Curriculum Vitae for Fredrik Zetterquist Date of birth: June 2, 1963 Nationality: Current position: Swedish CEO at Swedesurvey Key qualifications: Leadership As CEO for Swedesurvey (Sep 2012 ongoing) the key responsibilities include: Responsible for Swedesurvey's global operations in land administration and land tenure; Develop, promote and implement long term strategy; Develop strategic plans into revenue opportunities; Provide strong leadership to all Swedesurvey employees and associates across the world; Team Leader position in different Land Administration projects worldwide CEO and founder of East Portal Ltd (2006-2008), a company with three employees established to conduct due diligence for land registration and land acquisition. The company was sold in 2008. Deputy CEO of Volga Farming (2008-2011), a farming enterprise in rural Russia. This onthe-ground experience, bringing the company from having two employees to become a large enterprise with 250 staff members, is multidimensional. The project was implemented in compliance with rigid ethical, environmental, social, legal and economic performance standards set by the World Bank. This was something unique at that time and was not only important for the local community but also for the company s goodwill. The specific task was to secure the process for cadastre and registration of land rights. Capacity Development and Institutional Leadership Long institutional leadership and management experience in both the development and private sector as CEO and as Team Leader for several long-term international projects in land administration. Active in numerous international fora and an extensive international network with people holding key positions in the land administration domain. Several assignments have been aimed at capacity development to strengthen land administration institutions and other stakeholders in the sector. Land Policy and Land Tenure Arrangements Profound knowledge of land policies and broad experience from providing advisory services to top-executives at ministries, authorities and the business sector responsible for land administration policies, strategies, tenure arrangements, mapping, NSDI etc. Also active in the discourse where government institutions, private sector and the civil society together define robust implementations of development cooperation projects to benefit the poor and vulnerable groups and where top-down and buttom-up solutions/activities are interwined.
Business Development and Entrepreneurial Skills Extensive experience in developing visionary business concepts and strategies within the land administration domain to satisfy clients deamnds. Many assignments have much relied on having entrepreneurial skills and a creative mindset. HRD and Education Extensive experience from developing course programmes and conduct lectures to ensure staff qualification. Pedagogical skills from four years full-time employment as lecturer in land administration in Stockholm and as annual lecturer for Master students from developing countries throughout the world at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Appraisal, Monitoring and Evaluation A number of in-depth studies, appraisals and reviews of international land administration projects carried out on request from the UN, the World Bank, EU and Sida. Research Experience Two years part-time research experience in urban planning from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Education: The Royal Institute of Technology Date: September 1985 - January 1991 M.Sc. in Land Administration Date: University of Stockholm, Sweden September 1992 December 1993 (part-time) Environmental Studies, 10 credits The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Date: 1996-1998 Part-time (50%) postgraduate studies in urban planning The University of Gävle Date: September 1999 - June 2000 Russian, 20 credits The University of Uppsala Date: October 2000 - January 2001 Security Analysis: Eastern Europe, 7 credits
Countries of Work Experience: Country Date Type of Assignment Uzbekistan June 2016 - January 2017 Armenia Saudi Arabia Moldova Rwanda Tanzania Azerbaijan Namibia China 2016 2014 October 2014 April 2015 2013 December 2012 June- August 2012 2012 2011 April 2012 Russia June 2008- August 2011 Team Leader for WB project in Uzbekistan. The project objectives are to support the subsequent national implementation project (financed through a 20 MUSD WB loan) by defining concepts and technical specifications based on locally adapted international best practices regarding (i) real property registration and cadastre system development, (ii) real property and cadastre data improvement and SDI integration and (iii) regulatory and institutional development and capacity building. Specifically responsible for elaboration of Project Operations Manual, Project Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and compilation of the five Project reports. Design of a land administration project on Spatial Data Infrastructre and geographic information management Heading a team of experts from Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany during a fact-finding mission as a preparatory phase for the elaboration of a comprehensive Roadmap for systematic nationwide cadastral registration and land titling and development of a multipurpose LIS Project Director for EU Twinning project in Moldova on the development of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure. One of the results was the Law on Geospatial Information Invited by FAO for dissemination of the Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenure Responsible for the development of a concept for Farming Community Development in Tanzania, including participatory land titling. The concept is shared with the WB, FAO, Sida and the Ministry of Lands in Tanzania Project Director for EU-financed land administration project in Azerbaijan Moderator for LFA workshop to develop a long-term land administration project Responsible and lead lecturer for an extensive educational and exchange programme (6 weeks) for 25 top executives at the Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources Deputy CEO for Volga Farming for the establishment and development of large-scale responsible agriculture business
