Born: 1953
Chairman of the board, elected 2016
Member of the board’s audit and sustainability committee.
Education/background: Kicki Wallje-Lund has experience in business development from a variety of international companies, especially in the IT sector, primarily for the banking and finance industry as well as board assignments for listed companies on Nasdaq Stockholm, Large and Small cap. She has held leading global positions in companies like NCR, Digital Equipment, AT & T, Philips, ICL and Unisys.
Current assignments: Kicki Wallje-Lund has no other current assignments.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to the company and management, independent in relation to major shareholders.
Born: 1977
Co-founder and CEO of Embracer Group
Board member, elected 2011
Education/background: Lars Wingefors is founder and CEO of Embracer Group. Lars Wingefors started his first video games company at the age of sixteen. 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.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Dependent in relation to the company and management, dependent in relation to major shareholders.
Born: 1980
Board member, elected 2018
Member of the board’s audit and sustainability committee.
Education/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 and Media & Communication Studies (Master level) at Stockholm University. Jacob Jonmyren has long experience from the financial markets.
Current assignments: Jacob Jonmyren is CEO and board member at Jacob Jonmyren Kapital AB, Chairman of the Board at Lars Wingefors AB and board member at Forskningsstiftelsen SSE-MBA, Consilio International AB and RAM Rational Asset Management AB.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to the company and management, dependent in relation to major shareholders.
Born: 1965
Board member, elected 2020
Member of the board’s remuneration committee.
Education/background: David Gardner has a solid industry background and experience. He met Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins in 1982, and in 1983 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 later became part of EA’s global management team based in California from 2004 to 2007. David became CEO of Atari S.A.
Current assignments: David is co-founder and general partner of London Venture Partners LLP, a VC-company founded in 2010.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to the company and management, independent in relation to major shareholders.
Born: 1971
Board member, elected 2022
Member of the board’s remuneration committee. Chair of the board’s remuneration committee.
Education/background: Cecilia Driving holds a LL.M. and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Stockholm University. She has held several CFO positions in life-science, private equity, research and telecom companies.
Current assignments: Director and chair of the audit committee of Ovzon AB and Mabtech AB.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to the company and management, independent in relation to major shareholders.
Born: 1975
Board member, elected 2023
Member of the board’s remuneration committee.
Education/background: Yasmina Brihi holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Yasmina has held several senior management positions within Google, including Senior Director Marketing and Senior Product Manager. She is well experienced in building and scaling businesses in multiple industries such as devices, music, gaming and e-Commerce. This includes vast experience in leading and growing large organizations, shaping and transforming team culture across geographies.
Current relevant assignments: No other current assignments.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to major shareholders, independent in relation to the company and management.
Born: 1954
Board member, elected 2023
Member of the board’s audit and sustainability committee. Chair of the board’s audit and sustainability committee.
Education/background: Bernt Ingman holds a Bachelor of Economics from Uppsala University. Bernt has broad competence in strategic and operational business development, divestments and restructuring from different industries and service businesses. He has held senior management positions within international companies, both within business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies, such as Alimak, Gunnebo, Husqvarna and Munters. Bernt has more than 25 years broad experience from board work in listed as well as private companies.
Current relevant assignments: Chairman of the board of TagMaster and chairman of the board of Pricer.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to major shareholders, independent in relation to the company and management.
Born: 1972
Board member, elected 2023
Education/background: Cecilia Qvist holds an MBA from the University of Edinburgh. Cecilia has extensive leadership experience in fast-paced, technology-driven companies undergoing transformational growth, including Leia Inc., Spotify, LEGO Ventures, and NASDAQ. For more than 20 years, she has worked with companies around the world on building dynamic, scalable business.
Current relevant assignments: Board member of Kinnevik and board member of Polarium.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to major shareholders, independent in relation to the company and management.
Born: 1954
Board member, elected 2023
Member of the board’s audit and sustainability committee. Chair of the board’s audit and sustainability committee.
Education/background: Bernt Ingman holds a Bachelor of Economics from Uppsala University. Bernt has broad competence in strategic and operational business development, divestments and restructuring from different industries and service businesses. He has held senior management positions within international companies, both within business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies, such as Alimak, Gunnebo, Husqvarna and Munters. Bernt has more than 25 years broad experience from board work in listed as well as private companies.
Current relevant assignments: Chairman of the board of TagMaster and chairman of the board of Pricer.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to major shareholders, independent in relation to the company and management.
Born: 1980
Board member, elected 2018
Member of the board’s audit and sustainability committee.
Education/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 and Media & Communication Studies (Master level) at Stockholm University. Jacob Jonmyren has long experience from the financial markets.
Current assignments: Jacob Jonmyren is CEO and board member at Jacob Jonmyren Kapital AB, Chairman of the Board at Lars Wingefors AB and board member at Forskningsstiftelsen SSE-MBA, Consilio International AB and RAM Rational Asset Management AB.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to the company and management, dependent in relation to major shareholders.
Born: 1953
Chairman of the board, elected 2016
Member of the board’s audit and sustainability committee.
Education/background: Kicki Wallje-Lund has experience in business development from a variety of international companies, especially in the IT sector, primarily for the banking and finance industry as well as board assignments for listed companies on Nasdaq Stockholm, Large and Small cap. She has held leading global positions in companies like NCR, Digital Equipment, AT & T, Philips, ICL and Unisys.
Current assignments: Kicki Wallje-Lund has no other current assignments.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to the company and management, independent in relation to major shareholders.
Born: 1971
Board member, elected 2022
Member of the board’s remuneration committee. Chair of the board’s remuneration committee.
Education/background: Cecilia Driving holds a LL.M. and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Stockholm University. She has held several CFO positions in life-science, private equity, research and telecom companies.
Current assignments: Director and chair of the audit committee of Ovzon AB and Mabtech AB.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to the company and management, independent in relation to major shareholders.
Born: 1965
Board member, elected 2020
Member of the board’s remuneration committee.
Education/background: David Gardner has a solid industry background and experience. He met Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins in 1982, and in 1983 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 later became part of EA’s global management team based in California from 2004 to 2007. David became CEO of Atari S.A.
Current assignments: David is co-founder and general partner of London Venture Partners LLP, a VC-company founded in 2010.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to the company and management, independent in relation to major shareholders.
Born: 1975
Board member, elected 2023
Member of the board’s remuneration committee.
Education/background: Yasmina Brihi holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Yasmina has held several senior management positions within Google, including Senior Director Marketing and Senior Product Manager. She is well experienced in building and scaling businesses in multiple industries such as devices, music, gaming and e-Commerce. This includes vast experience in leading and growing large organizations, shaping and transforming team culture across geographies.
Current relevant assignments: No other current assignments.
For holdings in Embracer Group, please refer to Ownership – board & management
Position of dependency: Independent in relation to major shareholders, independent in relation to the company and management.
Embracer Group is a global group of creative and entrepreneurial businesses in PC/console, mobile and board games and other related media. The Group has an extensive catalog of over 900 owned or controlled franchises.
With its head office based in Karlstad, Sweden, Embracer Group has a global presence through its twelve operative groups: THQ Nordic, PLAION, Coffee Stain, Amplifier Game Invest, Saber Interactive, DECA Games, Gearbox Entertainment, Easybrain, Asmodee, Dark Horse, Freemode and Crystal Dynamics – Eidos. The Group has 139 internal game development studios and is engaging more than 16,500 employees in more than 40 countries.
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