Magnus Breidne

Education

1981   Ph.D. in Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

1977   Master of Science (Engineering), Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Professional Positions
2010 -              Executive Director – Projects, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences

2004 – 2010    Counsellor Science & Technology, Head of Office, ITPS - Beijing

2004 – 2011  Consultant to Ignis Photonyx

-          CEO Ignis Photonyx A/S (Denmark);           2007 - 2011

-          CEO Ignis Inc (Canada)                   2007 - 2009

2002 - 2003     Director, Kista Photonics Research Center

2001 – Professor Adjoint, Midsweden University

2000 - 2003   Vice president and director of R&D, Acreo

1998 - 2003   Coordinator of ’Doktorandskola (Företagsdoktorander i Optik)’ funded by the KK-foundation together with industry

1995 - 2000     Managing Director, Institute of Optical Research, Stockholm, Sweden
1990 - 1995     Manager Optical Technology, Institute of Optical Research, Stockholm, Sweden

1985 - 1989     Researcher at Institute of Optical Research, Stockholm, Sweden

1983 - 1984     Prof adjoint at Université d’Aix-Marseille III, Marseille, France

1981-1983     Research Assistant at Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Boardmember positions - companies

2009 - 2011   Board member, Syntune AB (Swedish start-up in tuneable lasers)

2007 - 2009   Board member, poLight, (Norwegian start-up company in displays and mobile handsets)

2006 – 2008 Chairperson, IgnisPhotonyx A/S (Danish start-up company in PLC production)

2006 -             Board member, Fi-ra Photonics Inc, (South Korean telecom component company)

2006              Chairman, Ignis ASA (Norwegian Telecom company registered on Oslo Stock exchange)

2004 – 2007 Board member, Ignis ASA

2004 - 2005   Boardmember Smit Center, Shanghai

2001 – 2003    Board member OptiSwitch/Photonyx (Norwegian start-up in Photonics)

2000 - 2003     Board member Cobolt (Swedish start-up company in Photonics)

1998 - 2000     Board member Proximion (Swedish start-up company in Photonics)

Member of Committees and Societies

2002 - 2003     Member of Nanotechnology Committee, The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences

2000 – 2004    Member and Treasurer of European Optical Society (EOS) Executive Committee

1998 – 2001 Board member, EUROPTO

1996 – 2004    Board member, European Optical Society (EOS)

Honours and Awards
2004    Fellow of SPIE (US largest professional society for optics/photonics)

2007    Fellow of EOS (Europe’s major optics/photonics society)

Current Focus

Knowledge economy, human capital, China’s national innovation systems, standards as a technological barrier to trade, China’s ICT development 

Miscellaneous

Publications

Approx 40 publications in well-known, peer-reviewed, scientific journals, 10 invited speeches on international conferences, 5 publications on Chinese science policy, …

Other academic studies

35 academic points in the Russian language from Stockholm University

Patent expert

Judge at ‘Stockholms Tingsrätt’, 1988 – 2004. Engaged in one major trial; Inogon Licens AB vs Seydon AB during 1988-90

Human Rights

Chairman of Amnesty International, Swedish Section, 1989-1992

Chairman of Swedish Amnesty Fund 1985-1989

Board member Amnesty International, Swedish Section, 1985-1992

Foreign Languages (in decreasing degree of aptitude)  

English, French, German, Russian, Chinese

Contact Details

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences

PO Box 5073

SE 102 42 Stockholm

Office address: Grev Turegatan 16, Stockholm

Telephone: 46-8-791 29 07

Mobile: +46 708 460 464

 Email: magnus.breidne@iva.se