Biography
Anne Holm Rannaleet is part of the team that built IK Investment Partners (“IK”), a leading European Private Equity firm, founded in 1989. She retired as Partner of IK in 2008, currently serving as Senior Advisor. Anne is also a founding member (2006), and the Executive Director of IKARE Ltd, the venture philanthropy operated UK charity whose main donor is IK.
IKARE sees its role as catalytic in de-risking and piloting innovative solutions, working closely with its investees over a number of years and providing both funding and non-financial support in order to increase impact. IKARE's main focus is to strengthen health services delivery infrastructures, through innovative approaches and which solutions lead themselves to scaling and systemic change (SOS Uganda/3V vets for control of sleeping sickness as well as Shifo/Smart Paper Technology for digitizing health data for Mother and Child, including immunizations).
Anne is also board member of Unicus Holding A/S, an IT-development and testing consultancy operating in Norway, Sweden and Finland, employing only consultants diagnosed with Aspbergers as their skills provide an unique match for the job, while at the same time providing a route out of unemployment. She also serves on the board of non-profit Effektfullt, dedicated to drive and support impact measurement and management best practices on the Swedish market, as well as on the boards of Insamlingsföreningen Kinondo Kwetu Support in Sweden, Polaris Management AS, Denmark and is a previous board member of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA). She is also a member of the steering group of Filantropiskt Forum in Sweden and of the Swedish Securities Council (Aktiemarknadsnämnden).
Holding a MSc in International Economics and Business Administration from Uppsala University in Sweden, Anne spent ten years working at Svenska Peugeot AB and Atlas Copco AB before joining SEB/Enskilda Fondkommission in 1987 as an investment banker.