Paul Schrotti is a Swedish business leader with more than three decades of industry experience. Until 2024, he was President and CEO of Lindéngruppen, a privately held Swedish industrial group with global holdings in the metals and chemicals sectors. He now divides his time between board and advisory roles across Europe and the United States.

Before joining Lindéngruppen, Schrotti served as Executive Vice President at Axel Johnson, one of Sweden’s largest privately held groups and, at the time, the region’s largest retailer. Prior to Axel Johnson, Schrotti was a Partner at EQT, a private equity firm, where he participated in the build-up of EQT from a regional player to a leading global investment firm. In the first ten years of his career Schrotti had various roles at IKEA and Electrolux focusing primarily on acquisitions and joint ventures in emerging markets.

With a broad experience in corporate governance and board work, Schrotti has held directorship in a multitude of businesses ranging from start-ups to global corporations. In 2022 he was nominated as one of the final three for the UK Non-executive Director Award, recognizing his work as a Chairman of Colart Plc, a leading global supplier of art materials.

Schrotti currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Novation Tech SpA, an Italian-based international industry group specialising in carbon-fibre and composite components for the automotive and aerospace sectors. He is also a Director of Axel Johnson International AB, a global provider of technical components and industrial solutions. In addition, he acts as Senior Advisor to Keyhaven Capital Partners, a UK-based private equity firm, and is a returning guest lecturer at INSEAD.

Schrotti holds an LL.M. degree from studies at Uppsala University and University of Minnesota Law School. He is a graduate of programs at Singularity University in Palo Alto and at the Stockholm Resilience Center at Stockholm University.