Management team

Board of Directors

According to the Articles of Association, Electrolux Professional’s Board of Directors shall consist of at least 3 and at most 9 directors, apart from those persons who, pursuant to law, may be appointed according to other arrangements. Electrolux Professional’s Board of Directors comprises seven members elected by the General Meeting plus two employee representatives and one deputy in accordance with the Trade Union Representatives (Status at the Workplace) Act.

According to the Nominating Committee are all of the Board members elected by the Annual General Meeting, except Daniel Nodhäll, considered to be independent under the rules of the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance, in relation to the Company’s major shareholders and in relation to management and the Company.

The information regarding the shareholdings relates to own and related natural and legal persons’ holdings on March 13, 2023 (if no later holding is stated).

Kai Wärn

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, 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.
Holding: 104,000 shares of Class B and 778,816 call options issued by Investor AB entitling the right to purchase Electrolux Professional B shares.

Katharine Clark

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.
Holding: 9,000 shares of class B

Lorna Donatone

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.
Holding: 9,000 shares of class B

Josef Matosevic

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.
Holding:

Hans Ola Meyer

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: Board member of Azelio AB.
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.
Holding: 9,000 shares of class B

Daniel Nodhäll

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.
Holding: 20,000 shares of Class B.

Martine Snels

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.
Holding: 7,000 shares of class B

Carsten Voigtländer

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.
Holding: 10,000 shares of class B

Joachim Nord

Born 1966. Board member since 2019. Employee representative of the Council for Negotiation and Cooperation (PTK).
Holding: 130 shares of Class B

Jens Pierard

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

Per Magnusson

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

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