Christer Gardell (born 1960) is a Swedish hedge fund manager.
Gardell studied business at Stockholm School of Economics and graduated in the year 1984, worked at McKinsey & Company and was appointed CEO of Swedish investment company AB Custos in 1996, where he stayed until 2001.
The firm uses an "active ownership" or "activist" investment strategy.
[1][2] This fund holds major investments in several companies on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, including Volvo.
Past investments have included Lindex, Skandia, and TeliaSonera.