Cecilia Wikström is the Chair of the Board for Elekta Foundation. Prior to the establishment of the foundation, she has been a member of the Board of Directors for Elekta AB since 2018. She is also Board Chairman of EIPA (the European Institute of Public Administration), the chair of the Alva Myrdal Centre at Uppsala University and CEO for the Beijer Foundation and the Anders Wall Foundation.
Ms Wikström served as a member of the Swedish parliament during 2002-2009 and was elected member of the European Parliament in 2009 until 2019.
Cecilia Wikström got her Bachelor of Theology at the Department of Theology at the Uppsala University in 1993. She has had various positions in the Church of Sweden ever since her ordination in 1994 and is the author of several books.
Tomas has 40 years of experience in international medical technology. He held various positions at the Research Institute for Nuclear Physics, Scanditronix and Ericsson before joining Elekta where he became CEO until 2013.
He is a member of the Board of Permobil AB (part of Investor AB publ. listed on OMX) ,Sectra AB (Publ. listed on OMX) and Implantica AG (Publ. listed on First North). He is a trained Electrical Engineer and has studied Physics at Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH), Stockholms Universitet and completed International Executive Management Training (IEP) at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Laurent Leksell (Larry) co-founded Elekta AB in 1972 with his father Lars whilst still attending the Stockholm School of Economics to exploit the Gamma Knife his father had invented.
Larry held the role of CEO of Elekta between 1972 and 2005. He is currently Chairman of the Board and a principal shareholder of the company. He is also Chairman of the Board for Leksell Social Ventures, a philanthropic that he set up with his wife. He was previously Chairman of the Board at Stockholms Stadsmission from 2005 until 2015. He also holds Board positions at both the International Chamber of Commerce and the Stockholm School of Economics.
Larry is the recipient of the Gold Medal from the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences and the Medal of Enterprisefrom the Royal Patriotic Society. In 2013 he was awarded the Medal of His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
Lacy is the President of Elekta Foundation.
Lacy has 23 years of very diverse global radiation industry experience in running operations, developing service products, and leading transformational programs. As former Vice President of Global Education and Training, Lacy has instituted the changes in Elekta learning strategies, content development and digital learning. Additionally, Lacy has led new product and service implementations across the globe, including Europe, Asia, and Americas.
Lacy is passionate in helping the developing world. She has been a strong supporter of building radiotherapy competences in low- and middle-income countries in both business and charities including climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds to donate radiation equipment to low- and middle-income markets in Africa.
Lacy earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in Shanghai, China and an Executive MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.
Viveca is the Executive Assistant of Elekta Foundation. She also works as Executive Assistant at Elekta AB for Chairman and Founder Laurent Leksell, the Directors of the Board and Executive Vice President Human Resources.
Viveca has a long international experience as an Executive Assistant at different companies and she has worked with many large projects like conferences, events, training, and education programs.
"I am proud to be a part of the Elekta Foundation and to be able to contribute to improve cancer care in unserved regions and communities. I believe we can make a difference and look forward to helping facilitate the Foundation's vision."
Cornilla von Plomgren is the Communications and Marketing Manager (interim) of the Foundation.
Cornilla has worked in executive roles mainly focusing on fundraising, stakeholder dialogues and partnership development for different NGOs, and communications and sustainability in the logistics and IT business area.
When working for ActionAid, she was involved in fundraising, donor management and development of project for psychosocial support activities for children in Zarqa, Jordan and educational project for children in Nam Chua in the south of Vietnam. She has also worked for the nonprofit organization Mentor that unleashes the potential of the youth via mentorship and Sightsavers that is fighting for disability rights and protecting sights.
Cornilla finds it important to empowering women and adolescent girls to get screened for cancer and have access to health services in low- and middle-income countries. Electa Foundation has an impactful role to play in closing the cancer care inequity gap and uphold the right for everyone to high quality and equitable healthcare.
She has a Master of Law from Stockholm University, and studied Business Administration at Umeå University in Sweden.