Pia Sandvik, CEO of RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, is born in Ludvika and holds an MSc in mechanical engineering from Linköping University. Pia Sandvik, PhD and docent in Quality Control Technology, has previously been President at Luleå University of Technology and CEO of Länsförsäkringar Jämtland. Pia Sandvik is Chairman of KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Deputy Chairman of IVA’s Business Executives Council and Member of the Board of Almi AB and the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum.