KBHF Board Member

Johannes (Joh) Dyring is a senior business executive, entrepreneur and nurturer of early-stage ventures, guided by the strong belief that emerging technologies such as quantum, AI and the various omics provide a huge opportunity to tackle global socio-economic and environmental challenges and contribute to sustainable economic development and welfare.

Throughout his international career, he has worked with innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers and investors. His background includes founder, CEO and board member/chairman in early-stage ventures as well as mature organizations in various countries and sectors including quantum, AI, materials technologies and life sciences. In Sweden he was the CEO for an early-stage, university-affiliated investment firm managing early-stage investments in research-based spin-offs, mainly in life sciences, two of which were listed on the stock exchange.

He currently is the Chief Business & Strategy Officer of softwareQ Inc., which designs and develops quantum computing software. He is a board member and advisor to various deep-tech ventures and knowledge intensive organizations, including quanTA, the Centre for Quantum Topology and its Applications at the University of Saskatchewan, and the Council of the Great Lakes Region. CGLR is a binational organization bringing government, business, academic, and NGO leaders together to explore and solve the region’s economic development and environmental challenges.

Joh is an alumnus of Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, where he studied Financial Strategy as well as AI for Business, and holds a PhD in subatomic physics from Uppsala University, Sweden.

In 2013 the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, KSLA, elected him a lifelong International Fellow for his contribution to the development of the sustainable economy through purposeful efforts with innovations, entrepreneurship and commercialization of research results.

He is a lifelong learner with a keen interest in neuroscience, emerging technologies and the arts, in particular classical music.