Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board
 

Stefan Charette


Position: Chairman
Elected: 2010
Citizenship: Swedish and American
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Born: 1972
Education: M.Sc. Mathematical Finance and B.Sc. Electrical Engineering
Main occupation: CEO of Creades AB.
Other directorships:  Chairman of Athanase Capital, Concentric AB and Global Batterier AB. Member of Bilia AB, Haldex AB and Transcom S.A.
Work experience: Former CEO of AB Custos, Brokk Group and Investment AB Öresund. 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 and Brokk AB.
Holdings in NOTE*:  578,035 shares.
Independent in relation to the company and management: Yes.
Independent in relation to the company's major shareholders: No, employed by Creades AB 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 and Softhouse Nordic AB.
Work experience: 40 years within the industry, whereof just over 30 years within the EMS business. Different positions, for example as engineer within development, production manager 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: Ph.D. 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). Member of Robust AB, 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*: 2,090,000 shares.
Independent in relation to the company and management: Yes.
Independent in relation to the company's major shareholders: Yes.
 

Stefan Johansson


Position: Board member
Elected: 2011
Citizenship: Swedish
Location: Täby, Sweden
Born: 1958
Education: Graduate in business administration

Main occupation: CFO of ÅF AB (publ).
Other directorships: None.
Work experience: Formerly CFO and Executive Vice President of Haldex AB and CFO of ABB Stal AB, Duni AB, Linjebuss AB, Sanmina Corporation AB and Segerström & Svensson AB. Broad experience both from strategic and operational assignments in various businesses. Extensive experience of business development and improvement processes. 
Holdings in NOTE*: 10,000 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: Chobham, Surrey, England
Born: 1944 
Education: Engineer and economist.

Main occupation: Executive Vice Chairman of CLS Holdings plc.
Other directorships: Chairman of Bulgarian Land Development plc and Catena AB. Member of CLS Holdings plc subsidiaries.
Work experience: Various executive positions in the CLS group including heading up the Swedish operation and responsibility for identifying 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.
 


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:  Key Account Manager, has held positions within supply development, production, purchasing and project management. Employed since 1996 by a company that NOTE acquired in 2000, 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 PwC
 

Anders Magnussen

Born: 1966
Authorized auditor PwC

 
At the AGM 2008, PwC 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.