Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 29, 2001
DR LAURENT LEKSELL, born in 1952, is the President and Chief Executive
Officer of Elekta AB (publ) and has been a member of the Board since
1974. Elekta is a world-leading supplier of radiation oncology and
radiosurgery systems and solutions for precise radiotherapy, used for
advanced cancer care and minimally invasive neurosurgery, used for
treatment of disorders in the brain. Elekta is a public company listed
on the Stockholm Stock Exchange since 1994. Dr Leksell received his MBA
in 1974 and his PhD degree in Business Administration in 1981. Both
degrees were received from the Stockholm School of Economics, where Dr
Leksell also conducted research. From 1978-1979 Dr Leksell was a
visiting scholar at the Harvard Business School. He has been on the
faculty of the Swedish Institute of Management, the Stockholm School of
Economics and a visiting professor at INSEAD, France. Before assuming
his current position at Elekta AB, Dr Leksell was a partner and founder
of an international management consulting firm. Dr Leksell is married
and has four children. Profile
Elekta.
Mr. Leksell: We are an international medical technology company publicly
listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. We
