About
Mikael is unequivocal about his colleagues at Actis, and Globeleq – the Actis portfolio company which Mikael leads as CEO. In his eyes, this group of people simply represent, “the best energy team in the emerging markets.” Mikael should know; since 1990 he has worked in the world of emerging markets energy and infrastructure. He joined Globeleq in 2002 and rejoined as CEO in 2009. He began his career at ABB Energy Ventures, the developer and investor of 36 power projects worldwide with a total value of US$15bn, where he held senior management positions as head of global development and investments, head of Asia, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa and chairman of the investment committee. He has been involved in power projects in China, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. He believes that Actis has a unique and winning position in the marketplace because of its strong, long
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 30 investors at Actis are tracked.
- • 2,531 investors hold the Partner role in VCSift. Mikael Karlsson is one of them.
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