President-elect

Ulrika Årehed Kågström is President-elect of UICC and Secretary-General of the Swedish Cancer Society. Her background is in finance, crisis management and leading large and complex organisations in times of change. Ulrika is known to be a team player who listens and greatly values transparency.

Under Ulrika’s leadership, the Swedish Cancer Society has become the number 1 fundraising organisation in the country with a revenue that increased by almost 40 percent since Ulrika took office in 2016.

Ulrika is also an active leader in the Nordic Cancer Union. Fully committed to the global fight against cancer, Ulrika pays special attention to the numerous equity gaps in the access to early detection, treatment and care.

UIrika has served four years as a UICC Board member and was actively involved in UICC’s work: treasurer since 2020, chairman and member of the Knowledge, Advocacy and Policy Committee, chairman and member of the Finance Committee, member of the Strategy Review task force, member of the ATOM Coalition task force, member of the Governance committee, member of the task force on Antimicrobial Resistance, member of the Advisory Board of the Solidarity Fund for Ukraine and member of the Congress and Summit Committee.

Prior to joining the Swedish Ulrika was Secretary General of the Swedish Red Cross.