About us Board of directors

The work of the Board follows written instructions and a meetings schedule, which aims to ensure that the Board is kept fully informed and that all aspects of company operations are dealt with.

 

Ingvar Petersson

Born 1941

Chairman and a member of the Board of Billerud since 2001. Independent of the company and of the owners. Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Audit Committee

Education
Business economist University studies, University of Lund

Other board assignments

Chairman of Försäkringsbolaget Pensionsgaranti, ömsesidigt (FPG) and of RAM One AB.
Board member of Econova AB, Munksjö AB and others.

Work experience
SEVP, Stora Enso
1st Executive Vice President, Stora
CEO, Kopparfors AB

Holding in Billerud
16 000 shares

Stewe Cato

Born 1953

Employee representative (the Swedish Paper Workers' Union) since 2001. Dependent of the company.

Holding in Billerud
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Gunilla Jönson

Born 1943

Member of the Board of Billerud since 2003. Independent of the company and of the owners.

Education
MSc and PhD – exams in Mechanical Engineering, transport technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg

Other board assignments

Vice Chairman, Chalmers University of Technology
Member of the Board, Vinnova, SIK, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Invest in Skåne AB.
Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).

Present position

Professor in packaging logistics, Lund Institute of Technology and Adjunct professor, School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.

Work experience

Dean, Lund Institute of Technology
Director, environment and product safety, SCA Packaging, Belgium and UK.
Director, technology development, SCA Packaging, Belgium.
Different positions within SCA Packaging, Sweden.
Research Director, Packaging Research Institute, Stockholm,
Assistant professor, School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Member of the Board, Innovationsbron Syd.

Holding in Billerud
2000 shares

Michael M. F. Kaufmann

Born 1948

Member of the Board of Billerud since 2005. Dependent of Billerud's major owner.

Education
MBA at university of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Present position

Chief Executive Officer of Frapag Beteiligungsholding AG, Vienna, Austria

Other board assignments

Chairman of Frapag Industrieholding AG, Vienna, Austria.
Vice chairman of Immofinanz Immobilien Anlagen AG, Vienna, Austria
Board Member of Hirsch Servo AG, Glanegg, Austria

Work experience
Has formerly held various managerial positions within Frantschach/Mondi, Vienna, Austria

Holding in Billerud
-

 

Kurt Lindvall

Born 1951

Employee representative, deputy (Pappers) since 2001. Dependent of the company.

Holding in Billerud
-

 

Per Lundberg

Born 1943

Member of the Board since 2001. Independent of the company and of the owners. Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee.

Education
MBA, Stockholm School of Economics

Other board assignments

Chairman of the Board of Sophiahemmet volunteer association, the Jacob Wallenberg foundation and the Institute for Research in Economic and Business History (EHFF) at the Stockholm School of Economics.
Vice chairman of Sällskapet Vänner till Pauvres Honteux.
Member of the Boards of Center for Business History, among others.

Work experience

Stockholms Enskilda Bank/Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
Managing Director, Förvaltnings AB Providentia
Deputy Managing Director, Investor AB
Managing Director and CEO, Gota Bank
Group Chief Credit Officer, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
Member of the Stock Exchange Disciplinary Committee

Chairman of Bohusbanken, L M Ericsson Finans AB, Nordben Ltd (Guernsey), Stockholm Saltsjön, Grand Hôtel (Stockholm), Ångpanneföreningen, among others.

Board member of Alfa Laval, Atlas Copco, AB Finans Vendor, Garphyttan, Haldex, Incentive, Ericsson, New Media Spark Ltd (London), Providentia Ltd (New York och Hong Kong), Saab Automobil, Saab-Scania, SPP, Sterling Airways (Danmark), Stora Timber, Trygg Hansa and Swedish American Chamber of Commerce in New York and Svensk Hypotekspension AB.

Holding in Billerud
3 000 shares

Ewald Nageler

Born 1950

Member of the Board since 2006.

Education
Mag. rer. soc. oec., University of Innsbruck, Austria

Present position

CFO, Frapag Industrieholding AG, Vienna, Austria

Work experience

CFO, Egger Holzindustrie Beteiligungsgesellschaft m b H, St. Johann, Austria
25 years experience in banking
Member of the managing board of Creditanstalt AG, Vienna, Austria

Member of the Boards for a wide range of financial institutions and companies inside and outside Austria.

Holding in Billerud
8 000 shares

 

 

Stefan Ragnarsson

Born 1975

Employee representative, (PTK) since 2009. Not independent of the company.

Holding in Billerud
500 shares

Yngve Stade

Born 1947

Member of the Board since 2001-2003, 2005. Independent of the company and of the owners. Member of the Compensation Committee.

Education
Master of Engineering, the Royal Institute of Technology

Other board assignments

Chairman of RISE Holding AB. Board member of Newbeam Sweden AB.

Work experience

President of Stora Enso AB and member of Executive Management Group of Stora Enso Oyi.
President, Kamyr AB
President, NLK Celpap Engineering AB
Various technical functions, Korsnäs AB
Manager research, STFI

Board member of Modo Chemetics, STFI-PackForsk AB, Skogsindustrierna and chairman of Stora Fonden för Stiftelsen Tekniska Muséet (IVA) and member of boards of several other research institutions linked to the forest industry. Member of the board of Falu Rödfärgs AB/stora Kopparbegs Bergslags AB.

Holding in Billerud
1100 shares

 

Helen Gustafsson

Born 1971

 

 

Employee representative, deputy (Unionen) since 2010.  Dependent of the company.

Holding in Billerud
517 shares

 

 

Meg Tivéus

Born 1943

Member of the Board since 2001. Independent of the company and of the owners. Member of the Audit Committee

Education
Master of Business Administration, Stockholm School of Economics

Other board assignments

Chairman of Sprit- och vinleverantörsföreningen, Frösunda LSS AB and of Folktandvården i Stockholm. 

Board member of Swedish Match AB, Cloetta AB, Nordea Fonder AB, Viktoria Park AB and Apoteket Farmaci AB.

Work experience

Managing Director and board member, AB Svenska Spel.
Deputy Managing Director, Posten
Head of Division, Holmen
Head of Division, Åhlens
Product Manager, MoDo

Chairman of Boss Media AB.
Board member of Postgirot AB, Postbanken AB, SJ AB, Statens Provningsanstalt AB, Operan AB, Jordbruksverket, Framfab AB, Kommentus AB, Synerco AB, Danderyds Sjukhus AB, Cloetta Fazer AB, among others.

Holding in Billerud
4 000 shares