Board of directors
Conni Jonsson
Chairperson
Education
Bachelor of Science with majors in Economic Analysis and Accounting & Finance from Linköping University. Studies at the Management Development Program, Harvard Business School.
Shareholding in the company
47 383 981 shares indirectly via Bark Partners AB and Qarlbo Associates SAIndependency
Independent of the Company and executive management: No
Independent of major shareholders: NoOther assignments
Board member of EQT Foundation, Bark Partners AB, Elins Hage AB, Pophouse Entertainment Group AB and Silver Life AB. Member of several Investment Committees within EQT – Equity, Real Assets and Public ValuePrevious assignments
Chairperson of the board and Board member of EQT Partners Aktiebolag- Born1960
- NationalitySwedish
- ElectedJanuary 2012
Marcus Wallenberg
Deputy Chairperson
Education
Bachelor of Science, Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington D.C USA
Shareholding in the company
25 000 shares (indirectly)Independency
Independent of the Company and executive management: Yes
Independent of major shareholders: No
Other assignments
Chairperson of the board of SEB, Saab and FAM. Vice Chairperson of Investor and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Board member of AstraZeneca and member of The Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Previous assignments
Chairperson of Electrolux, International Chamber of Commerce and LKAB. President and CEO of Investor. Board member of EQT, Stora Enso and Temasek Holding.- Born1956
- NationalitySwedish
- ElectedJune 2021
Margo Cook
Board member
Education
Executive MBA, Columbia Business School Bachelor’s, Finance, University of Rhode Island
Shareholding in the company
-Independency
Independent of the Company and executive management: Yes
Independent of major shareholders: YesOther assignments
Chairperson of the board of University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees, All Stars Project Inc, Chicago Board & National Board Member and Co-Chairperson at Bridgewater Associates
Previous assignments
President of Nuveen Advisory Services- Born1964
- NationalityAmerican
- ElectedJune 2021
Brooks Entwistle
Board member
Education
Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, A.B., History, Dartmouth CollegeShareholding in the company
-Independency
Independent of the company and executive management: Yes
Independent of major shareholders: YesOther current assignments
SVP Global Customer Success and MD APAC & MENA at Ripple, Aspen Institute, EmancipAction, The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, and Young Life.
Previous assignments
Chief Business Officer International at Uber. Board member of Global Synergy Acquisition Corp. Partner and Chairman of South East Asia at Goldman Sachs, CEO of Goldman Sachs India, and CEO of Goldman Sachs Singapore.- Born1967
- NationalityAmerican
- ElectedJune 2022
Johan Forssell
Board member
Education
Master of Science in Economics and Business administration from Stockholm School of Economics
Shareholding in the company
3 000 sharesIndependency
Independent of the Company and executive management: Yes
Independent of major shareholders: NoOther assignments
CEO and board member of Investor AB. Board member of Atlas Copco AB, Epiroc AB, Wärtsilä Oyj Abp, Patricia Industries, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and Stockholm School of Economics. Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).
Previous assignments
Board member of SAAB Aktiebolag.- Born1971
- NationalitySwedish
- ElectedAugust 2015
Diony Lebot
Board member
Education
Masters in Finance and taxation from University Pantheon Sorbonne
Shareholding in the company
-Independency
Independent of the Company and executive management: Yes
Independent of major shareholders: Yes
Other assignments
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Société Générale and in charge of the control functions (Risk, Finance and Compliance) as well as Corporate & Social Responsibility, Diversity and Inclusion.
Previous assignments
-- Born1962
- NationalityFrench and Greek
- ElectedJune 2020
Gordon Orr
Board member
Education
MA in Engineering from Oxford University. MBA, Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School
Shareholding in the company
31 530 sharesIndependency
Independent of the Company and executive management: Yes
Independent of major shareholders: Yes
Other assignments
Chairperson of the board of Westchel Ltd. Board member of Sondrel PLC, Lenovo Group Ltd, China Britain Business Council, Swire Pacific Ltd, PCH Ltd, Phynova Ltd and Meituan Dianping Ltd.
Previous assignments
Partner and board member of McKinsey & Company. Board member of BioProducts Laboratory Ltd.- Born1962
- NationalityBritish
- ElectedOctober 2018
Audit Committee
The Company has an audit committee consisting of three members.
