1. Biography

2. References

Biography

Born in Skellefteå in the north of Sweden she grew up with her family (her parents and two sisters), Helmersson graduated with a master's degree in international business administration at the Umeå School of Business and Economics in 1997.^[1] On joining H&M in 1997, she became a section manager in the buying office before she went to Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2007 where she was H&M's production manager. After a further period serving as their department manager for underwear production in Hong Kong until 2010 when she returned to Stockholm to be manager for social responsibility and supply.^[2][3]

Helmersson's current responsibilities cover the improvement of the social and environmental sustainability of supply, contributing to H&M's sustainability strategy which was initially implemented in the 1990s.^[4]

On 5{{nbsp}}March 2014, Helmersson was elected Sweden's "Most Powerful Woman in Business" by the weekly business magazine Veckans Affärer.^[1] The honour came as a complete surprise. Interviewed by Alan Atkisson of GreenBiz, she commented: "I'm super proud and very happy. There is a gigantic amount of teamwork behind everything we do, and I take this as proof that it's been visible."^[5]

References

• The Pleased
• The pleasure center
• The Pleasure Drivers
• The Pleasure Garden (1952 film)
• The Pleasure Garden (disambiguation)
• The Pleasure Girls
• The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
• The pleasure of finding things out
• The Pleasure of Penetration
• The Pleasure of Your Company
• The Pleasure of your Company (album)
• The Pleasure Principle (album)
• The Pleasure Principle (film)
• The Pleasure Remains
• The Pleasures of the Enchanted Island
• The Plebs' League
• The Pledge
• The Pledge (2008 film)
• The Pledge: A Requiem for the Detective Novel
• The Pledge (New Hampshire)
• The Plex
• The Plot Against Harry
• The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
• The Plot to Kill Hitler
• The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990 film)