Wearing many hats is common within boutique asset managers and smaller investment organizations. At Swedish boutique Origo Fonder, founder, CEO and co-chief investment officer Stefan Roos is now handing over the CEO role to Peter Eliasson to focus more fully on investment management and the continued development of the firm’s asset management operations.

“We are very pleased to welcome Peter as the new CEO. He has solid experience and a deep understanding of the business from both leading roles and as a specialist,” says Ragnvald Risan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Origo Fonder. “This makes him well suited to lead the company in our continued development and growth.”

“We are very pleased to welcome Peter as the new CEO. He has solid experience and a deep understanding of the business from both leading roles and as a specialist.”

Ragnvald Risan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Origo Fonder.

Most recently, Eliasson served as Head of Client Coverage at Erik Penser Bank, which was later acquired by Carnegie. Prior to that, he held several senior leadership roles at Nordea and Swedbank across private banking, investments, and securities advisory. Earlier in his career, Eliasson worked at Västra Hamnen Fonder as a fund manager and also held positions at SEB and Handelsbanken in portfolio management, advisory, and equity sales. He brings close to three decades of experience from the Nordic financial industry.

Current CEO Stefan Roos, who has served as the firm’s Chief Investment Officer since Origo Fonder was founded in 2013 and has shared the co-CIO role with Per Johansson since 2024, will be able to focus fully on investment activities and portfolio management as Peter Eliasson takes over the CEO role. “We are in a phase where we are both strengthening our organization and developing our asset management offering,” adds Risan. “With Peter as CEO, we create good conditions for continued growth, while at the same time further strengthening the focus on asset management.”

“I am very much looking forward to continuing to develop the business together with the team, strengthen the offering and create long-term value for the unitholders.”

Peter Eliasson

Incoming CEO Peter Eliasson says he looks forward to building on the firm’s existing platform and continuing its development. “Origo has a very strong offering and a clear ambition going forward,” says Eliasson. “I am very much looking forward to continuing to develop the business together with the team, strengthen the offering and create long-term value for the unitholders.”

Origo Fonder has managed the small-cap-focused hedge fund Origo Quest since early 2013 and launched a long-only fund Origo Seleqt focused on Nordic micro- and small-cap companies in 2022. The boutique currently oversees more than SEK 1 billion across its funds, in addition to capital managed through separately managed accounts.