Otto Drakenberg Explained

Otto Drakenberg
Birth Date:28 July 1966
Nationality:Swedish
Birth Name:Jan Sten Otto Drakenberg
Occupation:Company leader
Known For:Olympian Seoul 1988 summer games, CEO Scandi Standard, Moment Group, Arcus-Gruppen A/S, Twilfit and Carlsberg SverigeChairman Spendrups Brewery, Svegro and Swedish Fencing Federation

Jan Sten Otto Drakenberg (born 28 July 1966, Lidingö, Sweden) is a Swedish business executive and board professional, as well as a former elite athlete in fencing and international ocean racing.[1] He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2] Drakenberg is Chairman of the Board for Spendrups Brewery, CarpoNovum, Svegro, and the Swedish Fencing Federation;[3] and is currently CEO for SMD Logistics. He has served as CEO of stockmarket-listed companies such as Scandi Standard.[4] [5]

Biography

Otto Drakenberg studied at Stockholm University. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1992, pursued advanced studies in economics 1993–1994 and went on to complete an internship with the UN in Geneva.

Fencing

Otto Drakenberg started fencing in 1971, at 5 years old.[6] He was a member of the Swedish national fencing team in 1988-1989, placing fourth in épée in the 1989 world championships and eighth in the épée team competition in the 1988 summer Olympics in Seoul. Drakenberg won second place in the 1994 European championships in team épée, took five Swedish Championship gold medals in épée 1987–1993, and was Nordic champion1989–1990.[7] In 1988 he was named épée fencer-of-the-year and in 1994 he was awarded for the best international performance in connection with the second place in the European Championships. In 1996 Otto Drakenberg received the Swedish Fencing Federation's "elite" commendation for his international performances.[8] In 2017 Otto Drakenberg was elected President of the Swedish Fencing Federation.[9] [10] [11] [12] During the International Fencing Federation’s Congress in November 2022, Drakenberg insisted on debating human rights concerns in Saudi Arabia before the vote on awarding that country the right to host the 2024 Junior World Championships.[13] His speech before the Congress was met with hostility and protest, to which he responded, "I will never refrain from speaking my word in a democratic world." The attempt to silence Drakenberg was reported to the International Olympic Committee and the conflict received attention in media.[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] Otto Drakenberg ran for International Fencing Federation (FIE) Presidency in November 2024.[24] [25] Drakenberg was the sole candidate against EU-sanctioned Alisjer Usmanov, who is considered in control of the FIE.[26] [27] [28] The FIE presidency campaign received attention in Nordic, British and German media.[29] [30] [31] [32] [33]

Offshore Sail Racing

Otto Drakenberg has competed in offshore sail racing since the 1990s, and in 1995 placed second in the Fastnet Race, Europe's oldest and most prestigious offshore race.[34] In the 2015 Fastnet, he placed third in his class.[35] In 1992 he participated in the Round Britain & Ireland Race and placed second in the French boat Bon Vouloir. Drakenberg came in fifth in the 1999 World Sailing Championships with the boat Investor.

Business career

Drakenberg worked for Procter & Gamble 1996–2000, the final years serving as Nordic brand manager. After serving as export head of the Danish company House of Prince during 2001–2003, Drakenberg was CEO of the Goodyear Dunlop’s Nordic and Baltic business during 2004–2007. During 2007–2010 he led the brewery Carlsberg Sweden and delivered the best results in the company's history.[36] During 2011–2015 he was Group CEO for the Nordic wine and spirit company Arcus-Gruppen A/S, resulting in a successful IPO in 2016.[37] He worked with a number of company transformation efforts 2016 – 2023, including Scandi Standard, Moment Group,[38] Twilfit, and Svegro.[39] He was chairman of the board and CEO for the reconstruction and successful sale of retailer Twilfit in 2019-2020.[40] 2020–2021 he was CEO for stockmarket-listed Moment Group where he took the company through essential refinancing in order to survive the Corona pandemic and return to profitable growth.[41] [42] [43] [44] 2021–2022 Drakenberg was Group CEO for stockmarket-listed Scandi Standard, stabilizing and restructuring the company after a period of turbulence and returning it to profitable growth. 2022-2024 Drakenberg served as CEO of micro-optic company Rolling Optics. He currently serves as CEO of SMD Logistics.[45]

