Jorgen Sandstrom Speaker

Head, Transforming Industrial Ecosystems
World Economic Forum

Jörgen Sandström is the Head of the Industrial Transformation Program at the World Economic Forum.
In this role, he leads several teams working at the forefront of industry transformation, energy transition, sustainability, and decarbonization. These CEO-led initiatives aim to deliver net-zero materials ecosystems, unlock the technologies, finance, and policies that will enable them, and design new sustainable business models for future performance.
Current initiatives under the program include:
Securing Minerals for the Energy Transition: Promotes collaboration and innovation to ensure the availability of sustainable and affordable minerals, thereby accelerating the energy transition.
Transitioning Industrial Clusters initiative: Accelerates the transition to net-zero emissions clusters.
Accelerating Clean Hydrogen initiative: Establishes new collaborative efforts to scale clean hydrogen.
Clean Power and Electrification for Industry: Scales up clean power infrastructure for industrial transformation.

Jörgen is the former Head of the Mining and Metals Industry at the World Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum’s Mining & Metals Industry community consists of the world’s leading mining and metals companies, representing a broad range of commodities and regions.
Jörgen has twenty years of experience working with energy and commodities as well as in diplomacy.
From 2008 to 2016, he was the Executive Officer of Addax Bioenergy SA. As a founding partner, he led the development of a large bioenergy venture in Sierra Leone, West Africa.
Before that, Jörgen was with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, with postings in Russia, Switzerland, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Estonia.