Dag Detter

Dag Detter is currently a senior adviser in the private equity industry. He was previously President of Stattum, the Swedish state-owned enterprises (SOEs) holding company, and a Director at the Swedish Ministry of Industry where he led the deep-rooted transformation of the Swedish government’s €60bn corporate portfolio.

A former banker in China and Europe working with both M&A and project finance, Dag has also served on a number of boards of both public and unlisted companies in various sectors including telecommunications, defence and transportation. He is currently a Senior Advisor at Terra Firma, as well as a Non-Executive Director of DTZ Plc.

Dag has been an adviser to the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and a number of governments in Europe, MENA and Asia, including China, on the management of SOEs. A recognised expert in the field, he was one of the key initiators and architects of the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of SOEs.

Dag was born in Sweden, holds a degree in Business and Sinology from Lund University in Sweden and has studied classical Chinese history at Fudan University in Shanghai.