Ulrika Francke is a Swedish executive and former politician who is currently president of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Francke studied at Stockholm University.[1] She became the Vice Mayor of Stockholm as a Liberal Party politician between 1992 and 1999. During this time she was the city director of urban planning from 1992 to 1996 and the city director of streets and real estate from 1996 to 1999.[1][2]

She spent 10 years as the CEO of Tyréns, a Swedish construction and civil engineering consultancy company, until 2017.[3]

It was announced in November 2020 that Francke had been elected by ISO member bodies to serve as the organisation's President starting in January 2022, becoming the first woman to have ever held the role.[4]

She was elected a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in 1998.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "ISO – Principal Officers". ISO. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  2. ↑ Davis, Diane; Olsson, Amy Rader (2016). "Congestion Pricing in Stockholm: Institutionalizing the Transport-Land Use Nexus" (PDF). Transforming Urban Transport – The Role of Political Leadership: 14 & 52.
  3. ↑ "Ulrika Francke lämnar VD-rollen på Tyréns". www.tyrens.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  4. ↑ "Next ISO President announced as Ulrika Francke for 2022–2023 term". ISO. 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  5. ↑ "Ledamot". www.iva.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-09-15.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.