Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of 7 members elected by the Annual General Shareholders Meeting, as well as two employee representatives and two deputy employee representatives.
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    Tony Buffin
    Chairman of the Board.
    Born: 1971. Educated at University of Cambridge. CEO at the Tecsa Group. Board member since 2022. Chairman of the Board since 2024. Independent in relation to Nobia and major shareholders.
    Board assignments: Chairman of Highbourne Group and non-executive Director of Dyson Shareholder Board.
    Previous positions: Board member of Kingfisher plc. CEO at Holland & Barret, Group COO and CEO at Plumbing & Heating Toolstation international businesses and Group CFO at Travis Perkins plc, CFO at Wesfarmers.
    Holding in Nobia 81,000 shares.
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    Fredrik Ahlin
    Board member.
    Born 1977. Senior Investment Manager at If Skadeförsäkring (P&C Insurance). MSc Business Administration and Economics, University of Stockholm and CFA®charterholder, CFA Institute. Board member since 2022. Dependent in relation to major shareholder.
    Board assignments: Member of election committees for Svedbergs i Dalstorp AB (publ), Nederman Holding AB (publ), Husqvarna AB (publ) and Clas Ohlson AB (publ).
    Previous positions: If Skadeförsäkring AB, Investment Manager 2007 - 2014. Riksbankens Jubileumsfond 2004 - 2007.
    Holding in Nobia 99,800 shares.
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    Andréas Elgaard
    Board member.
    Born 1972. Master of Science, Lunds Institute of Technology. CEO of ITAB Shop Concept AB (publ). Elected 2025.  Independent in relation to Nobia and major shareholders.
    Board assignments: Board member of Byggmax AB (publ) since 2021.
    Previous positions: senior positions within IKEA (including the position as Global Business Area Manager Kitchen & Dining), Market Director for Ballingslöv in the Nordic Region,and senior roles within Saint-Gobain Isover, Icopal and Sperian. Board member Munksjö Paper AB 2022 - 2025.
    Holding in Nobia 20,000 shares.
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    Catarina Fagerholm
    Board member.
    M.Sc. Economics, Hanken School of Economics. Elected 2025. Independent in relation to Nobia and major shareholders.
    Board assignments: Board assignments in Attendo AB, Eduviva AB, Byggmax AB, CapMan Oyj.
    Previous positions: CEO of Instru Optiikka Oy 2007-2018, CEO of Finland and member of the management team at Bosch and Siemens Household Appliances Northern Europe 1998-2006. Country Manager for AEG in Finland and Brand Director for AEG in Russia at Electrolux Group 1996-1998.
    Holding in Nobia 50 000.
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    Marlene Forsell
    Board member.
    Born 1976. B.Sc. Business Administration Stockholm School of Economics. Board member since 2019.  Independent in relation to Nobia and major shareholders.
    Board assignments: Board member of Lime Technologies, Index Pharmaceuticals and AddSecure.
    Previous positions: CFO in Swedish Match 2013 - 2018 and before that several leading positions in the finance area in the same company.
    Holding in Nobia 71,000 shares.
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    Carsten Rasmussen
    Board member.
    Born 1972. Master of Logistics from Aarhus University. Board member since 2020. Independent in relation to Nobia and major shareholders.
    Board assignments: Chairman of the Board of LEGO System A / S.
    Previous positions: COO LEGO Group since 2017 where he has been employed since 2001. Previous experience including positions at Scan Choco A / S 1997 - 2001.
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    Jimmy Renström
    Board member.
    Born 1983. M.Sc. Business and Economics, Stockholm School of Economics. CFO Nordstjernan. Elected 2025.  Dependent in relation to a major shareholder.
    Board assignments: Board member of Rosti Group AB.
    Previous positions: Senior positions within Scania such as CEO, Scania China and CFO, Scania India.
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    Per Bergström
    Board member - Employee representative.
    Born 1960. Employee representative since 2000. Appointed by The Swedish union of forestry, wood and graphical workers. Nine-year elementary school. Factory worker at Nobia Production Sweden. Employed 1976.
    Board assignments: Board member of Tidaholms Energi, Elnät, Bredband Östra Skaraborg and Nobia Production Sweden.
    Previous positions: Various roles within production, Nobia Production Sweden
    Holding in Nobia –
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    Emelie Carlsson
    Board member, deputy employee representative.
    Born 1988. Deputy employee representative since 2025. Appointed by Unionen (trade union for white-collar employees in the private sector). Employed since 2022, Masterdata specialist in Manufacturing.
    Previous positions: Orkla House Care, Manager SME-Masterdata
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    Linda Gunnarsson
    Board member - Employee representative.
    Born in 1986. Employee representative since 2025, appointed by PTK. Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management, Linköping Institute of Technology. Senior Category Manager at Nobia, employed since 2021.
    Previous positions: Roles in supply chain and category development/sales at Unilever.
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    Dennis Pettersson
    Board member - Employee representative, deputy.
    Born in 1966. Employee representative since 2021. Deputy board member. Appointed by GS Unions. Employed since 2007.
    Previous positions: Various roles within Nobia Production Sweden manufacturing.
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