Awards and prizes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Drakenberg . Otto . Home . ottodrakenberg.se.
  2. Web site: Otto Drakenberg . https://sok.se/5.b17e0a10832cc6a9a800038500.html . 9 May 2013 . Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (Swedish Olympic Committee), via WayBackMachine . sv.
  3. Web site: Styrelse; Otto Drakenberg . 28 May 2024 . Svensk Fäktning (Swedish Fencing) . sv.
  4. Web site: Scandi Standard utser Otto Drakenberg till tillförordnad VD och koncernchef . 28 May 2024 . Scandi Standard . 3 June 2021 . sv.
  5. Book: The Authentic Leader – 50 mid-size companies' executives share their secrets . Valtus . 2022 . sv.
  6. S1E02: Otto Drakenberg, FIE Presidential Candidate . Chaos on the Strip, a CyrusofChaos Podcast . Spotify . 25 November 2024 . 25 November 2024 . Fischl . Andrew . 0:23.
  7. Web site: SM Värja herrar, lag . 28 May 2024 . fencing.se . sv.
  8. Web site: Bältesspännarna . 28 May 2024 . Svensk Fäktning . sv.
  9. Web site: Drakenberg . Otto . Att uppnå det till synes omöjliga . 28 May 2024 . Svensk Fäktning . 5 March 2017 . sv.
  10. Web site: 25 May 2021 . Kritik mot RF:s dubbla roller: "Det är ju barockt" . SVT Nyheter . sv.
  11. News: 26 May 2021 . Riksidrottsförbundets makt och inflytande kritiseras . 28 May 2024 . Sveriges Radio . Ett . Studio .
  12. Web site: 7 June 2022 . Varför utesluts inte ryska idrottspampar? . 28 May 2024 . Aftonbladet . sv.
  13. News: Ställde hbtq-frågor – tystades av fäktarnas kongress . 28 May 2024 . Dagens Nyheter . 3 February 2023 . sv.
  14. News: 26 February 2023 . Sverige fortsätter att stöta sig med suspenderad fäktarbas . Dagens Nyheter . 28 May 2024 . sv.
  15. News: Försöket att tysta fäktbasen anmäls till IOK . 28 May 2024 . Dagens Nyheter.
  16. News: Anders . Lindblad . Rakryggad Drakenberg borde bli SOK-ordförande . 28 May 2024 . Svenska Dagbladet.
  17. News: Oksanen . Patrik . Bojkotta OS 2024 om ryska idrottare får delta . Svenska Dagbladet . sv.
  18. News: "Då hade jag känt mig som 'loser of the year'" – Otto Drakenberg har anmält internationella fäktningsförbundet . Aftonbladet Sport . sv.
  19. News: 7 February 2023 . Nu måste IOK-presidenten bekänna färg . Idrottens Affärer . sv.
  20. News: 6 February 2023 . Otto Drakenberg: "Väldigt många skräms till tystnad" . SR Sveriges Radio . sv.
  21. Web site: Fäktordförande efter tystandet i kongressen: "Förjävligt" . Tv4Nyheterna . sv.
  22. News: 12 February 2023 . Anders Lindblad: "Etik och moral blir avgörande i OS-frågan" . Svenska Dagbladet . sv.
  23. News: 26 February 2023 . Otto Drakenberg: "En dag kommer det bli otrevligt att vara tyst" . Dagens Nyheter . sv.
  24. Web site: 29 October 2024 . Russian oligarch Usmanov nominated for return to FIE presidency . 30 October 2024 . Reuters.
  25. News: Drakenberg utmanar oligarken om ordförandeposten . Dagens Nyheter . Sv.
