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 December 31, 2020. For continuously updated information regarding insiders' transactions, please visit the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s website (Finansinspektionen).
Conny Karlsson
Read about Conny CloseConny Karlsson: Born 1955. M.Sc. in Economics and Business from Stockholm School of Economics. Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2007. Board member since 2006. Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
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:
30,000
Independence in relation to the company/senior management:
Yes
Independence in relation to major shareholders of the Company:
Yes
Andrew Cripps
Read about Andrew CloseAndrew Cripps: Born 1957. B.A. University of Cambridge. Chartered Accountant. Board member since 2006. Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and member of the Audit Committee.
Other Board Assignments:
Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair of the Howden Joinery Group plc.
Previous positions:
Director of Corporate Finance, Rothmans International; Director of Investments, British American Tobacco; President, Laurens International SA. Board member of a number of European consumer products businesses.
Own and related parties´ shares:
19,200
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: Born 1951. Jur. Dr. and B.A University of Illinois. Board member since 2015. Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Other Board Assignments:
Non-Executive Chairman, Atrum Coal Limited; 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:
3,750
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: Born 1963. M.Sc. Chemical Engineering from the University of Groningen. Board member since 2015. Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Other Board Assignments:
Non-Executive Board member of Dometic AB, Broadview B.V., BA Glass IServiços de Gestão e Investimentos S.A. and Jumbo Groep Holding B.V.
Previous positions:
Non-Executive Director, Ikea Industry AB; 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:
3,200
Independence in relation to the company/senior management:
Yes
Independence in relation to major shareholders of the Company:
Yes
Alexander Lacik
Read about Alexander CloseBorn 1965. BSc in Business Administration from the Linnaeus University. CEO of Pandora. Board member since 2020.
Other Board Assignments:
Board member of Coxa Carry International AB.
Previous positions:
CEO of Britax Ltd., President of North America, Reckitt Benckiser, various international management positions, Reckitt Benckiser, positions in sales and marketing, Procter & Gamble.
Own and related parties´ shares:
1,100
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: Born 1961. BSc, University of Växjö. Board member since 2017.
Other Board Assignments:
Non-Executive Board member of McKesson Europe AG and Duni AB.
Previous positions:
Category Director Coffee, France and Southern Europe Mondelez International; Country Business Manager, Nestlé Nutrition Germany & 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 & Beverages.
Own and related parties´ shares:
2,365
Independence in relation to the company/senior management:
Yes
Independence in relation to major shareholders of the Company:
Yes
Wenche Rolfsen
Read about Wenche CloseWenche Rolfsen: Born 1952. M.Sc. in Pharmacy and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Uppsala University. Board member since 2013. Member of the Audit Committee.
Other Board Assignments:
Chairman of Index Pharmaceuticals and Bioarctic AB; Board member of Cinclus Pharma AB.
Previous positions:
Vice President Quintiles Phase I, Europe; CEO, Quintiles, Scandinavia; Director, Quintiles, Sweden; Managing Director of Pharmacology, Pharmacia Upjohn; Head of Pharmacology, Pharmacia Ophthalmics; Head of Pharmacology, Pharmacia Läkemedel.
Own and related parties´ shares:
3,180
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: Born 1961. M.Sc. Royal Institute of Technology and M.Sc. Aeronautics and Astronautics MIT. Board member since 2011. Chairman of the Audit Committee.
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:
2,500
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: Born 1965. Board member since 2013. Appointed by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) within Swedish Match. Chairman of the Trade Union Association at the snus factory in Gothenburg, Sweden. Forklift driver at the Gothenburg factory.
Previous positions:
Mill worker, Machine Operator, Forklift driver at the Gothenburg snus factory.
Own and related parties´ shares:
0
Pär-Ola Olausson
Read about Pär-Ola ClosePär-Ola Olausson: Born 1972. Boarder member since 2018. Appointed by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) within Swedish Match. Vice Chairman of IF Metall’s Trade Union Association at Swedish Match’s match factory in Tidaholm, Sweden. Technical support at Swedish Match’s match 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: Born 1973. 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 snus factories in Gothenburg and Kungälv, Sweden. Area Manager Production at Swedish Match’s snus factory in Gothenburg.
Previous positions:
Area Manager loose snus, Area Manager portion snus Original, Area Manager Pilot Plant and Machine Operator, at Swedish Match’s snus factory in Gothenburg.
Own and related parties´ shares:
0
Deputies
Niclas Bengtsson
Read about Niclas CloseNiclas Bengtsson: Born 1969. Deputy member since 2018. Appointed by the Council for Negotiation and Co-operation (SACO) within Swedish Match. 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, Tax Agency.
Own and related parties´ shares:
558
Niclas Ed
Read about Niclas CloseNiclas Ed: Born 1968. 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. 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: Born 1980. 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. Warehouse worker at SMD Logistics in Kungsängen.
Previous positions:
Warehouse worker, Swedish Match Distribution in Solna.
Own and related parties´ shares:
0
