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Petter Kilefors

Managing Partner

Head of Arthur D. Little Nordics

Petter advises private and public organizations with strategy & innovation challenges across sectors.

Areas of Focus

Education

Stockholm School of Economics
M.Sc., Economics and Business Administration
Rotterdam School of Management
M.Sc. International Business

Country Grouping
Nordics

Petter is the Managing Partner of Arthur D. Little in the Nordic region.

Petter is a member of the global Strategy & Organization Practice, globally responsible for Private Equity with industry affiliation to the TIME, Health Care & Life Sciences, and Public Services Practices.

His professional focus is on strategy & organization, advice to private equity and industrial investors pre- and post-transaction (e.g. due diligence, valuation, strategy, change management, post-merger integration), and governance issues faced by corporations, investors, governments and multilateral organizations.

Petter holds a Master’s in Economic Science and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics and the Rotterdam School of Management.

Optimistic global CEOs focus on people and skills in an AI future
Optimistic global CEOs focus on people and skills in an AI future
Embracing the opportunities that artificial intelligence (AI) and talent together can unlock, CEOs are looking beyond the current instability, and increasingly confident about the future prospects for their organizations and the wider economy. Two-thirds are highly positive about the global outlook over the next three to five years, a major increase from 2023. Given that global tensions have worsened over the last 12 months, with conflict in the Middle East, disruptions to Red Sea supply chains, and the continuing war in Ukraine, this optimism is dramatic and heartening.
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Positive in an uncertain world: Confident CEOs reskill companies for AI-driven growth
Positive in an uncertain world: Confident CEOs reskill companies for AI-driven growth
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Embracing uncertainty, driving growth
Embracing uncertainty, driving growth
A crisis is an opportunity riding a dangerous wind, according to a Chinese proverb – and the world is currently beset with crises. The global pandemic, climate change, and unprecedented geopolitical volatility have provided a wake-up call to all organizations, bringing a long-lasting era of worldwide economic growth to a close.
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Time to renew your pilot’s license?
Time to renew your pilot’s license?
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TURNING TURMOIL TO ADVANTAGE: HOW CEOS ARE NAVIGATING CHANGE TO DRIVE GROWTH
Turning Turmoil to Advantage: How CEOs Are Navigating Change to Drive Growth
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When global megatrends run amok
Petter Kilefors, Rebecka Axelsson Wadman, Bill Reeves, Alan Martinovich
Crises change our world. History tells a simple lesson — the deeper and more severe the crisis, the stronger the transformative effects on long-term societal development. Informative cases are abundant, ranging from the Black Death’s influence on reorganization of medieval agriculture to the ways the experiences of the combined tragedies of WWI and WWII transformed principles and mechanisms of managing the world economy. In retrospect, the long-term impact of these historical transformations has been associated with increasing growth and welfare.    
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Growth in the new normal
Alan Martinovich, Petter Kilefors, Hariprasad Pichai, Bill Reeves
As challenging as the current economic headwinds may be, many of these forces are likely short-term idiosyncrasies of the post-COVID-19 economic recovery. We believe that several longer-term and even accelerating economic mega-trends will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the global economy in the next five years and must be addressed with immediate and serious executive attention. In this Viewpoint, we cover four global growth mega-trends: 
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BYE-BYE COMFORT ZONE, WELCOME VUCA
Petter Kilefors, Martin Glaumann, Alan Martinovich, Hariprasad Pichai, Rebecka Axelsson Wadman, Alan Martinovich
NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO PUT GROWTH ON AGENDA As the global vaccination campaign continues, companies are preparing for the post-COVID-19 economic rebound to rebuild their financial strength and recover ground that they have lost during the COVID recession. Simultaneously, they must also respond to drivers and trends that the pandemic has either induced or significantly accelerated. They must balance the demand surge and digitalization tailwind against supply shortages.
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Travel & transportation
Electric buses
Petter Kilefors, Rodolfo Guzman
Electric buses are expected to be more efficient and greener than diesel buses, and key to making cities more environmentally friendly. Every city must carefully choose its individual solution for its bus fleet, and OEMs have to be ready to mirror the local requirements by understanding the needs of both PTOs and PTAs.
Find out more

Petter is the Managing Partner of Arthur D. Little in the Nordic region.

