Anders Borg

Anders Erik Borg (born 11 January 1968) is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for Finance in the Swedish Government from 2006 to 2014. He is a member of the Moderate Party. Following the victory in the 2006 general election, Borg was appointed Minister for Finance in the new centre-right cabinet led by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, that assumed office on 6 October 2006. Borg has been recognised as the mastermind behind the new Swedish government's economic doctrine, focusing on proactive measures against unemployment: an incremental dismantling of the social democratic welfare state, with larger self-financing of welfare systems, lower taxes and fewer benefits as the way to create new motivation to work and more business opportunities and creation of jobs. In 2015, Borg is deputy chairman of Investment AB Kinnevik and Millicom. He resigned as deputy chairman of technology investment group Kinnevik and as adviser to Citigroup 2017 amid a scandal over his allegedly drunken behavior at a party. In 2018 Borg joined IPsoft as Senior Advisor, with main role to promote the company's AI platform Amelia.