She has held various Board membership positions and received numerous awards, most notably being repeatedly ranked by Fortune Magazine as one of the most powerful women in Global Business.

[3] Annika Falkengren was born on 12 April 1962 in Bangkok where her parents were stationed as diplomats for the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[4] She returned to Sweden to pursue her studies at the Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket boarding school and following that continued her higher education at Stockholm University, from where she graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Economics.

[7] She progressed through the ranks, holding a number of different roles predominantly in the bank's capital markets business lines before being appointed President and CEO in 2005.

[10][11] At Lombard Odier, Annika Falkengren oversaw a number of Group functions including Finance, Risk, Corporate Services and Marketing and Communications.