Board of Directors
According to the Articles of Association, the Company’s Board of Directors must consist of at least five and at most ten directors, apart from those persons who, pursuant to law, may be appointed according to other arrangements.
Swedish Match’s Board of Directors consists of eight members elected by the General Meeting plus three employee representatives and their three deputies in accordance with the Trade Union Representatives (Status at the Workplace) Act.
Holdings of own and related parties shares as of June 28, 2022. For continuously updated information regarding insiders' transactions, please visit the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s website (Finansinspektionen).
Conny Karlsson
Read about Conny CloseConny Karlsson: Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2007.
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
Board member since 2006.
Born 1955. M.Sc. in Economics and Business, Stockholm School of Economics.
Other Board Assignments:
Chairman of Cake 0 emission AB. Non-Executive Board member of Malte Månsson AB and Yrkesakademin AB.
Previous positions:
Chief Executive Officer, Duni AB; Marketing Director, Procter & Gamble UK; Marketing Director and Regional Director, Procter & Gamble Scandinavia; Marketing Director, Procter & Gamble E&SO.
Own and related parties´ shares:
300,000
Independence in relation to the company/senior management:
Yes
Independence in relation to major shareholders of the Company:
Yes
Charles A. Blixt
Read about Charles CloseCharles A. Blixt: Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Board member since 2015.
Born 1951. Jur. Dr. and B.A University of Illinois.
Other Board Assignments:
Non-Executive Director, Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.
Previous positions:
Interim General Counsel, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc; Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Reynolds American Inc.
Own and related parties´ shares:
37,500
Independence in relation to the company/senior management:
Yes
Independence in relation to major shareholders of the Company:
Yes
Jacqueline Hoogerbrugge
Read about Jacqueline CloseJacqueline Hoogerbrugge: Member of the Audit Committee.
Board member since 2015.
Born 1963. M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, University of Groningen.
Other Board Assignments:
Non-Executive Board member of Dometic AB, Broadview B.V., BA Glass I- Serviços de Gestão e Investimentos S.A. and Jumbo Groep Holding B.V.
Previous positions:
President Operations, Cloetta AB; President Operations, Leaf International BV; Vice President Operations, Danone’s Medical Nutrition Division; Vice President Procurement, Numico Baby & Medical Food; various positions in engineering, manufacturing and procurement, Unilever; and various positions in engineering and sales, Fluor Daniel.
Own and related parties´ shares:
32,000
Independence in relation to the company/senior management:
Yes
Independence in relation to major shareholders of the Company:
Yes
Alexander Lacik
Read about Alexander CloseAlexander Lacik: Board member since 2020.
Born 1965. BSc in Business Administration, Växjö högskola. Chief Executive Officer of Pandora A/S.
Other Board Assignments:
Board member, Coxa Carry International AB.
Previous positions:
Chief Executive Officer, Britax Ltd.; President of North America Region, Reckitt Benckiser; various international management positions, Reckitt Benckiser; positions in sales and marketing, Procter & Gamble.
Own and related parties´ shares:
19,922
Independence in relation to the company/senior management:
Yes
Independence in relation to major shareholders of the Company:
Yes
Pauline Lindwall
Read about Pauline ClosePauline Lindwall: Board member since 2017. Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Born 1961. BSc., Växjö högskola.
Other Board Assignments:
Non-Executive Board member of EIT Food and Duni AB.
Previous positions:
Category Director Coffee, France and Southern Europe Mondelez International; Country Business Manager, Nestlé Nutrition Germany and Austria; Country Business Manager, Nestlé Nutrition Indonesia; Nordic Marketing Director, Nestlé Nordic; Head of Nestlé Innovation, Out of Home Coffee UK; Nordic Marketing Manager, Nestlé Coffee and Beverages.
Own and related parties´ shares:
23,650
Independence in relation to the company/senior management:
Yes
Independence in relation to major shareholders of the Company:
Yes
Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae
Read about Sanna CloseSanna Suvanto-Harsaae: Board member since 2022. Member of the Audit Committee.
Born 1966. BSc, Lunds University.
