Board of Directors
Patrik Wahlén
Chairman of the Board since 2018, Board member 2005-2017. Born 1969.
Education: Business and Economics studies at Lund University.
Other assignments: Deputy Board member of Italo Invest AB (and subsidiaries of Italo Invest AB) and Wahlén & Partner AB.
Background: Patrik founded Volati in 2003 together with Karl Perlhagen. He has previously worked for Kemira Group and Ernst & Young Management Consulting AB.
Shareholding in the Company: See holdings
Karl Perlhagen
Chairman of the Board 2005-2017, Board member since 2018. Born 1970.
Education: Business and Economics studies at Lund University.
Other assignments: Chairman of the Board of Fridhem Fastighetsutveckling AB and Ullna Golf AB, Board member of Italo Invest AB (and assignments in subsidiaries of Italo Invest AB) and KPVS Holding AB.
Background: Karl founded Volati in 2003 together with Patrik Wahlén, having previously founded Cross Pharma AB.
Shareholding in the Company: See holdings
Björn Garat
Board member since 2015. Born 1975.
Education: B.Sc., International Economics, Linköping University.
Other assignments: CFO and Deputy CEO at AB Sagax (and assignments in subsidiaries of AB Sagax), Board member of Fastighetsbolaget Emilshus AB and Manolo Holding AB, and Deputy Board member of LMG Distribution Aktiebolag and Paco Holding AB.
Background: Partner and Head of Corporate Finance at Remium Nordic AB and financial analyst. CFO and Deputy CEO at AB Sagax since 2012.
Shareholding in the Company: See holdings
Christina Tillman
Board member since 2016. Born 1968.
Education: Master of Business Administration at Stockholm University.
Other assignments: Acting CEO of Hunter Sales i Stockholm AB, Chairman of the Board of NF11 Holding AB, Board member of Corem Property Group AB, Grimaldi Industri AB, MBRS AB, Deputy Board member of Kattvik Financial Services AB, Stocksunds Financial Management AB and Stocksund Financial Services AB.
Background: Christina’s previous roles include CEO of Odd Molly and CEO of Gudrun Sjödén Design.
Shareholding in the Company: See holdings
Maria Edsman
Board member since 2023. Born 1968.
Education: MSc, Business and Economics, Stockholm School of Economics.Board of directors training, Styrelseakademin.
Other assignments: Board member RUSTA AB, Deputy board member Tekholmen AB, CEO Galadriel AB.
Board member Bokhandlarföreningen.
Background: Maria’s previous roles include Board member, Lammhults Design Group AB and Board member, INTERSPORT Sverige AB. Also previously business area manager and CEO of Volati’s former business area Bokhandelsgruppen (now Bokusgruppen) and part of Volati's management team.
Shareholding in the Company: See holdings
Anna-Karin Celsing
Board member since 2018. Born 1962.
Education: MBA, Stockholm School of Economics.
Other assignments: Board member of Lannebo Fonder, Landshypotek Bank, OX2 Group, Peas Industries, Castellum, Svensk Husproduktion, Tim Bergling Foundation, Stiftelsen Beckmans Designhögskola and Stiftelsen Orionteatern.
Background: Head of Investor Relations at Swedbank, Head of Communications at Ratos, Board member of Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. Chairman of the board of Sveriges Television AB. Various advisory roles and directorships within strategy, finance and corportate governance.
Shareholding in the Company: See holdings
Magnus Sundström
Board member since 2018. Born 1954.
Education: M.Sc., Industrial Economics, Linköping University.
Other assignments: CEO and owner of 1909 Gruppen AB and joint owner (50%) of B2B IT-Partner AB.
Background: Board member and Chairman of Tricorona AB.
Shareholding in the Company: See holdings
Senior executives
Andreas Stenbäck
CEO since 2021. Born 1979.
Education: M.Sc. in Engineering and Business Management from the Royal Institute of Technology and a B.Sc, in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University.
Other assignments: -
Background: Andreas comes most recently from his role as Volati CFO. He has previously worked at Keystone Advisers and MCF Corporate Finance.
Shareholding in the Company: See holdings
Martin Aronsson
CFO since 2021. Born 1980.
Education: Master of Science in Engineering from Linköping University of Technology and bachelor´s degree from Linköping University.
Other assignments: -
Background: Martin has previously worked at Sweco and McKinsey & Company.
Shareholding in the Company: See holdings
Martin Hansson
Chief Executive Officer Business Area Salix Group since 2021. Born 1975.
Education: Law degree, University of Gothenburg.
Other assignments: –
Background: For the past 4.5 years, Martin has worked at the German holding company Maxingvest and before that at IKEA for 17 years.
Shareholding in the Company: See holdings
Rikard Ahlin
Head of Business Area Ettiketto Group since 2022. Born 1976.
Education: Engineering degree from Lund University (LTH, Faculty of Engineering).
Other assignments: –
Background: Rikard has worked in several roles within sales, production and operations within the Ettiketto Group since 1998 and took over as CEO in 2016.
Shareholding in the Company: See holdings
Nicklas Margård
CEO Tornum Group since 2023. Born 1969.
Education: Studied Economics at Lund University. MBA Studies at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
Other assignments: -
Background: Nicklas was Head of Business Area Industry between 2017 and 2023. He is today the CEO of Tornum Group, of which he has been on the board since 2005. Nicklas was CEO of Besikta Bilprovning between 2014–2017. Nicklas has previously worked as CEO at John Bean Technologies AB and has also been responsible for Asia for JBT Foodtech.
Shareholding in the Company: See holdings