– SWEDEN, Stockholm – The nomination committee proposes that the annual general meeting on 27 April elects a new Board of Directors for the company and resolves to introduce two incentive programmes consisting of warrants for the Board and senior executives, respectively.
- Eniro’s nomination committee proposes the election of Björn Björnsson as new chair of the Board of Directors and Joachim Berner, Örjan Frid and Ola Salmén as new members of the Board of Directors of Eniro AB. Lars-Johan Jarnheimer, chair, and the directors Anna Settman, Stina Honkamaa Bergfors, Leif AA. Fredstedt and Cecilia Lager, have all declined re-election.
- The nomination committee further proposes two incentive programmes consisting of warrants for the Board and senior executives, respectively, which represent a dilution effect of approximately 3 percent.
NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“The Board of Eniro has had an extraordinary workload for a number of years, which has put heavy demands on the directors and the nomination committee has been made aware of the need to find an entirely new Board. We propose that the Board consists of four members with great competence and relevant experience. We have strived for a composition that can match the needs of the company for the moment and we are happy to be able to propose a new Board with such extensive financial competence as well as vast experience from transformational work and relevant businesses such as IT and media”, comments Pehr-Olof Malmström, chair of the nomination committee of Eniro.
Björn Björnsson, Civ. economist, Chair
Björn Björnsson is one of Sweden’s most experienced Board members. He has a background as financial analyst, investment manager and advisor. He has had several Board assignments in Swedish companies, amongst other things, served as chair in Bure Equity up until 2012 and before then he has been a member of the Board of Directors of E Öhman Jr, Skandia, Billerud and JM and others.
Björn Björnsson is currently a member of the Board of Directors of, amongst others, H Lundén AB, Solidium AB and is currently chair of the Board of Directors of Swiss Cape Capital.
Ola Salmén, Civ. economist, Director
Ola Salmén has a strong financial competence and experience from positions as, amongst others, CFO in Swedish industrial and service companies such as Sandvik and Vin & Sprit. During his long career he has also held positions at Handelsbanken, Stora Financial Services, Swedish Match Finance International and worked as auditor.
Ola Salmén is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the education company Lernia AB and the infrastructure company Svevia AB.
Joachim Berner, Civ. economist, Director
Joachim Berner has a background from businesses where media is combined with investment business. Since several years he is the CEO of Christian Berner Invest AB, but has also served as editor in chief at both Dagens Nyheter as well as Expressen. Also, Joachim as held the position as managing editor at Göteborgsposten and Privata Affärer. In addition, Joachim has also held the position as CEO at one of Sweden’s leading advertising firms, Lowe Brindfors.
Joachim Berner is currently chair of the Board of Directors in, among others, Lokaltidningen Mitt i Stockholm AB and Handelshögskolan i Göteborg and member of the Board of Directors of, amongst others, Yrkesakademin AB and NHST Media Group i Oslo.
Örjan Frid, Civ. economist, Civ. engineer, Director
Örjan Frid has more than 25 years of turn-around work in a great number of Swedish companies in various businesses. He has served as interim CEO, COO and project manager in organisations subject to great transformations and restructuring. He has, amongst other things, served as CEO of Patria Helicopters AB, Eneas Energy AB and Trade Doubler AB. Also, he has held leading positions within transformation work at, amongst others, Camfill, Teligent and Cybercom.
Eniro (STO:ENRO), is a leading search company for individuals and businesses in the Nordic region. With quality-assured content and an unrivalled user experience Eniro inspires local discoveries and makes local communities thrive. Eniro’s content is available through internet and mobile services, printed directories, directory assistance and SMS services. Each week Eniro Group’s digital services have 8.1 million unique visitors who perform 14.5 million searches. Eniro Group has about 2,000 employees and operations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Poland. The company is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm [ENRO] and headquartered in Stockholm. In 2015, revenues amounted to SEK 2,438 m, with a profit before depreciation (EBITDA) of SEK 383m.
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