Petter is a member of the global Strategy & Organization Practice, globally responsible for Private Equity with industry affiliation to the TIME, Health Care & Life Sciences, and Public Services Practices.

His professional focus is on strategy & organization, advice to private equity and industrial investors pre- and post-transaction (e.g. due diligence, valuation, strategy, change management, post-merger integration), and governance issues faced by corporations, investors, governments and multilateral organizations.

Petter holds a Master’s in Economic Science and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics and the Rotterdam School of Management.

Optimistic global CEOs focus on people and skills in an AI future
Optimistic global CEOs focus on people and skills in an AI future
Embracing the opportunities that artificial intelligence (AI) and talent together can unlock, CEOs are looking beyond the current instability, and increasingly confident about the future prospects for their organizations and the wider economy. Two-thirds are highly positive about the global outlook over the next three to five years, a major increase from 2023. Given that global tensions have worsened over the last 12 months, with conflict in the Middle East, disruptions to Red Sea supply chains, and the continuing war in Ukraine, this optimism is dramatic and heartening.
Find out more
Positive in an uncertain world: Confident CEOs reskill companies for AI-driven growth
Positive in an uncertain world: Confident CEOs reskill companies for AI-driven growth
Find out more
Embracing uncertainty, driving growth
Embracing uncertainty, driving growth
A crisis is an opportunity riding a dangerous wind, according to a Chinese proverb – and the world is currently beset with crises. The global pandemic, climate change, and unprecedented geopolitical volatility have provided a wake-up call to all organizations, bringing a long-lasting era of worldwide economic growth to a close.
Find out more
Time to renew your pilot’s license?
Time to renew your pilot’s license?
Find out more
TURNING TURMOIL TO ADVANTAGE: HOW CEOS ARE NAVIGATING CHANGE TO DRIVE GROWTH
Turning Turmoil to Advantage: How CEOs Are Navigating Change to Drive Growth
Find out more
When global megatrends run amok
Petter Kilefors, Rebecka Axelsson Wadman, Bill Reeves, Alan Martinovich
Crises change our world. History tells a simple lesson — the deeper and more severe the crisis, the stronger the transformative effects on long-term societal development. Informative cases are abundant, ranging from the Black Death’s influence on reorganization of medieval agriculture to the ways the experiences of the combined tragedies of WWI and WWII transformed principles and mechanisms of managing the world economy. In retrospect, the long-term impact of these historical transformations has been associated with increasing growth and welfare.    
Find out more
Growth in the new normal
Alan Martinovich, Petter Kilefors, Hariprasad Pichai, Bill Reeves
As challenging as the current economic headwinds may be, many of these forces are likely short-term idiosyncrasies of the post-COVID-19 economic recovery. We believe that several longer-term and even accelerating economic mega-trends will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the global economy in the next five years and must be addressed with immediate and serious executive attention. In this Viewpoint, we cover four global growth mega-trends: 
Find out more
BYE-BYE COMFORT ZONE, WELCOME VUCA
Petter Kilefors, Martin Glaumann, Alan Martinovich, Hariprasad Pichai, Rebecka Axelsson Wadman, Alan Martinovich
NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO PUT GROWTH ON AGENDA As the global vaccination campaign continues, companies are preparing for the post-COVID-19 economic rebound to rebuild their financial strength and recover ground that they have lost during the COVID recession. Simultaneously, they must also respond to drivers and trends that the pandemic has either induced or significantly accelerated. They must balance the demand surge and digitalization tailwind against supply shortages.
Find out more
Travel & transportation
Electric buses
Petter Kilefors, Rodolfo Guzman
Electric buses are expected to be more efficient and greener than diesel buses, and key to making cities more environmentally friendly. Every city must carefully choose its individual solution for its bus fleet, and OEMs have to be ready to mirror the local requirements by understanding the needs of both PTOs and PTAs.
Find out more

More About Petter
  • Stockholm School of Economics
    M.Sc., Economics and Business Administration
  • Rotterdam School of Management
    M.Sc. International Business