Svante Adde studied at the Stockholm School of Economics to take his BA degree in 1979. He joined Citibank in Stockholm that year as an account officer and moved with Citicorp to London in 1983 to work in M&A and corporate finance. Svante joined Lazard Brothers in London in 1989 to head up their Nordic business which he led until 2003 as a Managing Director / Partner. During this period Lazard acquired its Stockholm office for which Svante was the Managing Director 2000-2003. From 2003 -2005 he worked as CFO of Ahlstrom in Helsinki and is currently a Non-Executive Board Member of Metso, Konecranes and Brammer. Key clients for Svante have included Merita / Nordea, Skandia, SE-Banken, Kymmene, M-real, Ahlstrom, Duni, BT, SCA, MoDo, Munksjö, Bonniers, Scapa, Partek, TeliaSonera and Volvo. Svante joined Pöyry Capital as a Managing Director in 2007.

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