Country Date Type of Assignment Kyrgyz Republic Tajikistan Bosnia- Herzegovina January 2008 January 2008 December 2007 2007 October 2007 Russia May 2003- June 2007 Russia October 2005 Quality Assessment mission to follow up achieved results within Swedesurvey s Land Administration project in the Kyrgyz Republic. Moderator for a three-day LFA workshop in Dushanbe. The workshop formed the initial stage for the elaboration of a land administration project proposal for 2008-2010 with a project budget of approximately 1,2MEUR. All relevant stakeholders were rerepsented at the workshop. Moderator for a three-day LFA workshop in Tbilisi with all relevant stakeholders represented. The workshop was aimed at elaborating a new land administration project (2008-2011) with the objective to provide efficient and costeffective services according to unified strategic guidelines and technical standards and with reliable real property information, managed by a sustainable land administration organisation (NAPR). The project budget is approximately 3 MEUR. Moderator for an LFA workshop in Sarajevo for the elaboration of a land administration project proposal 2008-2010. All stakeholders attended the workshop. The project is co-financed by GTZ, Austrian Development Agency and Sida and amounts to 5,4 MEUR. Quality Assessment mission to follow up achieved results within Swedesurvey s Land Administration project in Appointed as Team Leader (placed in Moscow from June 2003) for a four-year land administration programme. The budget is 4,5 million USD. All core actors, i.e. Roszemcadastre, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Taxation, credit institutes, municipalities, Bureaux of Technical Inventory) are involved. Main responsible for tendering to the two-year EU Tacis Project Land and Property Policy Reform (3,5 MEUR) which Swedesurvey later was awarded as Team Leader in an international consortium. April 2003 Moderator at a one-week LFA seminar held to elaborate a second Sida-financed three-year phase in land administration. All donors (USAID, WB, KfW, GTZ, UNDP) as well as top-executives from the State department of Land Management in were represented. Russia Dec 2002- Feb 2003 Member of the UN-ECE Land Administration Review Team. The international team analysed the present situation of
Country Date Type of Assignment Russia Kosovo Croatia March 2002 2001 September 2001 the entire land administration sector in Russia and provided recommendations regarding land policies as well as institutional, technical, organisational and legal aspects. The report is to be submitted to the Premier Minister of Russia in spring 2003. Moderator at a one-week LFA seminar held to elaborate a new three-year phase of the Sida financed land administration project. The Vice Chairman of Roszemcadastre and top-executives from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Taxation and Fees participated. First annual monitoring mission of the three-year Kosovo Cadastre Support Programme, financed by Swedish, Norwegian and Swiss donors. The monitoring includes assessment of results achieved and recommendations for project changes. Appraisal mission on behalf of Sida (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) to assess the input required to improve land administration throughout the country. Moldova April 2001 Mid-term review of technical assistance to the National Agency for Cadastre, Land Resources and Geodesy, as part of the World Bank s First Cadastre Project in Moldova. Kyrgyz Republic August 2000 2000- Russia Jan 1999- Dec 2002 Moldova Oct 1998 - April 1999 Conducted an appraisal mission and formulated a two-year technical assistance project as part of the World Bank s Land and Real Estate Registration Project. Adviser to and Project Manager for a three year project, with a total turnover of 1 million US$, to establish a Training Centre in Land Management in Tbilisi. The centre employs five n lecturers and they are assisted by 15 experts from Sweden and Lithuanian to run a wide diversity of courses for staff at the regional offices of the State Department of Land Management, the State Department of Geodesy and Cartography and also from private companies. Numerous visits to Russia in connection with the position as Programme Coordinator for the three-year land administration programme in Northwest Russia with a total turnover of 10 million USD. The responsibility includes programme monitoring and evaluation, quality control and budget follow-up. A number of short-term assignments as the consultant regarding university education and practical training for staff at the National Agency for Cadastre, Land Resources
Country Date Type of Assignment Uzbekistan Feb 1998 - Jun 1998 Lithuania Oct 1997 - May 1998 Ukraine Apr 1997 - Dec 1997 Russia May 1994 - Aug 1995 Russia Sep 1995 - Dec 2000 Zambia May 1990 - Sep 1990 and Geodesy. This was in connection with the World Bank s First Cadastre Project in Moldova. Employed as short-term consultant in the EU Tacis project on land administration. Elaborated course modules in land administration and cadastre at Uzgeodescadastre. Stationed in Lithuania and responsible for a project to translate a software for cadastral index mapping (AutoKa- PC) into Russian. This is now being used in several countries of the former Soviet Union. Employed as training expert within the EU Tacis project on land administration. Elaborated course modules for and held lectures in GIS, GPS and database management at the Training Centre in Kiev. Stationed in Novgorod as Project Manager to establish a land management training centre within the State University. Technical Adviser to district land committees in northwestern Russia (City of St Petersburg, Kaliningrad and Novgorod oblasts) for the development of digital production lines for cadastral mapping. Continued as Project Manager for the Land Management Training Centre in Novgorod. Additional tasks included the elaboration of course programmes for e.g. legislation and registration of real properties, digital cadastral mapping and management and lecturing in data acquisition. Also held extensive training for the Russian lecturers in photogrammetry, GPS and GIS. Thesis work. Compared geometric accuracy, time consumption and number of employees required using satellite techniques, as opposed to traditional field surveying, in order to establish geodetic control networks Languages: Reading Speaking Writing Swedish (native) Excellent Excellent Excellent English Excellent Excellent Excellent Russian Good Good Good French Good Fair Fair
Employment record: Duration: Sep 2012 - Ongoing Employer: Swedesurvey Position: CEO Duration: Sep 2011 Aug 2012 Employer: Lantmäteriet, International Department Position: Business Development Manager and Team leader for land administration Projects Duration: June 2008 Aug 2011 Employer: Volga Farming Position: Deputy CEO and Casdastre and Land Rights Registration Specialist Duration: April 1994 May 2008 Employer: Swedesurvey Position: Different positions: land administration expert, project monitoring and evaluation expert, business development manager, team leader (e.g. four years in Moscow), capacity development expert Duration: June 2006 Aug 2008 Employer: East Portal Ltd Position: Founder and CEO Duration: Feb 1996 Feb 1998 Employer: The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm Position: PhD student (50% part-time), 3D modelling and urban planning Duration: Jan 1991 March 1994 Employer: Royal Institute of Technology and School of Surveying Position: Lecturer (Geodesy, Computer Science, GIS) Publications: Published and conducted peer-reviews of numerous papers on land administration. The latest paper presented was for the WB conference on Land and Poverty in March 2016, with the title: Does the Land Administration Domain Embrace the Global Transformative Forces and are Development Cooperation Projects Designed Accordingly?