Our Strategy
We are facing an increasingly complex, fast-moving environment. In the coming years, sustainability, digitalization, an intensifying competition for talent and geopolitics will shape both Investor and our companies.
Sustainable value creation process
Each company we are engaged in has a dedicated business team, consisting of our board representatives in the company and investment professionals at Investor. The business teams build company knowledge, benchmark versus competition and evaluate corporate structures. Considerable time is being spent on finding and capturing value-creating opportunities offered by long-term trends such as new technology and sustainability. Based on the analysis, we develop and constantly refine value creation plans, identifying strategic key value drivers that we believe that the companies should focus on to maximize long-term value. We present these plans to the company's Chair and CEO, drive them in the board discussions and follow up on the progress.
Our ultimate goal, to generate an attractive total return, is underpinned by three strategic priorities and four operating priorities:
Our Foundation
Is our base for sustainable value creation
Long-term perspective - with a focus on industrial development to increase the competitiveness
Strong network of people - to share best practice and experience to drive value creation
Value-driven culture - that guides us in our decision making
Proven governance model - built on clear roles and responsibilities between us as an owner, the companies' boards and managements
Buy-to-build philosophy - as long as we see further value creation potential in our companies
Strong cash flow - enables us to capture investment opportunities and pay a steadily rising dividend