Gunilla Asker is SvP Marketing for ICA Sweden . In 2013, she was named one of the 125 most powerful businesswomen in Sweden.

Education

Born Gunilla Astrid Henriette Asker in Sweden, she was an exchange student at the

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, USA, in 1980. In 1982, she graduated from

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where she majored in

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. She went on to study at the

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where she got an MSc in international business administration and economics. Asker also studied French at the University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour in France and attended the ''Ruter Dam'' ("Queen of Diamonds") program for women in executive positions, as well as taking courses about strategic development of the Internet, Disruption theory and Authentic Leadership at the Harvard Business School.

Career

During most of her professional life, Asker has worked in the fields of strategy, sales and marketing. She has been director at

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, SJ AB and Research International/

Sifo Kantar Sifo, previously TNS Sifo and Sifo Research International, is a Swedish company operating in the field of opinion and social research. Since 1967, Sifo has published its public opinion poll "Voter monitor" ( sv, Väljarbarometern) which a ...

. In 2005–09, she was Marketing and Sales Director for Svenska Dagbladet, and in 2009 she was appointed CEO for the newspaper. Asker has been in charge of taking the Svenska Dagbladet from a solely printed paper to a multimedia company that serves several digital channels as well as the printed paper. In September 2018 she was appointed SVP Marketing at ICA Sweden. In 2013, she was named one of the 125 most powerful businesswomen in Sweden by business journal

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Other board appointments

Asker is member of the board at Knowit AB Sweden, AB Göta Kanalbolag, Tinius Thrust and Blommenholm Industrier AS Norway Sweden

References

1962 births 21st-century Swedish businesswomen Living people Uppsala University alumni 20th-century Swedish businesswomen {{Sweden-business-bio-stub