Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board
 

Stefan Charette


Position: Chairman
Elected: 2010
Citizenship: Swedish and American
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Born: 1972
Education: MSc Mathematical Finance and BSc Electrical Engineering
Main occupation: Executive Vice President of
Investment AB Öresund.
Other directorships:  Chairman of Athanase Capital and
Global Batterier AB. Member of Haldex AB.
Work experience: Former CEO of AB Custos and President of the Brokk Group. Corporate advisor for multinational corporations at Lehman Brothers and Salomon Smith Barney. Chairman of Johnson Pump AB, Johnson Pump Marine AB and Tigerholm Products AB. Board member of AB Custos, Brokk AB and HQ Bank.
Holdings in NOTE*:  229,260 shares.
Independent in relation to the company and management: Yes.
Independent in relation to the company's major shareholders: No, employed by Investment AB Öresund which is one of NOTE's major shareholders.
 

Board members 

Kjell-Åke Andersson


Position: Board member
Elected: 2010
Citizenship: Swedish
Location: Lund, Sweden
Born: 1946
Education: M.Sc. in electronics
Main occupation: Board work and consulting within business management.  
Other directorships: Chairman of Cervitrol AB, Domitech AB and MedicPen AB. Member of Mekatronik Konsult i Lund AB.
Work experience: 39 years within the industry, whereof just over 30 years within the EMS business. Different positions, for example as engineer within development and CEO, at Electrolux and NOTE among others.
Holdings in NOTE*: 1,385,040 shares.
Independent in relation to the company and management: Yes.
Independent in relation to the company's major shareholders: Yes.

Bruce Grant 


Position: Board member
Elected: 2007
Citizenship: American
Location: Jupiter, Florida, US
Born: 1959
Education: ThD Cand. and graduate in business administration 

Main occupation: Executive Chairman and main shareholder of Garden Growth Capital LLC and Applied Value LLC.
Other directorships:  Chairman of Human Care HC AB (publ) and Robust AB. Member of Stille AB and the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in New York.
Work experience: Former Board member and advisor on profitability improvements and more efficient capital structures for
Investment AB Kinnevik, Korsnäs AB, Metro International SA, Transcom WorldWide SA and Tele2 AB (Chairman).
Holdings in NOTE*:  1,462,500 shares.
Independent in relation to the company and management: Yes.
Independent in relation to the company's major shareholders: Yes.
 

Göran Jansson


Position: Board member
Elected: 2007
Citizenship: Swedish
Location: Nacka, Sweden
Born: 1958
Education: Graduate in business administration

Main occupation: Financial adviser and management consultant, self-employed.
Other directorships:  Chairman of Bankit AB, nWise AB and
Opax AS. Member of Axis Communications AB, 
Human Care HC AB (publ), Robust AB and Stille AB.
Work experience: Formerly acting President and CFO of
Assa Abloy AB, also head of Sourcing and R&D. Chairman of
Sense Expo AB. Board member of a number of subsidiaries within the Assa Abloy group, KIN AB and Precise Biometrics AB.
Holdings in NOTE*: 156,207 shares.
Independent in relation to the company and management: Yes.
Independent in relation to the company's major shareholders: Yes.
 

Henry Klotz


Position: Board member
Elected: 2010
Citizenship: Swedish
Location: Ascot, England
Born: 1944 
Education: Engineer and economist.

Main occupation: CEO and President of CLS Holdings plc.
Other directorships: Chairman of Catena AB. Member of Bulgarian Land Development plc and CLS Holdings plc with subsidiaries.
Work experience: Various leading positions within the CLS group, among others as responsible for the management of the Swedish operation and as Business Development Director responsible for identifying and sourcing new business opportunities for the group.
Holdings in NOTE*: 0 shares.
Independent in relation to the company and management: Yes.
Independent in relation to the company's major shareholders: Yes.
 

Peter Laveson


Position: Board member
Elected: 2010
Citizenship: Swedish
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Born: 1973
Education: Master's degree in business administration
Main occupation: CEO and President of NOTE.
Other directorships: Member of IABÖ Global Holding AB.
Work experience: Former responsible for investments at Investment AB Öresund.  Many years of experience in corporate development and change processes, with both Swedish and international companies, including AB Custos as Regional Manager for the Nordic countries, England and Spain in Johnson Pump AB, and as a management consultant for the American consulting firm Accenture plc.
Holdings in NOTE*:  0 shares.
Independent in relation to the company and management: No, CEO and President of NOTE.
Independent in relation to the company's major shareholders: Yes.


Employee representatives

Christopher Skogh

Position: Board member, employee representative Unionen
Appointed: 2009
Citizenship: Swedish
Location: Norrtälje
Born: 1975
Education: Senior high school, social science

Assignment: Account Manager, employed since 1996 by a company that NOTE acquired in 2000. Has held positions within production, purchasing and project management. Active in the union during 2001-2005 and since 2009.
Holdings in NOTE*:  500 shares.
Independent in relation to the company and management: Yes.
Independent in relation to the company's major shareholders: Yes.

Andreas Ollén

Position: Deputy, employee representative Unionen
Appointed: 2009
Citizenship: Swedish
Location: Sunne
Born: 1981
Education: Senior high school, electronics

Assignment: Production Manager, employed by NOTE since 2001. Active in the union since 2005.
Holdings in NOTE*:  0 shares.
Independent in relation to the company and management: Yes.
Independent in relation to the company's major shareholders: Yes.


* Includes contingent holdings by closely affiliated natural and legal persons.

Auditors:

Magnus Brändström

Born: 1962
Authorized auditor Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB
 

Anders Magnussen

Born: 1966
Authorized auditor Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB

 
At the AGM 2008, Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB was appointed auditor
of NOTE AB with Magnus Brändström as auditor in charge and Anders Magnussen
as co-signing auditor. As the mandate period is four years, the next scheduled
election of auditors is in 2012.