Ola Henrikson

Regional Director

Ola Henrikson is the Regional Director of IOM’s Regional Office for the EEA, the EU and NATO.

Ola has substantial knowledge of global and EU migration issues stemming from more than 25 years of experience in the asylum and migration sector at the national and international levels.

Prior to joining IOM in 2019, Ola was the Director General for Migration and Asylum at the Swedish Ministry of Justice. He has also served in several executive positions, including Director of the Department for Migration Policy in the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also headed the Swedish Delegation in the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) of the Council of the European Union from 1999 to 2018. Other international assignments include the World Economic Forum and the Global Commission on International Migration.

Ola holds a LL. M. from Stockholm University.

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Phone: +32 (0)2 287 7011 (Assistant)

Email: Office of the Regional Director - IOMBrusselsORD@iom.int