Board of Directors & Management

Pierre Fors, Chairman of the Board

Pierre Fors, born in 1963, board member since 2015, chairman of the board since 2020. Former CEO and group president of Alcadon Group AB until July 2019. Pierre holds a degree from EMI (Executive Management Institute) at the Stockholm School of Economics and was employed at Alcadon from 1993 to 2019, serving as CEO of Alcadon Group from 2001 to 2019. Pierre has a background in various positions within the IT and telecommunications industry, including at Telia.

Other board assignments: Chairman of the board at Paseca AB and Sun4Energy. Independent in relation to the company’s major shareholders. Dependent in relation to the company and the management.

Shareholding: 110,000 shares

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Jonas Mårtensson, Vice Chairman of the Board

Jonas Mårtensson, born in 1963, board member since 2015, chairman of the board from 2016 to 2019, holds a degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. He has been employed at Alted AB since 2006, where he is also a co-owner and board member. Jonas has worked for 17 years at investment banks (SEB Enskilda, Maizels, Westerberg & Co, and Nordea) as an advisor in corporate transactions, capital raising, and IPOs.

Other board assignments: Chairman of the board at OPP Owner AB and board member at DO Intressenter AB, JNM Invest AB, Sun4Energy, and Alted AB. Independent in relation to the company and the management as well as the company’s major shareholders.

Shareholding: 208,092 shares

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Marie Ygge, Director

Marie Ygge, born 1958, board member since 2019. Marie has extensive experience in senior positions in the IT industry from Microsoft (2005-2017) and before that IBM (1985-2005). During these years, Marie has held a number of management positions in Sweden responsible for sales to the public sector, to large companies and to small and medium-sized customers. Marie’s most recent role was as head of business development for the public sector within Microsoft EMEA (2014-2017). Marie has a Master of Science in Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology and runs her own consulting business.
Other board assignments: Board member of SOS Alarm AB and TCO Utveckling AB. Independent in relation to the company and the company’s management and the company’s major shareholders.
Shareholding: 4,600 shares

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Lars Engström, Director

Lars Engström, born in 1963, holds a M.Sc. from the University of Linköping. Lars has extensive experience from leading positions in leading Swedish industrial companies. Between 2016 and 2019, he was the head of Sandvik’s business segments Mining and Rock Technology (2016–2019) and Mining (2015–2016). Prior to that, he served as the acting CEO and President of BE Group (2014–2015). In addition, Lars was the CEO and President of Munters AB between 2006 and 2014. Prior to 2006, Lars held a number of leading positions within Atlas Copco and Seco Tools.

Other board assignments: Board member of Normet Group Oy. Independent in relation to the company, company management and major shareholders.

Shareholding: 13,000 shares

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Mikael Vaezi, Director

Mikael Vaezi, born in 1980, board member since 2024, holds a degree in economics from Lund University. Mikael has been employed as an Investment Manager at Spiltan Invest since 2016. Since 2007, Mikael has been active in the financial sector, where he has held roles as Investment Manager and Portfolio Manager at Varenne, SDIP (now Sdiptech), and Dunross & Co.

Other board assignments: Board member at Teqnion AB, Hyttbäcken Invest AB, and Sogdiana Invest AB. Dependent in relation to the company’s major shareholders but independent in relation to the company and the management.

Shareholding: 11,864 shares

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Management

Fredrik Valentin, CEO and Group President Alcadon Group

Fredrik Valentin, born in 1974, CEO and Group President of Alcadon Group since 2025. Master of Science in Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology. Fredrik most recently held the position of Division Manager in Safety Technology at Bergman & Beving, and has previously been the CEO of Skydda Group, a leading distributor of personal protective equipment, as well as the CEO of Stena Recycling in Poland, and a management consultant in strategy and product development at Accenture.

As Group President, Fredrik Valentin is also the Chairman of the Board of Alcadon Group’s subsidiaries. Other board assignments: Board member at Valentin IDP AB

Shareholding: 40,000 shares
Other holdings: 200,000 warrants

Fredrik Valentin

Niklas Svensson, CFO Alcadon Group

Chief Financial Officer and member of the Group Management since October 2019, born 1981. Niklas holds a Master of Science in Economics from Lund University and most recently came from the position of CFO at NVBS Group, part of the German Rothenberger Group. He has also worked in the field of audit, at Deloitte in Stockholm. Other board assignments: Niklas Svensson is a board member of all subsidiaries within the Alcadon Group and a board member of Hain stiftelser and JN Redovisning AB.
Shareholding: 32,780 shares
Other holdings: 56,354 warrants

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Einar Feragen, CEO Alcadon AS Norway

Einar Feragen has a masters degree in economics and marketing (Master of Science) from BI Norwegian School of Management in Sandvika. He has previously worked with sales and marketing in the IT industry and the defense industry and has since 2020 held the job of sales manager at Alcadon AS with responsibility for sales and sales personnel in Norway. Most recently before Alcadon, Einar worked as sales manager in the export of capital equipment to the paint industry, with main markets in Europe and the USA. He has also held senior positions within the military in both Norway and abroad.
Shareholding: 0
Other holdings: 5,919 warrants

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Susanne Stengade, Senior Vice President Central Europe and CEO Alcadon Denmark/Germany

Born 1967. Bachelor’s degree in International Business from Niels Brock’s Handelsakademi in Copenhagen. Susanne has held several senior positions in sales with a focus on fiber optic solutions in companies such as NKT and Draka. In 2003, Susanne founded 6X International, where she has been CEO ever since. At the end of 2019, 6X International founded a subsidiary in Germany, where Susanne is also CEO.
Shareholding: 981,780

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Max Lundsten, Chief Product Officer

Max Lundsten, born in 1975, is a mechanical engineer and has also completed internal technology training programs at Ericsson. Max has been employed by Alcadon since 1999, where his responsibilities have included product and  business development related to European Cabling Systems (ECS) and marketing. Before joining Alcadon, Max worked at Ericsson and LBW Elektronik.
Shareholding: 58,899
Other holdings: 5,451 warrants

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Duncan Lindsay, Senior Vice President UK

Duncan has a BA Hons in Business studies and has previously been Group Chief Executive Officer of Networks Centre Ltd, a company he founded in 2005, with operations in the UK and the Netherlands. Prior experience includes leading positions with two fiber optic specialist distributors and managerial positions within the tourism industry.
Other board assignments:
Shareholdings direct and through related parties: 631,477
Other holdings: –

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Magnus Larsson, CEO Alcadon AB Sweden

Magnus Larsson, born in 1970, has studied Business Administration at the Lund University. His most recent experience is as Head of KAM and Customer Development at Siemens Smart Infrastructure in Sweden. Magnus has held a number of leading sales positions in the Siemens Group, the real estate industry, the construction industry and the media industry. In addition, Magnus has worked as a consultant in sales management and strategy development.
Shareholding: 10,000
Other holdings: 18,604 warrants

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