Most recently, Borje was the President and CEO of Ericsson Group, a position he held between January 2017 and October 2026. He assumed the position when Ericsson was in a serious financial position following a period of operational underperformance. He led a complete turnaround of the company, including re-establishing technology leadership, and created a platform for future growth. The company is now in a healthy financial position and has commenced a share buyback program for the first time in its history. Borje was a board member of Ericsson from 2006 and 2026. Ericsson is a global leader in mobile telecommunications infrastructure, with almost 90,000 global employees.

Prior to starting at Ericsson, Borje held various positions at Investor AB, a Swedish industrial holding company controlled by the Wallenberg family, between 1992 and 2017. He was President and CEO during 2005 and 2015. During the period, Borje refocused the portfolio on selected key investments and started the build up of a portfolio of wholly owned companies. Between 2015 and 2017, he focused exclusively on the wholly owned investments as part of Patricia Industries. Prior to becoming CEO of Investor AB, Borje held various positions including Head of New Investments and President of Investor Growth Capital Inc, and CEO of Novare Kapital AB.

Prior to Investor AB, Borje was a consultant with McKinsey & Co Inc.

Borje holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and a Master of Business Administration, from INSEAD, France.

He is Chair of Trimble Inc. Previous board assignments include Alibaba, Husqvarna, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Chair), Nasdaq (Chair), Scania and WM Data (Chair).

Borje is also a board advisor for Mars and a board member of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce New York. He holds an Honorary Doctorate at The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.