Members - ChairpersonDiony Lebot
- MemberJohan Forssell
- MemberConni Jonsson
The company has an audit committee consisting of three members: Diony Lebot (Chairperson), Johan Forssell and Conni Jonsson. Without it affecting the responsibilities and duties of the board of directors the Audit Committee is tasked with, among other things, monitoring the company’s financial reporting and the efficiency of the company’s internal controls and risk management, keeping itself informed about the audit of the annual financial statements and the consolidated financial statements, monitoring the handling of related party transactions, reviewing and monitoring the impartiality and independence of the auditors and paying special attention to whether the auditors are providing other services besides audit services to the company, and assisting in preparations for the purchase of auditing services as well as preparations for the annual shareholders’ meeting’s decision on the election of auditors.
Diony Lebot is, on behalf of the Audit Committee, overseeing the work of the Cyber and Information Steering Committee.Renumeration Committee
The Company has a remuneration committee consisting of three members.
Members - ChairpersonMargo Cook
- MemberBrooks Entwistle
- MemberMarcus Wallenberg
The company has a remuneration committee consisting of three members: Margo Cook (Chairperson), Conni Jonsson and Marcus Wallenberg. The Remuneration Committee is tasked with preparing proposals on remuneration principles, remunerations and other employment terms for the executive management. The Remuneration Committee is also tasked with monitoring and evaluating programmes for variable remuneration for the executive management, the application of the guidelines for remuneration to the executive management adopted by the annual shareholders’ meeting as well as the current remuneration structures and remuneration levels in the company.
Sustainability Committee
The Company has a sustainability committee consisting of three members.
Members - ChairpersonGordon Orr
- MemberMargo Cook
- MemberDiony Lebot
The Company has a sustainability committee consisting of three members: Gordon Orr (Chairperson), Margo Cook and Diony Lebot. The Sustainability Committee marks the first of its kind in the private capital space dedicated to sustainability at the Board level. Through quarterly meetings, the Committee will formalize ongoing discussions between Management and the Board to challenge the firm’s sustainability strategy in the context of an ever-evolving environment.
Nomination Committee
Members - Chairperson, appointed by Investor ABJacob Wallenberg
- Appointed by Bark Partners ABHarry Klagsbrun
- Appointed by Jean Eric SalataShireesh Vasupalli
- Appointed by AlectaMagnus Billing [1]
- Chairperson of the Board of EQT ABConni Jonsson
As of 22 November 2022, shareholders having appointed members to the Nomination Committee represented approximately 38 percent of the voting rights for all shares of EQT AB.
The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of EQT AB will be held on Tuesday, 30 May 2023.
Shareholders who would like to submit proposals to the Nomination Committee can do so by e-mail to nomination.committee@eqtgroup.com, or by ordinary mail under the address:
EQT AB,
Attn: Nomination Committee,
Box 164 09,
103 27 Stockholm, Sweden
by 13 March 2023, at the latest.
The EQT Partnership Association
The EQT Partnership Association is a non-profit association in which certain Partners are members. The EQT Partnership Association’s purpose is to act as manager of the EQT Foundation as well as to preserve the partnership feeling and EQT AB’s values within the EQT AB Group.1. As of 1 March 2023, Alecta appointed Magnus Billing to replace Henrik Gade Jepson as member of the Nomination Committee.
In accordance with the principles for appointment of a nomination committee adopted by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2020, the members of the nomination committee of EQT AB should be appointed by the four largest shareholders in EQT AB, or the three largest shareholders and the EQT Foundation if none of the four largest shareholders is the EQT Foundation or a member of the EQT Partnership Association. In addition, the Chairperson of EQT AB shall be a member of the nomination committee.
The nomination committee’s proposals will be submitted in connection with the notice of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2023.
The nomination committee is responsible for preparing and presenting proposals for Board fees (divided between the Chairperson, members and committees), Chairperson of the Meeting, remuneration of auditors, principles for the nomination committee and election of Chairperson, Board members and auditors.
EQT AB’s Nomination Committee for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2023 has been appointed based on the ownership structure as of 31 August 2022, and taking into consideration subsequent changes of the ownership structure that impact the composition of the Nomination Committee.
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