Until 2006, when Bildt was appointed foreign minister, he served as a board member of Lundin Petroleum, the Swedish oil company whose activities Schibbye and Persson were intending to investigate in the Ogaden province.
Fins al 2006, quan va ser nomenat ministre, Bildt havia format part de la directiva de Lundin Petroleum, l’empresa petroliera sueca sobre la qual volien investigar Schibbye i Persson a la regió d’Ogaden.