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Board of Directors

The table below shows the members of the Board of Directors, when they were first elected and whether they are considered to be independent of the Company and/or the major shareholders.

 

 

 

 

Independent of

Name

Position

Member since

The Company and executive management

The major shareholders

Patrik Tigerschiöld

Chairman

2014

Yes

No

Niklas Edling

Board member

2019

Yes

Yes

Annette Kumlien

Board member

2019

Yes

Yes

Peter Nilsson

Board member

2023

Yes

Yes

Keith Svendsen

Board member

2021

Yes

Yes

 

 

Patrik

Born 1964. Swedish citizen, resident in Stockholm, Sweden. Board member since 2014 and Chairman of the board since 2018. Member of the Nomination Committee, Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Education: Patrik Tigerschiöld holds an M.Sc. in Business and Economics.

Other current assignments: Chairman of Bure Equity AB, Mycronic AB, SNS Center for Business and Policy Studies, and Yubico AB. Member of the Board of Ovzon AB. Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).

Recent previous assignments: Chairman of the Association for Generally Accepted Principles in the Securities Market.

Shareholding in the Company: Patrik Tigerschiöld and family holds 1,598,000 shares in the Company.

Niklas

Born 1963. Swedish citizen, resident in Stockholm, Sweden. Board member since 2019: Member of the Audit Committee.

Education: Niklas Edling holds a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and a B.Sc. of Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics.

Other current assignments: CEO at ScandiNova Systems AB, member of the Board of HMS Networks AB.

Recent previous assignments: SVP Corporate Development and deputy CEO at Mycronic.

Shareholding in the Company: Niklas Edling holds 83,599 shares in Cavotec.

Annette

Born 1965. Swedish citizen, resident in Skåne, Sweden. Board member since 2019: Chair of the Audit Committee.

Education: Annette Kumlien holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics.

Other current assignments: COO Intrum AB and member of the Board of Dirac Research AB.

Recent previous assignments: GVP and CFO at Munters Group AB, CFO and COO at Diaverum, CFO at Höganäs AB and Pergo AB.

Shareholding in the Company: Annette Kumlien holds 75,000 shares in Cavotec.

Peter Nilsson

Born 1962. Swedish citizen, resident in Stockholm, Sweden. Board member since 2023: Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Education: Peter Nilsson holds an M.Sc. in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Other current assignments: Chairman of the Board of Lindab Group, Nilfisk A/S and Deputy Chairman of Creaspac AB.

Recent previous assignments: Peter was previously, among others, Chairman of Adapteo AB and Unilode AG, deputy Chairman of the Board of Cramo OYJ and CEO of Sanitec AB and Duni AB.

Shareholding in the Company: Peter Nilsson holds 212,180 shares in Cavotec through his company Poleved Industrial Performance AB.

Keith

Born 1973. Danish citizen, resident in The Netherlands. Board member since 2021: Member of the Remuneration Committee. 

Education: graduated as a Master Mariner from Fanoe Navigation College in Denmark, and has an Executive MBA from the London Business School, in UK.

Keith Svendsen currently serves as CEO of APM Terminals, one of the largest port terminal companies in the world and is director of a number of entities associated with A.P. Moller-Maersk and a member of the Executive Leadership Team at A.P. Moller-Maersk. He is also the Director of Through Transport Mutual Insurance Association Limited, independent provider of mutual insurance and related risk management services to the international transport and logistics industry.  

Recent previous assignments: COO of APM Terminals and before that Head of Operational Execution for the Maersk Group’s Ocean shipping part.

Shareholding in the Company: Keith Svendsen holds no shares and no warrants in the Company.