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Board of Directors

Members

Kai Wärn

Kai Wärn

Chairman of the Board of Directors and board member

Born 1959. Swedish. Chairman of the Board of Directors and board member since 2019. Member of the Remuneration Committee.

Education: M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Other board assignments: Board member of Sandvik AB, Mälarhamnar AB, Sunstreet Energy AB, Exandio Holding AB and Comparsio AB.

Current and previous positions: Previously CEO and President Husqvarna AB,Operations Partner at IK Investment Partners Norden AB, President and CEO of Seco Tools AB, various positions within ABB.

Independent in relation to the company and the Executive Management Team as well as the company’s major shareholders.

Holdings:

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shares of Class B and 778,816 call options issued by Investor AB entitling the right to purchase Electrolux Professional B shares.

Katharine Clark Electrolux Professional

Katharine Clark

Board member

Born 1979. British. Board member since 2020.

Education: B.Sc. (Hons) Business Information Systems Management, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom. Professional Diploma in Marketing, Charted Institute of Marketing, United Kingdom.

Other board assignments: –

Current and previous positions: VP BD, Innovation and Sustainability at Gunnebo. Previously VP Commercial Development/CCO, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions EMEAI.

Independent in relation to the Company and the Executive Management Team as well as the Company’s major shareholders.

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Lorna Donatone

Lorna Donatone

Board member

Born 1957. American. Board member since 2019. Member of the Audit Committee.

Education: MBA, Texas Christian University, USA. B.Sc. Tulane University, USA.

Other board assignments: Board member of Dawn Food Products, Sbarro LLC & National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, USA.

Current and previous assignments/positions: Previously various senior positions within the Sodexo Group.

Independent in relation to the company and the Executive Management Team as well as the company’s major shareholders.

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Josef Matosevic

Board member

Born 1971. American. Board member since 2023.

Education: B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Bayerische Julius-Maximilian’s Universität in Würzburg, Germany.

Other board assignments:

Current and previous assignments/positions: President and CEO, Helios Technologies. Previously Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and interim President and CEO of Welbilt, Inc., Executive Vice President of Global Operations at The Manitowoc Company, Inc., Executive Vice President of Global Operations Oshkosh Corporation, as well as various executive positions with Wynnchurch Capital.

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Hans Ola Meyer Electrolux Prof Board

Hans Ola Meyer

Board member

Born 1955. Swedish. Board member since 2019. Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Education: B.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

Other board assignments: –

Current and previous positions: Previously Senior Vice President Controlling and Finance at Atlas Copco AB.

Independent in relation to the company and the Executive Management Team as well as the company’s major shareholders.

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Daniel Nordhäll Electrolux Prof Board

Daniel Nodhäll

Board member

Born 1978. Swedish. Board member since 2019. Member of the Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee.

Education: M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

Other board assignments: Board member of Husqvarna AB.

Current and previous positions: Head of Listed Companies at Investor AB.

Independent in relation to the company and the Executive Management Team, but not in relation to the company’s major shareholders.

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Martine Snels Electrolux Prof Board

Martine Snels

Board member

Born 1969. Belgian. Board member since 2019. Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Education: M.Sc. Agriculture, industrial engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven campus Geel, Belgium. Studies in mathematics, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium. Advanced Finance, London Business School, England. Finance for non-financials, Singapore Institute of Management. B2B Marketing, Vlerick Business School, Belgium.

Other board assignments: Independent Non-Executive Director of Resilux and of the Vion Food Group. CEO and owner of L’Advance B.V.

Current and previous positions: Member of the Executive Board of GEA Group and various positions within FrieslandCampina, including Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director Ingredients.

Independent in relation to the company and the Executive Management Team as well as the company’s major shareholders.

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Carsten Voigtländer Electrolux Prof Board

Carsten Voigtländer

Board member

Born 1963. German. Board member since 2019.

Education: Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. Doctoral Degree/Dr.-Ing., Process Engineering, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. Advanced Management Programme, INSEAD.

Other board assignments: Board member of Arbonia AG and BBC Group AG. Non-Executive Director of INNIO Group, OIKOS International and STULZ GmbH. Member of the Foundation Board of Friedhelm Loh Stifung. Member of the Supervisory Board of Testo Management SE.

Current and previous positions: CEO and owner of Voiglaender Board Advisory. CEO of Vaillant Group.

Independent in relation to the company and the Executive Management Team as well as the company’s major shareholders.

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Joachim Nord Electrolux Prof Board

Joachim Nord

Board member

Born 1966. Board member since 2019. Employee representative of the Council for Negotiation and Cooperation (PTK).

Holdings: 130 shares shares of class B

Jens Pierard

Jens Pierard

Board member

Born 1968. Board member since 2023. Employee representative of Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO).

Holdings:

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Per Magnusson

Deputy board member

Born 1964. Deputy board member since 2023. Employee representative of Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO).

Holdings:

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Helén Åkerman

Deputy board member

Born 1982, Swedish, Deputy board member since 2024. Employee representative of Unionen

Holdings: –

 

Board Committees

Audit Commitee

The main tasks of the Audit Committee are to oversee the process of Electrolux Professional financial reporting and internal control in order to secure the quality of the Group’s external reporting. The audit committee is also tasked with supporting the nomination committee with proposals when electing external auditors. The audit committee consists of the following three board members:

  • Hans Ola Meyer (Chairman)
  • Lorna Donatone
  • Daniel Nodhäll

The external auditors report to the committee at each ordinary meeting.

Remuneration Committee

One of the remuneration committee’s primary tasks is to propose guidelines for the remuneration to the members of the executive management team. The committee also proposes changes in remuneration to the President, for resolution by the board, and reviews and resolves on changes in remuneration to other members of the executive management team on proposal by the CEO. The committee consists of the following three board members:

  • Martine Snels (Chairman)
  • Daniel Nodhäll
  • Kai Wärn

At least two meetings are convened annually. Additional meetings are held as needed.

Board Remuneration

Remuneration to Board members is proposed by the Nomination Committee and resolved by the Annual General Meeting. Members of the Board employed in the Group shall not receive any Board fees.

The Annual General Meeting 2023, approved the following fees to members of the Board of Directors elected by the Annual General Meeting and members of the Board’s committees:

Chairman of the Board: SEK 1,680,000

Board members: SEK 560,000

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee: SEK 115,000

Members of the Remuneration Committee: SEK 85,000

Chairman of the Audit Committee: SEK 175,000

Members of the Audit Committee: SEK 115,000

In addition to these fees, the Annual General Meeting resolved on an additional fee of USD 4,000 per meeting to be paid to each Director that resides outside Europe for attendance at ordinary physical Board meetings in Sweden or Italy.