  26. News: 2024-11-13 . Sverige: "Usmanov bör inte få kandidera" . 2024-11-14 . Dagens Nyheter . sv . 1101-2447.
  27. News: Skött . Bengt . 2024-11-04 . Svenske fäktbasen om IOK:s besked: "Djupt problematiskt" . 2024-11-05 . Sveriges Radio . sv.
  28. News: 2024-11-30 . Jens Littorin: Fäktningens ”Don Quijote” chanslös mot ”Trump” och de 103 ja-sägarna . 2024-12-02 . Dagens Nyheter . sv . 1101-2447.
  29. Web site: deutschlandfunk.de . 2024-11-03 . FIE-Kandidat Drakenberg: "Zukunft bei Olympia stark gefährdet" . 2024-11-12 . Deutschlandfunk . de.
  30. Web site: Brandsnes . Håkon Østmoe . 2024-11-30 . Otto Drakenberg stiller til valg mot Putin-vennen Alisjer Usmanov: – Jeg blir sett på som en galning . 2024-12-02 . NRK . nb-NO.
  31. News: Auclair . Philippe . 2024-11-07 . Money talks as oligarch Alisher Usmanov moves to regain control of fencing . 2024-11-11 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  32. News: Otto Drakenberg: "Någon måste ta striden" . Dagens Nyheter . sv.
  33. Web site: Swede duels with Putin's friend for world fencing presidency – DW – 11/21/2024 . 2024-11-22 . dw.com . en.
  34. Web site: Fastnet Race – the Classic Among the Offshore Sailing Races . 28 May 2024 . SailingEurope. 13 September 2019 .
  35. News: 21 August 2015 . Anahita bästa svensk i Fastnet Race . 28 May 2024 . KSSS . sv.
  36. News: Bästa året för Carlsberg Sverige . 28 May 2024 . Hallands Nyheter.
  37. Web site: The Group Management . Arcus Gruppen (Via the WayBack Machine). https://web.archive.org/web/20131224085127/http://arcus.no/en/Group/Group-organization/Group-Management/ . 24 December 2013 .
  38. Web site: Otto Drakenberg ny Tf Vd & Koncernchef för Moment Group . 28 May 2024 . Novare . sv.
  39. News: 12 February 2020 . Twilfit uppköpt – rekonstruktion avslutas i vår . 28 May 2024 . Dagens Handel . sv.
  40. Web site: 10 January 2020 . Vd-skifte hos Twilfit - styrelseordförande har tagit över . 28 May 2024 . Habit . sv.
  41. Web site: 25 March 2020 . Otto Drakenberg ny tf VD/Koncernchef för Moment Group . 28 May 2024 . TT.
  42. News: 19 November 2020 . Stor nöjeskoncern hotas av konkurs efter nya restriktioner . SVT Nyheter . sv.
  43. News: 30 November 2020 . Nöjeskoncernen Moment group räddas från konkurs . SVT Nyheter . sv.
  44. News: 30 November 2020 . Rusning i Moment Group efter hävt handelsstopp . 28 May 2024 . Privata Affärer . sv.
  45. Web site: SMD Logistics . 28 May 2024 . hitta.se.
  46. Web site: Utmärkelse bästa värjfäktare . Award Èpée Fencer of the Year . 29 May 2024 . Swedish Fencing Federation . sv.
  47. Web site: Elitmärket - Svensk Fäktning . 29 May 2024 . Svensk Fäktning . sv.
  48. Web site: Arnell-Szurkos . Jonas . 30 May 2021 . Ny Kommendator för Johanniterorden i Sverige . 29 May 2024 . sv.
  49. News: 12 February 2024 . Fäktning: Otto Drakenberg får Sportspegelpriset 2023 . 29 May 2024 . SVT Nyheter . sv.

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