Boutique advisory · Stockholm & global

Strategy, transformation and interim leadership — built for impact.

Accelton helps boards, executives, organizations and ecosystem partners turn ambitious strategies into measurable outcomes. We combine Nordic precision with a global senior network across Data & AI, Financial Services and ESG.

18+ years of strategy & transformation Banks · fintechs · telco & other industries Global network of senior interim leaders
18+
Years driving transformation
5
Industries served, Nordic & global
10+
Nordic bank programs led
1
ESG venture — Bonum & Cocoa, Ghana
What we do

Three ways we help leaders move faster.

Accelton operates as a senior, hands-on partner — equally comfortable in the boardroom and at the program kick-off. Engagements range from short strategy sprints to multi-year transformation programs and interim executive seats.

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Strategy & Transformation

End-to-end advisory across business, digital, data, AI, cloud and ESG. We frame the ambition, design the operating model and de-risk execution.

  • Business & Data/AI strategy
  • Digital & cloud transformation
  • ESG data & sustainability operating models
  • Sourcing & ecosystem strategy
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Interim Management

Senior interim leadership for the moments that matter — turnarounds, transformations, vendor & ecosystem leadership, or bridging executive gaps with credibility from day one.

  • Transformation & program leadership
  • Head of Vendor / Ecosystem Management
  • Strategy & Tech leadership roles
  • Advisory board & non-exec seats
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Senior Team Enablement

When the brief is too big for one person, Accelton activates a curated global network of seasoned partners — assembled around your specific problem, not a sales target.

  • On-demand senior bench, Nordic & global
  • Cross-industry expertise (FS, Tech, Aviation, CMT)
  • Lean delivery, no agency overhead
  • Trusted ecosystem partners
Where we focus

Deep functional expertise. Real industry context.

Accelton's work concentrates where strategy meets technology — and where leaders need senior, opinionated counsel to make calls that actually stick.

Functional expertise

From ambition to operating model.

Eighteen years of leading programs that move organisations from PowerPoint to production.

Business & Data/AI Strategy Digital Transformation ESG Data & Sustainability Technology / IT Strategy Cloud Strategy & Adoption Transformation & Program Leadership Sourcing & Vendor Management Ecosystem Strategy
Industry knowledge

Where we've earned the scars.

Cross-industry by training, with a clear spike in Financial Services and tech-led transformation.

Financial Services — Banking Capital Markets Nordic Fintech Healthcare Aviation CMT / Telco PE / VC & Start-ups Industrial / Manufacturing
Selected work

Programs that moved the needle.

A snapshot of recent and signature engagements — leading Nordic banks, global industrials and Nordic fintechs. Client names are confidential; outcomes are not.

Leading Nordic Bank

Data, AI & Analytics transformation

Led the reorganisation of the bank's Data, AI and Analytics units and capabilities — enabling a data-driven organisation aligned with business value and risk & compliance (BCBS239, IRB 3.0).

Leading Nordic Bank

ESG Data Strategy

Defined the ESG strategy and principles, prioritised use cases and shaped the operating model and execution roadmap — connecting sustainability ambition to data foundations.

Leading Nordic Bank

Corporate Lending Transformation

Strategy and digital transformation of the Corporate Lending function — pain-point assessment, digitalisation roadmap and program shaping.

Leading Nordic Bank

Capital Markets Cloud Strategy

Identified and prioritised cloud candidates by value potential and ease of implementation — and built the plan to accelerate cloud adoption across LC&I.

Global ICT Player

Data Strategy & Execution

Formulated and executed a data strategy enabling digital transformation and monetisation — operating model, use cases and quick wins to prove tangible business value.

World-leading Heavy Vehicles

Digital Transformation, Financial Services Division

Scaled digital business use cases across all business units — operating model, decoupled data architecture, data models and transformation management.

Aerospace & Defense

Capitalisation Opportunity Assessment

Strategic assessment of proprietary algorithms — industry-specific use cases developed and valuations modelled against addressable market potential.

Leading Nordic Telco

Integrated Business Planning

Solved the disconnect between Commercial, Operational and Financial plans across group, country and content-provider level — process, roles, forums and KPIs.

Bonum & Cocoa · Ghana

An ESG venture, rooted in real impact.

Bonum & Cocoa is Accelton's ESG-anchored venture in Ghana's cocoa value chain — combining sustainable sourcing, farmer livelihoods and traceable supply with the rigour of a strategy practice.

The project applies the same operating-model thinking we bring to banks and corporates — measurable outcomes, transparent governance and a long-term commitment to the communities we work with.

Ghana
On-the-ground operations
ESG
Anchored in measurable impact
Cocoa
Sustainable value chain
Senior network

One call. A senior team ready to deliver.

Accelton is built on a curated network of senior operators across the Nordics, the UK, Continental Europe and East Africa — partners we've delivered with, not a database we've scraped.

Nordics
Banks, fintech, telco, industrials
UK & EU
Capital markets, technology, PE
East Africa
Trade, development & impact
US & India
Tech, advisory & delivery partners
About the founder

Alexander Eriksson

People-centric, goal-oriented leader with strong business and technology acumen — and 18+ years driving high-impact strategy and transformation programs at some of the largest companies in the Nordics.

Most recently, Alexander led Accenture's Nordic Tech Strategy & Advisory team for Banking & Capital Markets, after senior roles at Scandinavian Airlines (Head of Vendor Management, IT & Digital Innovation) and the Swedish Trade & Invest Council in East Africa, where he supported Swedish multinationals and worked with the UN, World Bank and SIDA on impact funds.

He holds an MSc in Industrial Economics & Management from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and is an alumnus of Oxford Saïd Business School — and has served as an honorary mentor in the Global Entrepreneurial Leadership program with KTH, Stanford and the National University of Singapore.

2025 →
Accelton — Founder & PrincipalIndependent advisor, consultant and interim executive
2018–2025
AccentureNordic Tech Strategy & Advisory — Banking & Capital Markets lead
2015–2018
Scandinavian AirlinesHead of Vendor Management, IT & Digital Innovation
2014–2015
Swedish Trade & Invest CouncilSenior Manager, East Africa region (Kenya)
2009–2014
CentigoManager, Strategy practice
Education
KTH · Oxford Saïd · Kellogg · Carnegie Mellon · SSEMSc Industrial Economics & Management; executive programs in PE, analytics, cloud, board governance.
Let's talk

Building a team. Solving a problem. Or just exploring.

Whether you're a hiring manager scoping an interim role, a headhunter with a brief on your desk, or a partner exploring a joint engagement — get in touch directly.