Concordium appoints Geely Sweden Holdings CEO Per Ansgar to Board

The Concordium Foundation has appointed Per Ansgar, CEO of Geely Sweden Holdings AB, to its board.

Ansgar brings more than 26 years of experience across Volvo Cars, Polestar and the wider Geely group.

The appointment builds on a five-year relationship between Concordium and Geely that began in 2021 with a focus on autonomous driving.

The partnership was formalized in 2022 through a joint venture based in Wuxi, China.

Ansgar joins the Concordium board as the foundation expands its focus on infrastructure for verified digital interactions, including payments and AI agents.

The company said his industrial and operational experience will complement existing board expertise across cryptography, law, digital operations and business.

Here’s a tightened continuation that keeps the AI-agent and automotive use cases grounded in the company’s claims:

As companies deploy AI agents and software capable of initiating transactions, Concordium is developing infrastructure intended to establish who owns and authorizes those agents and who is accountable when transactions go wrong.

The foundation said Ansgar's automotive industry experience is relevant to this development as machine-initiated payments move toward practical applications, including connected vehicles settling charging, toll, and service payments.

Ansgar has served as CEO of Geely Sweden Holdings since November 2024, after previously serving as the company's chief financial officer.

Before joining Geely Sweden Holdings, he spent 26 years at Volvo Cars, including roles as deputy CFO and CFO of Volvo Cars China. He later served as CFO of Polestar.

Alongside his executive role, Ansgar holds board positions across the Geely group and serves on the nomination committee of Volvo Car AB.

The Concordium Foundation Board is chaired by founder Lars Seier Christensen and includes Ueli Maurer, professor of cryptography at ETH Zurich; Swiss commercial lawyer Simone Monnerat; and digital executive Nibras Stiebar-Bang.

The relationship between Concordium and Geely began with a shared view of the direction of automotive technology, including a vision for vehicles to interact directly with electric power providers, toll stations, service stations and tax systems through machine-initiated payments.

Ansgar's appointment brings Geely leadership into Concordium's governance as the network develops infrastructure for this model.

The company said the system is intended to allow verified AI agents, alongside verified humans, to conduct transactions while remaining linked to an accountable owner.

Concordium's Agent Registry went live in May 2026 and has since registered more than 1,600 AI agents, according to the foundation.

Each registered agent is linked to a verified owner and carries a Verified by Concordium Badge that can be used across networks including Ethereum and Solana.

According to Concordium, the badge allows AI agents to provide verifiable information about their owners without exposing underlying company documents.