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Interim CEO and President

Joakim Westh

Interim CEO and President

  • Born: 1961
  • Employed: Board member since 1993
  • Education: M.Sc. Aeronautics and M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering
  • Holdings: 1,417,500 shares
  • Other assignments: Chairman of the board Amexci and Swedish Space Corporation and member of the Board SAAB and Westh Ventures
  • Previous positions: Chair of EMA Technology and Absolent Air Care Group. Board member of Swedish Match, Arcam, Intrum, Rörvik Timber, Telelogic, VKR Holding and CGI Group. Deputy board member of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. Senior Vice President of Group Function Strategy and Operational Excellence and member of Group Management at LM Ericsson. Group Vice President and member of the Executive Management Group at Assa Abloy. Partner at McKinsey & Co
CFO

Karin Brossing Lundqvist

CFO

  • Born: 1964
  • Employed: 2021
  • Education: B.Sc. Business and Economics
  • Holdings: 940 shares
  • Other assignments: None
  • Previous positions: Extensive international experience from different industries with CFO positions within DEKRA, Almondy, Brämhults Juice and Finnveden
CTO

Robert Wiktorén

CTO

  • Born: 1975
  • Employed: 2021
  • Education: M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
  • Holdings: 2,187 shares
  • Other assignments: None
  • Previous positions: Cluster Director Mounted Products and Director Product Management Bearings at SKF as well as several management positions within Factory management and Business development at SKF
Mattias Cleveson

Mattias Cleveson

MD Business Group Absolent

  • Born: 1968
  • Employed: 2022
  • Education: B.Sc. Business and Economics
  • Holdings: 6 shares
  • Other assignments: None
  • Previous positions: CEO for the Polish and Chinese companies in the DeLaval Group, as well as CEO for Nolek and Wedholms
MD Business Group Filtermist

René Joppi

MD Business Group Filtermist

  • Born: 1987
  • Employed: 2025
  • Education: B.Sc. Mechatronics, MBA International Business
  • Holdings: 2,004 shares
  • Other assignments: None
  • Previous positions: Global Managing Director and Global Commercial Director at Mackwell Electronics Ltd., General Manager Middle East, India, Africa for Mackwell Electronics UAE as well as Head of Business Unit and Global Product and Application Manager at Zumtobel Group
Darin Dullum

Darin Dullum

MD Business Group Diversitech

  • Born: 1965
  • Employed: 2017
  • Education: B.Sc. Finance
  • Holdings: 0 shares
  • Other assignments: None
  • Previous positions: Various Sales Manager positions at Genuine Parts Co, CVA North America and Tenneco Inc
President Commercial Kitchen

Jonas Fagerström

President Commercial Kitchen

  • Born: 1971
  • Employed: 2023
  • Education: M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering and M.Sc. Business Administration
  • Holdings: 1,300 shares
  • Other assignments: Member of the board in, among others, Triton Valsteknik AB, Prident AB and Time Wave AB
  • Previous positions: Director of Business Unit Private Key Accounts and Strategic Transformation at ISS Facility Services Sweden, Senior Vice President at CPS Color and management consultant at Accenture
Ylva Krüger

Ylva Krüger

SVP People & Planet

  • Born: 1974
  • Employed: 2024
  • Education: B.Soc.Sc. Sociology
  • Holdings: 50 shares
  • Other assignments: None
  • Previous positions: Senior Group EHS Manager and Lead Auditor SKF AB, Manager HR and Sustainability SKF Mekan AB, Vice Chairman of the board East Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Human resource Manager and Head of administration Provincial government Sormland, Senior Advisor/Desk Officer SALAR (Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions), Director of management and operational support, Katrineholm’s Municipality