During this time, he was part of Bankers Trust's graduate training program and worked for Chase Manhattan Bank.
He later went to work at Morgan Stanley Europe and became a vice chairman and member of their management committee.
In February 2008, Johansson was appointed chairman and chief executive officer of UBS Investment Bank.
On 27 April 2009, Johansson resigned and was replaced by Alex Wilmot-Sitwell and Carsten Kengeter as Co-CEOs of the Investment Bank.
As executive chairman, Johansson works alongside the other co-founding partners to drive the continued growth of the firm and the value creation across the funds Bluewater manage.