Our employees and culture
Investor’s organization consists of the employees working in our business areas and in the Finance, Human Resources, Corporate Communications, Business Information Services, Information Technology, Risk Management and Treasury departments. In addition to our employees, our global network is a unique strategic asset. With Investor’s reputation and our long history of developing companies, we have built a strong international brand that we are steadily developing. Our strong brand and network help us come into contact with interesting companies and attract the right people to our organization.
Our employees
Investor’s employees in Stockholm, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Menlo Park (California), New York City and Tokyo are of crucial importance for our ability to reach our goals. We therefore put heavy demands on our personnel with regard to their competence, professionalism, quality awareness, ambition and performance. To recruit and retain the right employees, we place major emphasis on creating an attractive workplace where people enjoy working and grow professionally.
DIVERSITY CREATES A DYNAMIC WORKPLACE
We invest in a number of different industries and in several geographic markets. A diversity of people of different ages and with different backgrounds, experience and knowledge is therefore necessary for a company like Investor to succeed. Our employees represent a large number of different nationalities. We recruit people with different types of expertise and from various professional backgrounds, such as physicians, economists, lawyers and engineers.
Having the right person in the right place at the right time is a time-honored principle at Investor. This principle continues today and we believe that diversity in the organization creates a dynamic workplace. We therefore strive to increase the percentage of women in senior management positions within Investor and our holdings.
PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT
Since the competence of our employees is of central importance to our ability to develop best-in-class companies, we place major emphasis on giving each employee the opportunity to advance their education and enhance their professional knowledge on a continuous basis.
REMUNERATION
We offer competitive remuneration in line with market conditions to ensure that the right employees can be recruited and retained in the company. An employee’s total salary consists of basic salary, variable salary and long-term share-based remuneration. The outcome of variable salary depends on the employee’s fulfillment of personal goals, while the outcome of the share-based component depends on how successful the organization is in creating long-term value for Investor’s shareholders. The variable component clearly links the individual’s work efforts to the company’s strategy and goals. An employee’s remuneration will be performance-based, and through the share-based portion, the interests of employees are clearly aligned with those of the shareholders.
Our culture guides our actions
A strong and clear corporate culture is of importance for our ability to achieve our vision and goals. We are constantly developing our corporate culture on the basis of the following Core Values:
- Create value: we create value in everything we do with a long-term view and short-term impatience.
- Continuous improvement: we think forward – there is always a better way.
- Contribute your view: we state, listen to and respect different views. We encourage integrity, openness and dialogue. When a decision is made, we take our responsibility.
- Care for people: we are fair and open to one another. We contribute to growth and success as individuals and in teams. We are accountable for results.
Information updated 2008-03-26 15:43:11