Board of Directors
Gränges’ Board is composed of eight members elected by the general meeting of shareholders. The Board also includes two ordinary members and two deputy members who are chosen by the employee organisations. Fredrik Arp is the Chairman of the Board.
Fredrik Arp
Born : 1953
Education : M.Sc. Economics and Ec. Doctor h.c., Lund University. Position: Chairman of the Board. Elected to the Board in 2020. Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
Position : Chairman of the Board. Elected to the Board in 2020. Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
Other assignments : Chairman of the Board in Bravida Holding AB and Nolato AB.
Previous positions : Chairman of the Board in, among others Ahlsell AB, Bröderna Edstrand AB, Munksjö AB, Thule AB, Parques Reunidos SA and Qioptiq SA. Board member in, among others Swedfund International AB, Vattenfall AB, Getinge AB and Technogym S.p.a. CEO for PLM AB, Volvo Personvagnar AB and Trelleborg AB.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 13,636 shares.
Mats Backman
Born : 1968
Education : B.Sc. Business Administration, Stockholm University.
Position : Board member. Elected to the Board in 2018. Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Other assignments : Executive Vice President Group Finance and CFO in Volvo Group.
Previous positions : Operating Partner Triton. Group CFO in Trustly. CFO and Executive Vice President of Financial Affairs in Veoneer, Inc. CFO at Autoliv, Inc. Various management positions within Sandvik Group, including as CFO.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 15,000 shares.
Martina Buchhauser
Born : 1966
Education : M.Sc. Management, Stanford University.
Position : Board member. Elected to the Board in 2021. Member of the Audit Committee.
Other assignments : Senior advisor at H&Z Management Consulting. Member of the advisory board of Plastic Omnium. Board member in NextSource Materials Inc.
Previous positions : Chief Procurement Officer of Volvo Car Corporation and member of the management team. Senior Vice President of Purchasing and Supplier Network for Interior at BMW. Vice President of Procurement at MAN Truck & Bus. Various management positions within the Purchasing and Supplier Quality areas of Opel and General Motors.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 0 shares.
Cecilia Daun Wennborg
Born : 1963
Education : BS. in Business Administration, Stockholm University, Sweden.
Position : Board member. Elected to the Board in 2024. Member of the Audit Committee.
Other assignments : Board member of, among others, Getinge AB (publ), Loomis AB (publ), Bravida Holding AB (publ), Oncopeptides AB (publ), Atvexa AB (publ), Hotell Diplomat AB, Eleda AB and Chairman of the Board for Almi AB, and member of Swedish Securities Council.
Previous positions : Former deputy CEO and CFO of Ambea AB, CEO and CFO of Carema Vård och Omsorg AB, acting CEO of Skandiabanken, Head of Swedish Operations at Skandia and President of Skandia Link, and among others Board member of Atos Medical Holding AB (publ), Hoist Finance AB (publ), Sophiahemmet and ICA Gruppen AB (publ)
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 5,000 shares.
Steven Armstrong
Born : 1964
Education : BA (Hons) in Business Studies & Economics, East London University.
Position : Board member. Elected to the Board in 2022. Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Other assignments : Member of the board of governors of the University of East London.
Previous positions : Various management positions within Ford, among others Corporate Officer at Ford Motor Company, President at Changan Ford, Ford Brazil and Ford South America. Chairman, President and CEO at Ford Europe. SVP Purchasing and COO at Volvo Cars. COO at Getrag-Ford Transmissions.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 0 shares.
Mikael Bratt
Born : 1967
Education : Studies in Business Administration, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Position : Board member. Elected to the Board in 2024. Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Other assignments : President, CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Autoliv Inc. Member of the Advisory Board of the United Nations Road Safety Fund.
Previous positions : Director of Autoliv since September 2018 and has served as Autoliv’s President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2018. President, Passive Safety from May 2016 until June 2018. Previously served on the board of directors of Höganäs AB from September 2020 through April 2023. Prior to joining Autoliv, 30 years within The Volvo Group, including most recently as EVP Group Trucks Operations. Prior to this, Chief Financial Officer of the Volvo Group. Part of the group executive management between 2008 – 2016.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 0 shares.
Peter Carlsson
Born : 1970
Education : B.Sc. Business Administration and Tech. Doctor h.c., Luleå University of Technology.
Position : Board member. Elected to the Board in 2016. Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Other assignments : CEO and Board member in Northvolt. Board member in Orbital Systems and Q Group.
Previous positions : Vice President Supply Chain and Chief Procurement Officer at Tesla Motors. Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at NXP Semiconductors. Head of Sourcing at Sony Ericsson. Board member in Metso and Rosti Group.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 10,000 shares.
Gunilla Saltin
Born : 1965
Education : Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Idaho, an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics, and a M.Sc. in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Position: : Board member. Elected to the Board in 2023. Member of the Audit Committee.
Other assignments : Managing Director of Tata Steel Nederland's Downstream business and Member of the Management Board. Board member of LKAB.
Previous positions : CEO of Mondi's Uncoated Fine Paper business. Various positions at Södra Group. These positions include, for example, the positions as Executive Vice President Södra Cell and Site Manager Södra Cell Värö.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 2,400 shares.
Emma Hansen Lamprecht
Born : 1994
Education : Strategic Purchasing, TUC Higher Vocational Education.
Description : Project Procurement in the purchasing department, employed at Gränges since 2021. Employee representative of the Board since December 2023. Representing Unionen.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 0 shares.
Jennie Bjerner
Born : 1984
Education : Bachelor in Industrial Engineering and Management, Jönköping university
Description : Process development engineer, employed at Gränges since 2014. Deputy employee representative of the Board since 2024. Representing the Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers and the Union for Professionals.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 30 shares
Tobias Johansson
Born : 1976
Education : Natural farming, High School
Description : Process operator, employed at Gränges since 1998. Deputy employee representative of the Board since 2023. Employee representative since 2024. Representing IF Metall.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 0 shares
Åke Larsson
Born : 1969
Education : Industrial Technology Program, High School
Description : Material Inspector, employed at Gränges since 1988. Deputy employee representative of the Board since november 2024. Representing IF Metall.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 0 shares