OECD Local Development Forum 2024 - Building Bridges, Shaping Tomorrow

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Anders Ahnlid

Swedish National Board of Trade

Director-General

Mr. Anders Ahnlid is the Director-General of the Swedish National Board of Trade, appointed as of 2020. Prior to this role, Mr. Ahnlid, has served the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in various capacities such as Swedish Ambassador to Finland, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the EU in Brussels, Ambassador to the OECD and to UNESCO in Paris as well as Minister, Head of the Trade and Economic Department at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington DC. Within the MFA he has also been Director-General for Trade, Deputy Director-General, Head of Department for International Trade Policy as well as Trade Policy Analyst at the National Board of Trade that he currently heads. He was a negotiator in the GATT Uruguay Round that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization. Mr. Ahnlid holds a University degree in Political Science and Economics, University of Lund.
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