Lars Bertmar is a Swedish

Sweden

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 businessman who was CEO and Chairman

Board of directors

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 of investment bank Carnegie

Carnegie Investment Bank

Carnegie Investment Bank AB is a Swedish financial services group with activities in securities brokerage, investment banking and private banking....

. He holds a PhD

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 and is a lecturer at Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm School of Economics

The Stockholm School of Economics or Handelshögskolan i Stockholm is one of Northern Europe's leading business schools. Its Masters in Management program is ranked no. 2 in Northern Europe and no. 13 in Europe by the Financial Times...

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He graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics, in 1977.
After working for different companies, including being vice president at Handelsbanken

Handelsbanken

Svenska Handelsbanken AB is a Swedish bank.-History of Svenska Handelsbanken:The history of Svenska Handelsbanken goes back to 1871 when a number of prominent companies and individuals in Stockholm's business world founded Stockholms Handelsbank...

, Bertmar became CEO of Carnegie in 1990. After 13 year as CEO he stepped down, being replaced by Karin Forseke

Karin Forseke

Karin Forseke is a Swedish businesswoman and was CEO of the Swedish investment bank D. Carnegie & Co between 2003 and 2006. She became CEO in March 2003, when Lars Bertmar resigned his position as CEO to became Chairman of the company. She resigned in March 2006, being replaced by Stig Vilhelmson...

, and was instead elected Chairman of the company. He resigned in 2006 and was replaced by Christer Zetterberg

Christer Zetterberg

Christer Zetterberg is a Swedish businessman who is the current Chairman of investment bank Carnegie.Christer Zetterberg graduated with a degree in business. After starting his career in the Swedish paper industry, he became CEO of the state-owned PK-Banken in 1988. As such he took part in buying...

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He is also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences

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