Board & management

Board

 

ANDERS BLADH, CHAIR OF THE BOARD

Anders Bladh, born in 1958, board member since 2018, has been CEO of Intervalor AB since 1992, and has previous board experience from the financial industry, including Erik Penser Fonder, later Evli Fonder. Through Ribbskottet AB, Anders is the second largest shareholder in DistIT AB. Anders has previous extensive experience of mergers & acquisitons from Handelsbanken, and also as CEO of real estate companies in the Netherlands for over ten years.
Other board assignments: Board menber of Intervalor AB, Ribbskottet AB and Rimturs AB.
Shareholding in DistIT AB: 167 624 shares (related parties and via endowment insurance)
Represents Ribbskottet AB, which holds 1 550 000 shares in DistIT AB.

PER KAUFMANN, BOARD MEMBER

Per Kaufmann, born 1956, has been working in his own consulting company since 2019. Per has for most of his life worked in retail in Europe, i.a. as MD for IKEA in Italy, France and Russia, CEO of the French kitchen company Hygena as well as CEO of the French department store chain Le Printemps and CEO of the French furniture chain Conforama. Most recently, he was CEO of MediaMarkt in Sweden and in Spain.
Other board assignments: Board member of Stena Recycling AB.
Shareholding in DistIT AB: 10 000 shares

JONAS RYDELL, BOARD MEMBER

Jonas Rydell, born 1972, independent in relation to the Company and management but not independent in relation to major shareholders.
Other board assignments: Board member of Athanase Industrial Partner AB, Concedo AS, Concejo AB (publ), Hellen Holdings Limited, Attica Exploration AS, Jonas Rydell AB, and Chairman of the Board of Tempest Security.
Shareholding in DistIT AB:
Represents Athanase Industrial Partners II AB, Athanase Industrial Partners Fund II, and Athanase Industrial Partners II which together hold 5,999,770 shares in DistIT AB.

Prior to the 2021 Annual General Meeting, the Nomination Committee considered all board members to be independent in relation to the company and the company management. Prior to the 2021 Annual General Meeting, the Nomination Committee considered two of the members to be dependent in relation to the Company’s major owners. The Nomination Committee considered member Stefan Charette to be dependent in relation to one of the Company’s major owners, Athanase Industrial Partner, and Anders Bladh to be dependent in relation to one of the Company’s major owners, Ribbskottet AB.

 

 

Management

 

 

Peter Bäckius, CEOPeter B

Peter Bäckius, born in 1971, has 30 years of experience working in international companies, both independently, as a management consultant, and in senior line positions primarily within Distribution, Operations, Supply Chain, and Sourcing. He has extensive experience from a range of industries at companies such as Applied Value and PIR. Much of his career has revolved around telecom and distribution at companies like Europolitan, Ceragon Networks, Tele2, Ericsson, and SHIN Group.
Other board assignments:
Shareholding in DistIT AB:
Number of options in DistIT AB:

Tomas Fällman, CFO Tomas Fällman

Tomas Fällman, born 1965, has extensive experience of working in international companies. Tomas most recently came from a role as Head of group business control at NOTE (publ) and has previously worked as an accountant at Ernst & Young and as finance director and controller within Tetra Pak and BP group.
Other board assignments:
Shareholding inDistIT AB: 20 000 shares
Number of options in DistIT AB: 100.000 options

Martin Gutberg, Vice PresidentMartin Gutberg

Martin Gutberg, born 1976, started working within the DistIT group 2018 and have a long experience in building value through change management. He comes most recently from the role of CEO of Aurdel and has among other things worked as CEO of NOTE Norrtelje.
Utbildning: Master of Science in Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Other board assignments:
Shareholding in DistIT AB: 45 900 shares (own and relatives)
Number of options in DistIT AB: 100.000 options