Anders Byriel

Anders Byriel has been CEO of Kvadrat since 1998.

Kvadrat was established in Denmark in 1968. The products are specified by architects for public spaces and are used in private homes throughout the world.

Kvadrat fabrics have been used in some of the world’s most important architectural landmarks, such as Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; Museo Jumex, Mexico City; 30 St Mary Axe, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, Oslo; Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao; Harbin Opera House, China and The Louvre, Abu Dhabi.

Kvadrat is involved in circa 4.000 building projects per year around the world. The company is also servicing more or less all major furniture manufacturing brands with upholstery textiles. New non-core clients are some of Europe’s leading high-end automotive companies such as Jaguar Land Rover. Moreover, Kvadrat textiles are also distributed by approximately 1.000 high-end design stores.

During Anders Byriel’s leadership Kvadrat have grown from Euro 13 mill. to Euro 215 mill. in revenue. The company has gone from two to 56 incorporated companies and is now among the two strongest companies in the world in its industry.

Corporate Experience

• CEO, Kvadrat, Denmark, 1998 - Present

• Head of sales, Kvadrat, 1996 - 1998

• Responsible for marketing, key accounts and establishment of subsidiary in Belgium, Kvadrat, 1994 - 1996

• Assistant to Management, Kvadrat, 1992 - 1994 

• Ernst & Young, Entrepreneur of the Year, Denmark, 2019

• PricewaterhouseCoopers, CEO of the Year, Denmark 2015 

• Chairman of the board of Magniberg, 2020 - Present

• Member of the board of Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, the Museum Foundation and the Louisiana Foundation, 2015

• Chairman of the board of Really, 2015 - Present

• Member of Regeringens Advisory Board for Circular Economy, 2017 - 2018

• Vice Chairman of the board of Aarhus 2017 - European Capital of Culture, 2012 - 2018

• Member of the board of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation, 2009 - 2015

• Chairman of the Danish Design Council, 2007 - 2012

• Chairman of the board of ReD Associates, innovation agency, 2005 - 2010

• Chairman of the board of Kontrapunkt A/S, corporate identity company, 2003 - 2006

Academic Experience

• Key note speaker at  Global Design Forum,  St. Martin’s College of Art & Design, London, 2012

• Key note speaker at Konstfack Forum on Creativity, Stockholm, 2008

• Key note speaker at MoMA, New York on Modern Danish Design Revisited, 2006 

Academic Background

• YPO Gold Harvard Presidents’ Program, Harvard Business School, Boston, 2020 - 2021

• YPO Presidents’ Program, HBS, Boston, 2011 - 2019

• Building the High-Performance Organization, Stanford University, California, 2007

• Master of Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School, 1996

• Master of Law, Aarhus University, 1992 – specialized in industrial and intellectual property