Maria Borelius

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Maria Borelius
Minister for Foreign Trade
In office 6 October 2006 – 14 October 2006
Preceded by	Thomas Östros
Succeeded by	Sten Tolgfors
Personal details
Born	(1960-07-06) 6 July 1960 (age 63) entrepreneur

Maria Sigrid Astrid Borelius is a Swedish born former

, mainly covering areas of Entrepreneurship, Science, research, globalization and politics.

Education and career

Between 2007 and 2012 Maria Borelius was the Vice Chairman and CEO of Hand in hand International, a UK based charity, working with partnering organisations in the developing world to promote enterprise and job-creation among marginalized women in the bottom billion. During these years the organisations in India, South-Africa, Afghanistan and India grew from 150,000 women in programs, to over 1 million women, with an international fundraising organization being created with UN partnership, and donors among businesses, private individuals and bilateral institutions.

Maria Borelius has been active on several boards of listed companies on the Swedish stock exchange, with a focus on technology companies such as Active Biotech, Sweco and Telelogic, and within academia, such as the Swedish National Science board.

In 2006 stood for Election for the

has since then changed the system by which private child care is partly paid through the so-called “RUT” reforms.

Together with TV-entrepreneur Annie Wegelius, she started the digital TV-channel and learning portal K-World.

Before this Maria Borelius was active as science journalist, and editor for the evening news “Rapport” on Swedish national public TV, and the face of the science program NOVA for many years. She produced numerous TV-programs on popular science, such as “To give birth” which got record audiences. She has written several books on popular medicine, such as “Sedan du fött”, translated into German, Norwegian and Danish, and “Motboken” with Marie Bloom. In 2013 Maria joined the advisory council of Open Europe.

Maria Borelius has lived in Great Britain since 2000, is married to Greger Larson, and has four children born 1990, 1992, 1993 and 1995.

Education

• New York University 1986 (Master of Science Reporting)
• Lund University 1984 (Fil.kand in Biology, mathematics and physics)

Awards

• 2001 The honorary “Hierta” scholarship from the Swedish Journalist Association.
• 1994 Great Journalist prize from the Swedish Cancerfund.
• 1984 Scholarship Swedish Science Association.

References

External links

• Maria Borelius at the Open Europe website
• Maria Borelius at the
  Riksdag
  website (in Swedish)
• Maria Borelius at the Moderate Party website (in Swedish)
• Maria Borelius personal website (in Swedish) (Shut down as of October 23, 2006)

Preceded by Thomas Östros

Minister for Foreign Trade 2006

Succeeded by Sten Tolgfors