advised on a wide range of public and private deals for large corporates and financial sponsors, with significant experience in international M&A. He holds a degree from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Fredrik Warneryd is the Chief Executive for the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK, one of the largest and most active foreign chambers in the UK. Prior to joining the Chamber, Fredrik held many leading positions in the City of London. With more than 25 years of experience within the Nordic teams of Banque Paribas, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, UBS and Credit Suisse, he has earned extensive knowledge and expertise in both the UK and Nordic markets.  

Gabriel Mellqvist is an anchor at Swedish finance broadcaster EFN, Ekonomi- och Finansnyheterna. He is the host of stock market show Börslunch, as well as the weekly podcast Börssurr med Mitelman & Mellqvist. Gabriel is also a contributing writer and a frequent commentator on markets and economy in othermedia. Before returning to EFN, he was a journalist working for Dagens Industri.During his sixteen year long career at the financial newspaper, he has for instancecovered American business and politics as a New York correspondent, as well asworked as a UK Correspondent in London. He has also worked for Reuters and hasalso co-authored the book United Stockholms of America.