Richard Gröttheim is CEO of the Seventh AP fund since 1st of December 2010 prior to that his been Executive Vice President at AP7 since April 2000. He was head of the Monetary and Foreign exchange policy department at the Swedish central bank between 1993 and 1999. He has also been chief economist at the Swedish brokerage firm Aragon Securities.

The Seventh AP fund acts within the premium pension system, the defined contribution part of the government pension system. It is a global equity fund with 4 per cent in Private equity. The fund mainly manages money for people that didn’t select a private fund within the Premium pension system. Richard has a Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Economics from University of Stockholm.