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 Hövding Sverige AB, 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, Nuevolution 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. Board member in Tobii AB.
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. Various management positions in Outokumpu, Nordea and Boliden.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 15,000 shares.

Peter Carlsson
Born : 1970
Education : B.Sc. Business Administration, 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.

Hans Porat
Born : 1955
Education : M.Sc. Engineering, Material Science, Royal Institute of Technology.
Position : Board member. Elected to the Board in 2016. Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Other assignments : Board member in Ecolean AB.
Previous positions : President and CEO in Nolato AB, various executive positions in ABB, Deputy CEO in Trelleborg AB, President of Gadelius Japan. Board member in Cloetta AB, Lindab International AB and Nolato AB.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 0 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.

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.
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.

Katarina Lindström
Born : 1965
Education : M.Sc. Engineering, Material Science, Royal Institute of Technology.
Position : Board member. Elected to the Board in 2016. Member of the Audit Committee.
Other assignments : Board member, Executive Vice President and COO in Hempel A/S. Elected member of the Swedish Royal Engineering Academy. Board member in Skövde Högskola.
Previous positions : President Global Operations, Munters AB. Senior Vice President International Manufacturing & Senior Vice President, Operations and Supply Chain Management in Volvo Group Trucks Operation, and other Executive management positions within Operations and Product Management in Volvo Trucks Asia and Volvo Powertrain AB.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 8,687 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 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.

Robert Dahlqvist
Born : 1989
Education : M.Sc. Engineering Nano Science and PhD in Physics, Lund University.
Description : Application engineer, employed at Gränges since 2019. Deputy employee representative of the Board since 2023. Representing the Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers and the Union for Professionals.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 0 shares

Emelie Gunnstedt
Born : 1988
Education : Social science programme, High School
Description : Process operator, team-leader, employed at Gränges since 2007. Deputy employee representative of the Board since 2022. Employee representative since 2023. Representing IF Metall.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 0 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. Representing IF Metall.
Own and related parties’ shareholding : 0 shares