Ebba Hallersjö Hult

Co-founder of the innovation hub Vision Zero Cancer and its flagship initiative Test Bed Sweden Precision Health Cancer, leading the coordination office located at Stockholm School of Economics. Involved in several EU projects focusing on implementing Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the EU Mission on cancer. Member of the expert group on the future of cancer control planning, organised and funded by AstraZeneca (ACT4CC), and member of different organisations and networks such as All.Can, Lung Cancer Policy Network and OECD Mission Action Lab.

Founder and CEO of Melville & Partners AB, providing independent consultancy services and strategic advice to public and private organisations in healthcare and life sciences. Currently serving as senior advisor in cancer related projects in Africa to Swedfund, Sweden’s development finance institution with the mission of fighting poverty through sustainable investments in developing countries.

Prior to establishing Vision Zero Cancer in 2019, I served as Global Head of Health Care & Life Sciences at the Swedish Trade & Invest Council, Business Sweden, and before that as Trade Commissioner and First Secretary at the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine and Country Manager for Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia. I have broad and extensive experience in leading and running projects in strategy and business development, nationally and internationally in several sectors of society: health care, social care, education, defence, ICT, road safety, energy, and environmental technologies. I have a BSc in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Gothenburg. I am fluent in Swedish, English and Spanish

Updated: September 2025