Board & Management
Board of directors
Kicki Wallje-Lund
Born: 1953 Chairman of the board, elected 2016Education/background: Kicki Wallje-Lund has experience in business development from a variety of international companies, especially in the IT sector. She has held leading global positions in companies like NCR, Digital Equipment, AT & T, Philips, ICL and Unisys.
Current assignments: Board member and of C-Rad AB (publ) and Betsson AB (publ).
Holdings in the Company: Kicki Wallje-Lund holds 45,600 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to major shareholders, independent in relation to the company and management.
Lars Wingefors
Born: 1977 Founder of Embracer Group Board member (elected 2002) and CEOEducation/background: Lars Wingefors is founder and CEO of Embracer Group. Lars Wingefors started his first company at the age of thirteen. He has a broad and long experience in entrepreneurship and business management.
Current relevant assignments: Lars Wingefors is a board member and CEO of Lars Wingefors AB. He is also a Board member of Wingefors Depå Två AB, Wingefors Invest AB och Lars Wingefors 2 AB.
Holdings in the Company: Lars Wingefors holds, through companies, 19,504,401 class A shares and 88,571,196 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Position of dependency: Dependent in relation to major shareholders, dependent in relation to the company and management.
Erik Stenberg
Born: 1963 Board Member elected 2002 and deputy CEOEducation/background: Erik Stenberg has a Degree of Master of Science in Business and Economics from Högskolan Karlstad (today Karlstad University) and a long and solid experience in business management.
Current relevant assignments: Erik Stenberg is a Board member of Xagonus Zagonus AB and Stonemountain Invest AB. He is also chairman of the Board of Tingvalla Invest AB.
Holdings in the Company: Erik Stenberg holds 4,223,172 class A shares and 19,177,800 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Position of dependency: Dependent in relation to major shareholders, dependent in relation to the company and management.
Jacob Jonmyren
Born: 1980 Board member, elected 2018Education/background: Jacob Jonmyren holds a M.Sc in Accounting and Financial Management from Stockholm School of Economics and has studied Finance at University of Wisconsin – Madison and Media & Communication Studies (Master level) at Stockholm University, where he was president of the Student Association at the Depart- ment of Journalism, Media & Communication. Jacob Jonmyren has long experience from the financial markets. He has been invested in the stock market since the age of nine and has for the last thirteen years been employed at RAM Rational Asset Management, a Swedish, independent asset management company with focus on absolute return.
Current assignments: Jacob Jonmyren is Partner, Portfolio Manager and Head of Research at RAM ONE AB and member of the Board at Jacob Jonmyren Kapital AB and World Market Coverage i Stockholm AB.
Holdings in the company: Jacob Jonmyren holds 10,500 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to major shareholders, independent in relation to the company and management.
Ulf Hjalmarsson
Born: 1956 Board member, elected 2018Education/background: Ulf Hjalmarsson holds a M.Sc in Accounting and Financial Management from Lund’s University and has served
as an officer in the Swedish armed forces. Ulf Hjalmarsson has long experience from the financial markets. He has amongst other things been the head of corporate finance Sweden at Aros Securities AB.
He has also been a financial analyst and portfolio manager and head of corporate finance at AB Investor/Förvaltnings AB Providentia. Ulf is also the founder of Hjalmarsson & Partners Corporate Finance AB.
Current assignments: Chairman of the Board in Hjalmarsson & Partners Corporate Finance AB, director of the Board in Lannebo Fonder AB, Connecting Capital Holding AB and Stiftelsen Kungafonden.
Holdings in the Company: Ulf Hjalmarsson has no holding of shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to major shareholders, independent in relation to the company and management.
David Gardner
Born: 1965 Board member, elected 2020Education/background: David Gardner has a solid industry background and experience. He met Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins in 1981, and David became part of the founding team behind EA. He went on to establish EA‘s European Business Unit in 1986 and lead it as it grew to USD 1 billion in gross revenue and 1,200 employees. David became part of EA’s global management team based in California from 2004 to 2007 when he then returned to Europe to live there with his family. David became CEO of Atari S.A. where the turnaround goal was marked by the successful sale of Atari’s distribution companies, the privatization of the US unit and the acquisition of Cryptic Studios.
