Ratos

Ratos’s nomination committee proposes that the 2025 Annual General Meeting elect seven ordinary Board members, with no deputies.

The nomination committee proposes the re-election of Per-Olof Söderberg as a Board member and Chairman of the Board as well as the re-election of Board members Tone Lunde Bakker, Mats Granryd, Cecilia Sjöstedt, Jan Söderberg and Jonas Wiström (CEO of Ratos) and the election of new Board member Gunilla Berg. Ulla Litzén has declined re-election.

Gunilla Berg holds a Master’s degree in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics and has 25 years of experience as a CFO of major companies including Post Nord, SAS and KF. She also has extensive experience of Board activities at listed companies. She previously served on the Board of Directors of various companies including Alfa Laval, LE Lundbergsföretagen, Vattenfall, Atlas Copco and Afry. She is currently a Board member of Atrium Ljungberg, Praktikertjänst and Nordion Energi. She also serves as Chairman of the audit committee in as part of current Board positions.

“Gunilla Berg has extensive and solid experience of Board activities at listed companies in many industries, not least within technology consultancy. She also has many years of operational experience, including 25 years as the CFO of major companies. Overall, her profile is extremely attractive to Ratos, and I look forward to welcoming her onto the Board,” says Jenny Parnesten, Chairman of the nomination committee.

Ulla Litzén, a Board member since 2016, has declined re-election ahead of the 2025 Annual General Meeting.

“We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Ulla Litzén for her valuable contributions and deep commitment to Ratos over nine eventful years on the Board. With her solid know-how and extensive experience, she has meant a great deal to Ratos, particularly as Chairman of the audit committee. We wish her all the best in the future,” say Ratos’s Chairman Per-Olof Söderberg and Deputy Chairman Jan Söderberg, who also serve as representatives of the majority owners, the Söderberg family.

The nomination committee consists of Chairman Jenny Parnesten (appointed by the Ragnar Söderberg Foundation and own and related parties’ holdings), Markus Söderberg (appointed by Jan Söderberg Förvaltning and own holdings), Maria Söderberg (appointed by the Torsten Söderberg Foundation and own holdings), Erik Brändström (appointed by Spiltan Fonder), Karin Eliasson (appointed by Handelsbanken Fonder), and Per-Olof Söderberg, Chairman of Ratos’s Board.

The nomination committee’s full proposal will be presented in the official notice of Ratos’s Annual General Meeting.

For more information, please contact:
Jenny Parnesten, Chairman of the nomination committee, +46 70 742 51 77
Josefine Uppling, VP Communication, Ratos, +46 76 114 54 21

The information was submitted for publication at 8:30 a.m. CET on 3 February 2025.