Sofia Appelgren

Speaker at the St. Gallen Symposium

Sofia Appelgren is the Founder of Mitt Livs Val Foundation and the social enterprise Mitt Liv AB, advocating for equal job opportunities and conditions in the labour market. As CEO for nine years, she transformed Mitt Liv into Sweden's largest mentoring program for academics with a foreign background and a renowned Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion consultancy, training over 14,000 individuals annually. Ms Appelgren was featured as one of Time Magazine's Next Generation Leaders, received Sweden's Best Social Entrepreneur award by Ben & Jerry's, and was named one of the 125 most influential women in the Swedish business community.