SWEDEN
CORE TEAM
Jenny Jakobsson
Jenny has a long career that spans over various sectors in society, financial, academic and community development. This has paved the way to her current career in Sustainability. She is one of the founding members of Sustainable World Corporation, that enables her to do sustainable business development in Sweden and Africa.
She is a lecturer at Jönköping International Business School in Jönköping, Sweden. She is the founder of Adlignum AB, Co-founder Hållbarhetsteamet i Sverige AB, CSR Småland and Sustainable World Corporation. She is an accredited business coach and mentor.
Jenny holds a MSc Business Administration, Accounting & Finance, Auditing and Marketing from the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg. She also completed a MBA in International Business Management at the Jönköping International Business School and is currently enrolled in a PhD programme.
Sofia Ganslandt
Sofia started her career taking care of people, first as a nurse and then as a speech and language therapist and more than 30 years later she is still in the business of taking care of people. This time however she does it in her role as SME Relations officer at the Johanneberg Science Park AB. in Göteburg, Sweden. She is a also a co-founder of Sustainable World Corporation and is taking up the responsibility of building and strengthening business relations.
Sofia holds a Master’s degree in Speech Therapy, Medicine, Phycology and Linguistics from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has also completed several courses and certifications in Business Coaching and Mentoring, such as Circular Coaching CCC Course from the RISE Research Insitute of Sweden. She also completed Facilitative Leadership Development Training with The Prowess Leadership Institute.
Nils Lindh
Nils has an educational background in environmental sciences and eco-engineering as well as in business administration. He is a trained and experienced mentor and facilitator for individual, organisational and community development. For 20 years he has been having a special focus on business and community development in African countries as a project coordinator in international NGOs, consultant and as a founder and manager of Naventure Nordic AB, a Swedish initiative for impact investments. He also is a seasoned educator on sustainable development in business, organisations and institutions of higher learning.
Nils aims to contribute to a sustainable development where people reach their potential. For this to happen, conditions need to be created for good and successful companies and organisations to contribute to local value creation. These conditions are created through leadership characterized by responsive collaboration, learning and innovation as well as access to resources. As a co-founder of Sustainable World Corporation in Sweden he focuses especially on setting up and facilitating business collaboration between actors in Sweden, Africa and beyond.
FOCUS AREAS
1. Organising and Facilitating the annual Sustainable World Challenge
2. Facilitating the development and growth of the other SWC Country Hubs
3. Facilitating business partnerships between Swedish and African Businesses.