 From 2001 to 2002 he served as an Adviser on monetary policy issues to the Executive Board of the Swedish central bank Riksbanken.He was recruited as Chief Economist of the Moderate Party in 2003 by Bo Lundgren and stayed in the team of the newly elected party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt.He also served as a Member of the Board of the Swedish Labour Market Administration () from 2005 to 2006.