Karolinska Development announced that Dr. Ewa Björling will be proposed for inclusion in the company's Board of Directors, following the resignation of Board director Hans-Olov Olsson. She is a former member of the Swedish parliament and served as Sweden's Minister for Trade between 2007- 2014 and for a shorter period also as Minister for Nordic Cooperation. Moreover, she has been employed at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC) at Karolinska Institutet in Solna. Ewa Björling has previous engagements as a Board member of Essity AB, BioGaia AB and Mobilaris AB among others. Hans-Olov Olsson has chosen to resign from the Board of Directors at his own request. He joined the Board in 2017.