Improve European society through the promotion of Quality in its broadest sense -Past, present and future
(Presentation Outline)
Improve European society through the promotion of Quality in its broadest sense. That is the mission of European Organization for Quality, EOQ. EOQ has have been on a journey since 1956 and that journey will continue for the future as well. Even more important in this world of constant change. EOQ do it outmost for making the changes lead to improvements as well. The questions that will be answered throughout this presentation are: Where do we come from regarding the perspective of quality? Where are we today? And where are we going in the future? This speech will take all three perspectives in consideration and set EOQ in this context.
Profile
Ulf Gustavsson (age 52) has been manager and leader since 1991. In very young age he became President and Chairman of the board of Swedish Association for Quality and 2003 he came across European Organization for Quality as national representative for the first time. Over the years he has been working in different international companies like the home furnishing company IKEA and the telecom company Millicom. Millicom (TIGO) is a listed company at both Nasdaq and Stockholm stock exchange market.
His different global assignments have brought him to several countries and besides Sweden he has lived and worked in Luxembourg, USA, Netherlands, and Denmark. Eight years ago, he moved back to Sweden and today he lives in Malmö. Ulf has a military background and holds both a military officer’s degree and a bachelor’s degree from Lund University, School of Economics and Management, in the field of Business Administration and Management.
Since June 2020 Ulf is Secretary General of European Organization for Quality, EOQ, based with its head office in Brussel, Belgium. Besides the role as Secretary General, he is also chairman of the board at Mantex AB (listed at Stockholm Stock Exchange market) and Qvalify Group AB. Qvalify is one of the biggest Swedish independent certification bodies for management systems, including the areas of quality, sustainability and work environment. Ulf is also owner of the two companies, Gustavum AB and Swedeum AB, operating within the field of management consulting, interim management and investments.
EOQ was founded 1956 and have 24 National Representatives as members. Together with the member organizations EOQ holds over 70 000 individual members throughout Europe. EOQ have also through their Competence Center agents issued over 120.000 competence certifications. Every year EOQ award a role model within the field of quality by issue the European Quality Leader.