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Board of directors

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Chairman of the Board

Lars Appelstål

Director of the Board

Bengt Nilsson

Director of the Board

Vanessa Meyer

Director of the Board

Finn Persson

CEO and Founder, Director of the Board

Anders Hamnes

Lars Appelstål

  • Born: 1959
  • Elected: 2015
  • Education: Master of Science in Engineering, Linköpings University. MSc, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio.
  • Experience and previous assignments: Lars Appelstål has a long career as advisor, investor and entrepreneur within the IT industry. Lars has founded ReadSoft, a publicly listed technology company.
  • Current assignments: Chairman of the Board at Waybler AB. Board member at Myloc AB, Myloc Holding AB, SecureAppbox AB, Lars Appelstal Consulting AB, Lars Appelstal Holding AB, and Kinexit Nordic AB. Deputy board member at Utor AB and Utor Invest AB.
    Previous assignments (last five years): Board member at Neptune Software AS.
  • Holdings in the Company (including related parties): Appelstål owns 5,175,372 shares.
  • Independent in relation to the company and its management: Yes
  • Independent in relation to major shareholders: No

Bengt Nilsson

  • Born: 1955
  • Elected: 2016
  • Education: Studies in industrial economics, Linköping University.
  • Experience and previous assignments: Bengt Nilsson is one of the founders of listed IFS AB, a globally leading supplier of business systems. Bengt is currently CEO of Pagero and Greentrade Aviation.
  • Current assignments: CEO and board member of Pagero AB, Pagero Group AB (publ) and Greentrade Aviation AB. Chairman of the Board of Norelia AB, GJL Group AB and Ides AB. Board member of Hikkadua Investments AB, Greentrade AB, Payer Financial Services AB, Vilja Solutions AB, Wint Group AB and Beamwallet Nordic AB. Deputy board member of Bommin Investment Group AB, Artis Sverige AB, Jur kand Cecilia Hermansson AB and Juridiska Byrån Familjejuridik i Göteborg AB.
  • Previous assignments (last five years): He has previously held the positions of CEO and Chairman of the Board of Pagero Sverige AB. Board member of Wint AB, Wint Accounting AB, Primelog Software AB, Primelog Holding AB, Touchtech AB, Payer Tec AB and Plejd AB. Deputy board member of Accensus AB, Qfunds AB and Bommin Sverige AB.
  • Holdings in the Company (including related parties): Bengt Nilsson owns, indirectly via Greenfield AB, 2,850,965 shares.
  • Independent in relation to the company and its management: Yes
  • Independent in relation to major shareholders: Yes

Vanessa Meyer

  • Born: 1985
  • Elected: 2025
  • Education: Master of Science in Business and Economics, Stockholm School of Economics; MSc in International Business, CEMS – FGV, São Paulo; Bachelor of Commerce, Concordia University, Montreal.
  • Experience and previous assignments: Vanessa Meyer is a B2B SaaS growth strategist with extensive leadership experience across marketing, sales, product, and revenue operations. She has held executive roles at Craft, Bolt, Tipser, Telavox, Loop54, and K6, driving scalable growth through a blend of product-led and sales-led strategies. From 2015 to 2022, she served on the board of Tipser AB, providing strategic guidance on growth, commercial hiring, and marketing. She later joined Tipser operationally as Chief Revenue Officer, leading its commercial strategy prior to its acquisition by Bolt, a U.S.- based eCommerce technology company.
  • Current assignments: Independent consultant specializing in SaaS growth strategy and entrepreneur focused on leveraging AI to assess and strengthen psychological safety within teams.
  • Previous assignments (last five years): Board member at Tipser AB, Chief Revenue Officer at Tipser, VP Growth at Craft, Managing Director – Europe at Bolt.
  • Holdings in the Company (including related parties): Vanessa Meyer does not own any shares.
  • Independent in relation to the company and its management: Yes
  • Independent in relation to major shareholders: Yes

Finn Persson

  • Born: 1967
  • Elected: 2018
  • Education: Master of Science in Physics, The Faculty of Engineering, Lund University.
  • Experience: Finn Persson has a background as a management consultant and partner at McKinsey & Co. Finn Persson is a co-founder and partner at the venture capital firm Spintop Ventures, where he is still active with a number of board positions.
  • Current assignments: Chairman of the Board at Crosser Technologies AB, Spintop Holding AB, Spintop Private Service AB, Spintop II GP AB, Spintop Investment Partners II AB, Spintop III GP AB, Spintop Investment Partners III AB, Spintop Investment Partners III Sweden AB, Spintop IV GP AB, and Spintop Investment Partners IV AB. CEO and board member at PNP Venture Capital AB. Board member at Elastisys AB, Freska Group Oy, IndyRIOT AS, Reclaimit AB, Sift Lab AB, and Univid AB.
  • Previous assignments (last five years): Board member at Defentry AB and Modcam AB.
  • Holdings in the Company (including related parties): Finn Persson is a board member and participates in the management of the fund Spintop Investment Partners III Sweden AB, which owns 2,673,907 shares. Finn Persson does not own any shares personally.
  • Independent in relation to the company and its management: Yes
  • Independent in relation to major shareholders: Yes

Anders Hamnes

  • Born: 1974
  • Elected: 2012
  • Education: Master of Science in Naval Architecture, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Experience: Anders Hamnes, CEO and founder of Oneflow, started his career as a financial analyst back in 1999. After four years in banking, he founded the first of several companies in 2003. Anders later founded Oneflow in 2012, and is today a seasoned tech entrepreneur.
  • Current assignments: Chairman of the Board and CEO of Hamnes Invest AB and Hamnes Invest Ltd NUF.
  • Holdings in the Company (including related parties):  Anders Hamnes owns, via Hamnes Invest AB and related parties, 5,221,935 shares.
  • Independent in relation to the company and its management: No
  • Independent in relation to major shareholders: No
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