Corporate Governance
Erik Stenfors | CEO and President of HANZA Group
Employee: 2008
Born: 1966
Education: Master of Science in engineering physics at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Background: R&D Manager, Minec Systems AB, founder/CEO NOTE AB, founder Wonderful Times Group AB, founder and CEO HANZA AB.
Number of shares: A total of shares, privately and via a wholly owned company.
Lars Åkerblom | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | Executive Vice President
Employee: 2010
Born: 1965
Education: Master of Science (economy), Uppsala University and Auditor’s Exam from the Association of Authorized Public Accountants (FAR).
Background: Authorized Public Accountant and Market Manager at KPMG, CFO at listed Pricer and Nocom (now IAR), CFO Scandinavian Biogas, Financial Manager Sweco AB, CFO and CEO at Wonderful Times Group AB.
Number of shares:
shares.
Andreas Nordin | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | Senior Vice President
Employee: 2017
Born: 1970
Education: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).
Background: CEO of Ericsson AB’s factories in Estonia, Brazil and Mexico.
Number of shares:
shares.
Diana Thorin | Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)
Employee: 2018
Born: 1985
Education: HR and working life program at Karlstad University
Background: Various roles in municipal operations, including area manager for municipal health and social care and HR consultant. Various HR managerial assignments within the HANZA Group.
Number of shares:
shares.
Mattias Lindhe | Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
Employee: 2023
Born: 1966
Education: Degree from the Swedish Defense University and MBA from Henley Business School (University of Reading).
Background: Global Business Area Manager at Flex (Flextronics), Commercial Director at Luvata and President and CEO at Orbit One.
Number of shares:
shares
Francesco Franzé | Chairman of the Board since 2019, elected in 2015
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit Committee Previous positions include Group Management of Husqvarna Group, Senior VP Industrial Operations of Electrolux Group as well as site manager at several manufacturing units abroad.
Born: 1964
Education: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).
Other assignments: Chairman of the Board of Adrian Michel AG and Panarea AB.
Holding:
shares.
Independent of the company, its management and the significant shareholders.
Georg Weber | Board member since 2026
Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and member of the Group Management Team of Wilo SE, a global manufacturer of pumps and pumping systems headquartered in Germany.
Born: 1964
Education: A diploma in Mechanical Engineering and Precision Engineering from University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen.
Other assignments: No other assignments
Holding:
shares.
Independent of the company, its management and the significant shareholders.
Helene Richmond | Board member since 2017
Active in various subsidiary boards within the NIBE Group. Former CEO of CTC AB and manager within the SKF group.
Born: 1960
Education: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Lund University.
Holding:
shares.
Independent of the company, its management and the significant shareholders.
Alva Åqvist| Board member since 2026
Vice President of Private Equity at EQT Partners. She has previous experience from McKinsey & Company as well as from ABG Sundal Collier and Investor AB.
Born: 1994
Education: Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from KTH
Other assignments: No other assignments
Holding:
shares.
Independent in relation to the company and its management, but not independent in relation to the company’s major shareholders.
Lars-Ola Lundkvist | Board member since 2025
Previous international experience in industrial automation and industrial data communication in roles such as Marketing Manager at ABB Robotics, CEO of Deva Mechaneyes AB and CEO of Westermo Group, as well as Division Manager at Lagercrantz Group.
Born: 1961
Education: Master of Science in Mechatronics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Master of Business Administration from INSEAD.
Other assignments: Chairman of the board or board member of several companies within Lagercrantz Group AB; Chairman of the board of Absortech Group AB; board member of Midsummer AB.
Holding:
shares.
Independent in relation to the company and its management, but not independent in relation to the company’s major shareholders.
The external auditor shall review HANZA’s annual report and accounts, as well as the Board of Directors’ and the President’s administration. After each financial year, the auditors must submit an audit report to the Annual General Meeting. At the 2026 Annual General Meeting, Ernst & Young AB, with Linn Haslum Lindgren as principal auditor, was elected auditor. Further information about the company’s auditor, including fees, can be found in the annual report.
The AGM decided to instruct the Chairman of the Board to contact the three largest shareholders or groups of shareholders in terms of votes (this refers to both directly registered shareholders and nominee-registered shareholders) in the Company, according to Euroclear Sweden AB’s printout of the share register as of 31 August each year, and ask them to appoint a representative. to, together with the Chairman of the Board, constitute the Nomination Committee for the period until a new Nomination Committee has been appointed in accordance with the mandate from the next Annual General Meeting. In the event that any of the three largest shareholders or groups of owners does not wish to appoint a representative, the fourth largest shareholder or group of owners shall be consulted and so on until the Nomination Committee consists of four members (including the Chairman of the Board).
Information on the names of the members of the Nomination Committee shall be published no later than six months before the Annual General Meeting on the Company’s website. If a member leaves the Nomination Committee before its work is completed and if the Nomination Committee considers that there is a need to replace this member, the Nomination Committee shall appoint a new member in accordance with the principles above, but based on Euroclear Sweden AB’s printout of the share register as soon as possible. left the Nomination Committee. Changes in the composition of the Nomination Committee shall be announced immediately.
The Nomination Committee shall submit proposals for resolutions on the following issues to the Annual General Meeting:
a) Election of chairman of the meeting;
b) Determination of the number of board members;
c) Determination of fees and other remuneration to the Board, with a division between the Chairman and other members;
d) Determination of fees to auditors;
e) Election of Board members and Chairman of the Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board;
f) Election of auditors; and
g) Resolution on principles for establishing the Nomination Committee and its work prior to the Annual General Meeting.
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Share listing: Nasdaq Stockholm
Ticker code: HANZA
ISIN code: SE0005878543