Other Board Assignments:
Chairman of the board in BoConcept A/S, Posti Group OYJ, TCM Group A/S, Orthex OYI, Nordic Pet Care Group A/S, and Babysam A/S, vice chairman of Anora OYJ, and Harvia OYJ, as well as member of the board at Broman Group/Motonet Oy and Elopak A/S.
Previous positions:
Managing Director Scandinavia, Reckitt Benckiser (Scandinavia) A/S; Director of Marketing and Business development, Synoptik A/S; European Marketing Manager, Procter & Gamble.
Own and related parties´ shares:
695
Independence in relation to the company/senior management:
Yes
Independence in relation to major shareholders of the Company:
Yes
Joakim Westh
Read about Joakim CloseJoakim Westh: Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Board member since 2011.
Born 1961. M.Sc., KTH Royal Institute of Technology and M.Sc., Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT.
Other Board Assignments:
Chairman of the Board of Amexci AB. Board member and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Saab AB; Board member and Chairman of the HR Committee of CGI Inc; Non-Executive Board member of Absolent Group AB.
Previous positions:
Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Strategy and Operational Excellence and member of Group Management Team, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson; Group Vice President and member of the Executive Management Team, Assa Abloy AB; Chairman, Absolent AB; Partner, McKinsey & Co. Inc.
Own and related parties´ shares:
25,000
Independence in relation to the company/senior management:
Yes
Independence in relation to major shareholders of the Company:
Yes
Employee representatives
Patrik Engelbrektsson
Read about Patrik ClosePatrik Engelbrektsson: Board member since 2013. Appointed by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) within Swedish Match. Chairman of the Trade Union Association at Swedish Match’s factory in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Born 1965. Logistic Technician at Swedish Match’s factory in Gothenburg.
Previous positions:
Mill worker, Machine Operator, Forklift driver at Swedish Match’s factory in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Own and related parties´ shares:
0
Pär-Ola Olausson
Read about Pär-Ola ClosePär-Ola Olausson: Board member since 2018. Appointed by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) within Swedish Match. Chairman of IF Metall’s Trade Union Association at Swedish Match’s factory in Tidaholm, Sweden.
Born 1972. Technical support at Swedish Match’s factory in Tidaholm.
Previous positions:
Technical support at Swedish Match’s match factory in Tidaholm.
Own and related parties´ shares:
0
Dragan Popovic
Read about Dragan CloseDragan Popovic: Board member since 2017. Appointed by the Council for Negotiation and Co-operation (PTK) within Swedish Match. Board member of the Swedish Association of Management and Professional Staff (Ledarna) at the factories in Gothenburg and Kungälv, Sweden.
Born 1973. Area Manager Production at Swedish Match’s factory in Gothenburg.
Previous positions:
Area Manager Pilot Plant and Machine Operator, at Swedish Match’s factory in Gothenburg.
Own and related parties´ shares:
0
Deputies
Niclas Bengtsson
Read about Niclas CloseNiclas Bengtsson: Deputy member since 2018. Appointed by the Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations (Saco) within Swedish Match.
Born 1969. Vice President Group Tax at Swedish Match’s headquarters, Stockholm, Sweden.
Previous positions:
Tax Director Group Finance, Swedish Match; Manager, Ernst & Young; Tax Litigation Officer, the Swedish Tax Agency.
Own and related parties´ shares:
5,580
Niclas Ed
Read about Niclas CloseNiclas Ed: Deputy member since 2017. Appointed by the Council for Negotiation and Co-operation (PTK) within Swedish Match. Deputy Chairman of the Trade Union Association (Sälj-klubben) within Swedish Match Europe Division.
Born 1968. Sales Representative, Swedish Match Europe Division.
Previous positions:
Sales Representative, JC – Brothers; Sales support, Skandia; Sales Representative, Ellte; Sales Representative, Nikko.
Own and related parties´ shares:
0
Matthias Eklund
Read about Matthias CloseMatthias Eklund: Deputy member since 2018. Appointed by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) within Swedish Match. Board member of the Swedish Food Workers’ Trade Union Association (Livs) at SMD Logistics in Kungsängen, Sweden.
Born 1980. Warehouse worker at SMD Logistics in Kungsängen.
Previous positions:
Warehouse worker, Swedish Match Distribution in Solna.
Own and related parties´ shares:
0
