Anna Malmhake

Anna Malmhake
An image of Anna Malmhake at the history marketing summit in Stockholm
Malmhake in 2018
Born
Anna Malmhake

December 1966 (age 57)
Nynäshamn, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materStockholm University
OccupationBusiness executive
TitleCEO and President of Oriflame
Children2

Anna Malmhake (born 1966)[1] is a Swedish business executive specialised in FMCG and consumer technology. She is a graduate of Stockholm University, and holds a bachelor's degree in social science, business and law.

Career

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Malmhake started her career at Procter & Gamble in 1991. After positions at The Coca-Cola company and Motorola, she joined Vin & Sprit AB in 2007 as global brand director for Absolut Vodka. Soon after Pernod Ricard bought Vin & Sprit AB, Malmhake was promoted to vice president Global Marketing, a position she held until 2011.[2]

Between 2011 and 2016, Malmhake served as chairman and CEO of Irish Distillers,[3] [4] before returning to The Absolut Company as CEO on July 1, 2016. [5] [6]

She left The Absolut Company in 2020 to become Managing Director for the EMEA go to market organization of Activision Blizzard. [7] She left Activision Blizzard King in early 2023. [8]

In 2023, Anna took over as CEO & President of Oriflame. [9]

Boards and honors

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Apart from having been the chairwoman of The Absolut Company, Malmhake has also been on the board of Oriflame.[10] In 2015, she won the CEO Businesswoman of the Year Award [11] from Image. In 2016 and 2017, Veckans Affärer listed Malmhake as one of Sweden's most powerful women of the media- and communications industry.[12]

Personal life

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Malmhake has twin sons and lives in London, United Kingdom.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lindgren, Martin (26 May 2023). "Hon blir ny vd i af Jochnicks sminkbolag" [She becomes the new CEO of Jochnick's make-up company]. Dagens industri (in Swedish).
  2. ^ Bloomberg. "Executive Profile: Anna Malmhake", Bloomberg.
  3. ^ John Mulligan. "Pernod Ricard names new Irish Distillers boss as Jameson soars" Archived 8 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Irish Independent, Dublin, 12 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Irish Distillers CEO: maturing stock 'isn't the issue'". Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  5. ^ Forbes. "3 Marketing Lessons The CEO Of Absolut Learned Playing Video Games" Archived 12 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Forbes, USA, 2018.
  6. ^ John Mulligan. "Irish Distillers boss Anna Malmhake to take over at Absolut" Archived 8 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Irish Independent, Dublin, 11 February 2018.
  7. ^ Gamesindustry.biz. "Activision Blizzard names new EMEA boss
  8. ^ LinkedIn, Anna Malmhake [1]
  9. ^ https://worldofdirectselling.com/anna-malmhake-oriflame-new-ceo/
  10. ^ Bloomberg. "Executive Profile: Anna Malmhake", Bloomberg.
  11. ^ Image. "IMAGE Businesswoman Of The Year Awards: The Winners!" Archived 9 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Image, Dublin, 2 November 2015.
  12. ^ Veckans Affärer 2018-03-05 "Näringslivets mäktigaste kvinnor 2018