Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Bilia's Board of Directors consists of eight members elected at the Annual General Meeting, two members each with an alternate appointed by the employees.

The Nomination Committee prepares and proposes to the AGM:

  • Members of the Board
  • Fees to the Members
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Auditors and deputy auditors
  • Fees to the auditors

The work of the Board during the year is reported in the annual report and in the corporate governance.

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Mats Qviberg
Chairman

Born in: 1953

Board member since: 2003

Education and career: M.Sc. in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics. Former experience from SEB and Carnegie

Other assignments 2023: Chairman of Investment AB Öresund. Deputy Chairman of Fabege AB

Independent in relation to the company and the company management. Dependent in relation to major shareholders of the company.

Number of shares in Bilia 2023: 13 367 688 (with family)

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Jan Pettersson
Deputy Chairman

Born in: 1949

Board member since: 2003

Education and career: Degree in economics from Stockholm University 1973. Active in the automotive industry, Kinnevik Group, MD of Toyota and Svensk Motor AB, MD and CEO of Bilia AB

Other assignments 2023: Chairman of Active Driving AB and Trosta Park AB

Independent in relation to the company and the company management, and to major shareholders of the company.

Number of shares in Bilia 2023: 1,200,000 (1,020,000 shares are endowment insurance and 180,000 are directly registered.)

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Ingrid Jonasson Blank
Board member

Born in: 1962

Board member since: 2006

Education and career: M.Sc. in Business Administration from the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg. Active in the ICA Group, most recently as deputy MD of Ica Sverige AB

Other assignments 2023: Member of the board of Musti Group Oy, Kjell Group AB, Haypp Group Oy, Forenom Group Oy, Aim Apparel AB, Citygross AB, MEDS AB and Astrid Lindgren AB.

Independent in relation to the company and the company management, and to major shareholders of the company.

Number of shares in Bilia 2023: 40,000

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Gunnar Blomkvist
Board member, member of the Compensation and Audit Committees.

Born in: 1955

Board member since: 2017

Education and career: M.Sc. in Business Administration from the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg. Employed by Bilia AB, most recently as CFO.

Independent in relation to the company and the company management, and to major shareholders of the company.

Number of shares in Bilia 2023: 75,598

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Anna Engebretsen
Board member and member of the Compensation Committee

Born in: 1982

Board member since: 2010

Education and career: M.Sc. in Business and Economics, Norwegian School of Management in Oslo. OMD (Omnicom Media Group) and Skistar AB.

Other assignments 2023: : Member of the boards of Investment AB Öresund, MQ MarQet AB and Stenhus Fastigheter i Norden AB.

Independent in relation to the company and the company management. Dependent in relation to major shareholders of the company.

Number of shares in Bilia 2023: 5,170,360 (with family)

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Nicklas Paulson
Board member and member of the Compensation Committee

Born in: 1970

Board member since: 2018

Education and career: M.Sc. in Business Administration from the Stockholm University. Carnegie, Alfred Berg, ABN AMRO and Swedbank

Other assignments 2023: MD of Investment AB Öresund. Member of the board of Ovzon AB.

Independent in relation to the company and the company management. Dependent in relation to major shareholders of the company.

Number of shares in Bilia 2023: 2,000

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Jon Risfelt
Board member, Chairman of the Audit Committee

Born in: 1961

Board member since: 2003

Education and career: M. Eng. in Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology. Ericsson, SAS, American Express, Nyman & Shultz, Europolitan and Gambro Renal

Other assignments 2023: Chairman of Knowit AB, CAB Group AB and Axentia Group Holding AB and SOS International AS. Member of the boards of Boule Diagnostics AB and Projektengagemang AB.
Independent in relation to the company and the company management, and to major shareholders of the company.

Number of shares in Bilia 2023: 26,790

Caroline af Ugglas

Caroline af Ugglas
Board member and member of the Audit Committee

Born in: 1958

Board member since: 2022

Education and career: Economic degree from Stockholm University, deputy Managing Director at Svenskt Näringsliv and before that Head of Equities and Corporate Governance at Skandia Liv

Independent in relation to the company and the company management, and to major shareholders of the company.

Other assignments 2023: Member of the board of Beijer Alma AB, Lifco AB, Investment AB Spiltan and Trapets AB.

Number of shares in Bilia 2023: 3000

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Patrik Nordvall
Employee representative appointed by the PTK (Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and Services) locals in the Bilia Group

Born in: 1967

Board member since: 2004

Education and career: Process engineering studies and IHM Business School Senior. Employed by Bilia AB

Other assignments 2023: Shop steward for Unionen at Bilia and Property management developer.

Number of shares in Bilia 2023: 504

Maria Finth Juhlin
Deputy employee representative appointed by the PTK locals in the Bilia Group

Born in: 1990

Board member since: 2023

Education and career: Automotive technical high school education. Employed at Bilia.

Other assignments 2023: Labor representative for Ledarna, Labor representative for Ledarna Club Stockholm.

Number of shares in Bilia 2023: 0

Fredrik Säfsten
Deputy employee representative appointed by the LO locals in the Bilia Group

Born in: 1977

Board member since: 2023

Education and career: Automotive technical high school. Employed at Bilia.

Other assignments 2023: Member of the board of IF Metall Stockholm, Elected official at Bilia Workshop Club Stockholm, and Elected official for Bilia LO clubs.

Number of shares in Bilia 2023: 69

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Isak Ekblom
Employee representative appointed by the LO locals in the Bilia Group

Born in: 1988

Board member since: 2016

Education and career: Shop Steward for IF Metall Gothenburg. Member of the board of ABF Sydvästra Götaland.

Other assignments 2023: Shop Steward for IF Metall Gothenburg

Number of shares in Bilia 2023: -

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