Current assignments: co-founder and general partner of London Venture Partners LLP, a VC-company founded in 2010.
Holdings in the Company: David Gardner has no holding of shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to major shareholders, independent in relation to the company and management.
Matthew Karch
Born: 1971 CEO and Co-founder of Saber Interactive and Board member, elected 2020Education/Background: Matthew has a Bachelor of Arts from Washington University and a Juris Doctor from University of Pennsylvania. He has extensive experience in game design and development, business and legal affairs and is fluent in Russian.
Current assignments: Matthew Karch is the founder and CEO of Saber Interactive a game development company in the Embracer Group with studios in multiple locations across the globe. Matthew started the company in 2001 after a brief career as an attorney. He has extensive experience in game development, ranging from design and licensing to business development.
Holdings in Embracer Group: Matthew Karch owns through the company S3D Media, where his share is 57.5 percent of the total shareholding.
Position of dependency: Dependent in relation to major shareholders, dependent in relation to the company and management.
Senior ExecutivesParent Company
Lars Wingefors
Born: 1977 Founder of Embracer Group Board member (elected 2002) and CEOEducation/background: Lars Wingefors is founder and CEO of Embracer Group. Lars Wingefors started his first company at the age of thirteen. He has a broad and long experience in entrepreneurship and business management.
Current relevant assignments: Lars Wingefors is a board member and CEO of Lars Wingefors AB.
He is also a Board member of Wingefors Depå Två AB, Wingefors Invest AB och Lars Wingefors 2 AB.
Holdings in the Company: Lars Wingefors holds, through companies, 19,504,401 class A shares and 88,571,196 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Position of dependency: Dependent in relation to major shareholders, dependent in relation to the company and management.
Erik Stenberg
Born: 1963 Board Member elected 2002 and deputy CEOEducation/background: Erik Stenberg has a Degree of Master of Science in Business and Economics from Högskolan Karlstad (today Karlstad University) and a long and solid experience in business management.
Current relevant assignments: Erik Stenberg is a Board member of Xagonus Aktiebolag, Zagonus AB and Stonemountain Invest AB. He is also chairman of the Board of Tingvalla Invest AB.
Holdings in the Company: Erik Stenberg holds 4,223,172 class A shares and 19,177,800 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Position of dependency: Dependent in relation to major shareholders, dependent in relation to the company and management.
Johan Ekström
Born: 1977 CFO, appointed 14 August 2019Education/background: Johan Ekström holds a M.Sc in business administration from Stockholm School of Economics. He has an extensive background in accounting, reporting and financial control from previous positions at Crem International, Permobil and PwC.
Current assignments: Johan Ekström has no other current assignments.
Holdings in the Company: Johan Ekström holds 4,638 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Chief Executive OfficersOperative Groups
Klemens Kreuzer
Born: 1976 CEO, THQ Nordic GmbH, employed 2011Education/background: Klemens Kreuzer has a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business. He also has experience from business management.
Current assignments: Klemens Kreuzer has no other current assignments.
Holdings in the Company: Klemens Kreuzer holds, through companies, 605,352 class A shares and 2,748,963 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Klemens Kundratitz
Born: 1962 CEO, Koch Media, employed 1994Education/background: Klemens Kundratitz holds a Doctor of Law degree from Leopold-Franzen- University in Innsbruck and has a strong track record within the gaming and entertainment industry. He is among other things co-founder of Koch Media and has developed the company and as its Managing Director and CEO. Klemens Kundratitz is also the founder of Deep Silver, the games publishing label of Koch Media.
Current assignments: Klemens Kundratitz has no other current assignments.
