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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.

Recent Publications

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.
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.

Recent Publications

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

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