Jan Mattsson

Jan Mattsson, President of Sweco Architects, holds a M.Sc. degree in Architecture from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. During Mattsson’s almost 14 years as president, the Group has grown into one of the world’s 10 largest architecture and urban planning companies, with 700 employees in Sweden and another 600 in northern Europe. The local market and to be customer-oriented are of great importance to Sweco’s business and have always been on top of Jan Mattsson’s agenda. Another key factor for business development has been to increase exports on growing markets, such as China, the Middle East and Africa. Jan Mattsson has managed to lead and develop a creative business as part of a large technical consultant company and at the same time maintain good profitability. High-level architecture and design together with well-developed management skills have been success factors. Through training and experience Jan Mattsson has developed a high-level of leadership skills. He is people oriented and has a high capacity, is brave and uses his personal characteristics to lead and develop business and people. He is a very good communicator and can convey messages that make people motivate.