Cecilia Schelin Seidegård

Who is Cecilia Schelin Seidegård?

Irene Cecilia Schelin Seidegård, is a Swedish biochemist and since 1 January 2010, Governor of Gotland County.

Seidegård grew up in Visby. In her youth she was active in the Free Students, a political party of a student's union. For 1981-82, she was vice-chairman of the Swedish National Union of Students.

She obtained a Ph.D. in biochemistry, and then worked in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in the Astra Group, where she was director of research at Astra Zeneca. In 2003-2004, she was CEO of Huddinge University Hospital AB, and in 2004-2007 she was Director of the merged Karolinska University Hospital. Since 2004 she has been Chairman of the Board of the Royal Institute of Technology. Since 2008 she has also been chairman of the Systembolaget. She was elected in 2007 as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.