Holdings in the Company: Koch Media Holding GmbH holds 1,127,928 class B shares in Embracer Group (publ). Koch Media Holding GmbH (previously Parent Company in the Koch Media Group) is partly owned by Klemens Kundratitz, co-founder and CEO of the Koch Media Group.
Anton Westbergh
Born: 1985 CEO, Coffee Stain, employed 2013Education/background: Anton Westbergh studied computer science at the University of Skövde, and have extensive experience in game and business development.
Current assignments: Anton Westbergh has no other current assignments.
Holdings in the Company: Anton Westbergh holds, through companies 1,206,333 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Per-Arne Lundberg
Born: 1970 CEO Amplifier Game Invest AB, employed since 2018Education/Background: Per-Arne has 16 years of experience in the Games Industry. As head of The Game Incubator, he participated in and developed over 80 game companies, amongst others Coffee Stain Studios, Pieces Interactive, ACE and Flamebait Games.
He has a broad experience in business development, financing, and goto-market strategies for startups and scaleups, in both Sweden and Silicon Valley, where he held a one-year Fellowship from VINNOVA at Nordic Innovation House during 2017.
Current assignments: Member of the Board, Forsway Scandinavia.
Holdings in Embracer Group: Per-Arne Lundberg holds 2,170 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Matthew Karch
Born: 1971 CEO and Co-founder of Saber InteractiveEducation/Background: Matthew has a Bachelor of Arts from Washington University and a Juris Doctor from University of Pennsylvania. He has extensive experience in game design and development, business and legal affairs and is fluent in Russian.
Current assignments: Matthew Karch is the founder and CEO of Saber Interactive a game development company in the Embracer Group with studios in multiple locations across the globe. Matthew started the company in 2001 after a brief career as an attorney. He has extensive experience in game development, ranging from design and licensing to business development.
Holdings in Embracer Group: Matthew Karch owns through the company S3D Media, where his share is 57.5 percent of the total shareholding.
Ken Go
Born: 1980 CEO, DECA GamesEducation/Background: Ken has a bachelors degree from The George Washington University. Ken is the CEO and founder of DECA games. He has spent over 14 years in the gaming industry focused on games as a service of free to play games including positions as the executive producer of the game Kingdoms of Camelot and the european general manager of Kabam.
Current assignments: Ken has no other current assignments
Holdings in Embracer Group: Ken holds 6,338,901 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ)
Randy Pitchford
Born: 1971 Founder of the Gearbox Entertainment CompanyBackground: Randy Pitchford is a video game industry veteran of more than 25 years and founder of the Gearbox Entertainment, which develops and publishes award-winning and best-selling video games through its subsidiaries, Gearbox Software and Gearbox Publishing, and produces groundbreaking film and television content.
Holding in Embracer: Randy Pitchford holds 4 731 514 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ)
Oleg Grushevich
Born: 1984 CEO, Easybrain, employed 2016Education/background: Oleg Grushevich studied accounting in foreign activities at Belarusian State Economic University and holds FCCA as a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Before joining the gaming industry Oleg worked in different roles and locations at EY.
Current assignments: Oleg Grushevich has no other current assignments.
Holdings in the Company: Oleg Grushevich holds, through company, 5 033 279 class B shares in Embracer Group AB (publ).
Embracer Group is the parent company of businesses developing and publishing PC, console and mobile games for the global games market. The Group has an extensive catalogue of over 240 owned franchises, such as Saints Row, Goat Simulator, Dead Island, Darksiders, Metro, MX vs ATV, Kingdoms of Amalur, TimeSplitters, Satisfactory, Wreckfest, Insurgency, World War Z and Borderlands, amongst many others.
With its head office based in Karlstad, Sweden, Embracer Group has a global presence through its eight operative groups: THQ Nordic GmbH, Koch Media GmbH/Deep Silver, Coffee Stain AB, Amplifier Game Invest, Saber Interactive, DECA Games, Gearbox Entertainment and Easybrain. The Group has 63 internal game development studios and is engaging more than 7,000 employees and contracted employees in more than 40 countries.
