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Board of Directors and Auditors

Ronnie Leten

Chairman

Born 1956. Belgium. 
M.Sc. Applied Econ.
Elected 2012.
Member of the Electrolux Remuneration Committee.

Position and board membership

President and CEO of Atlas Copco AB since 2009.

Previous positions

Various leading positions within the Atlas Copco Group, 1997–2009 and 1985–1995. Plant Manager of Tenneco Automotive Inc, Belgium, 1995–1997. Various positions within General Biscuits, 1979–1985.

Total remuneration
2015, SEK

2,010,000

Board meeting attendance

9/9

Remuneration Committee
attendance
4/4
Audit Committee attendance  
Shareholdings in
AB Electrolux

10,000 B shares. 

Independence 1) Yes

 

Torben Ballegaard Sørensen

Deputy Chairman

Born 1951. Denmark.
M.B.A.
Elected 2007.
Chairman of the Electrolux Audit Committee.

Position and board membership

Board Member of Egmont Fonden, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Systematic Software Engineering A/S, Tajco A/S, AS3-Companies A/S, CAPNOVA A/S and Liquid Vanity ApS.

Previous positions

President and CEO of Bang & Olufsen A/S, 2001–2008. Executive Vice President of LEGO A/S, 1996–2001. Managing Director of Computer Composition International, CCI-Europe, 1988–1996. Chief Financial Officer of Aarhuus Stiftsbog-trykkerie, 1981–1988.

Total remuneration
2015, SEK
869,000
Board meeting attendance 9/9
Remuneration Committee
attendance
 
Audit Committee attendance 5/5
Shareholdings in
AB Electrolux
5,000 B shares. 
Independence 1) Yes

 

Lorna Davis 

Born 1959. Australia.
Bachelor of Social ­Science and ­Psychology. 
Elected 2010. 
Member of the Electrolux Remuneration Committee. 

Position and board membership

Executive Vice President and Chief Manifesto Catalyst at Groupe Danone since 2015.

Previous positions

President of Biscuits, North America, and Senior Vice President and Global Biscuits Category Head with Mondelēz International (former part of Kraft Foods), 2011-2015. President of Danone Biscuits/Kraft Foods China, 2006-2011. Senior positions in Danone in the UK and New Zealand. Various positions in consumer goods in Australia and South Africa.

Total remuneration
2015, SEK
608,000
Board meeting attendance 9/9
Remuneration Committee
attendance
4/4
Audit Committee attendance  
Shareholdings in
AB Electrolux
2,226 B shares. 
Independence 1) Yes

 

Petra Hedengran

Born 1964. Sweden.
Master of Laws. 
Elected 2014. 
Chairman of the Electrolux Remun­eration committee.

Position and board membership

General Counsel and member of Group Management of Investor AB since 2007. Board Member of The Association for Generally Accepted Principles in the Securities Market (Sw. Föreningen för god sed på värdepappersmarknaden). 

Previous positions

Attorney and partner at Advokatfirman Lindahl, 2002-2007. General Counsel of ABB Financial Services, Nordic Region, 1998-2002. Corporate Counsel at ABB Financial Services, 1991-1998. Law Clerk with the Stockholm District Court, 1990-1991. Associate at Gunnar Lindhs Advokatbyrå, 1988-1990.

Total remuneration
2015, SEK

668,000

Board meeting attendance 9/9
Remuneration Committee
attendance
4/4
Audit Committee attendance  
Shareholdings in
AB Electrolux
525 B shares.
Independence 1) No

 

Hasse Johansson

Born 1949. Sweden. 
M. Sc. in Electrical ­Engineering. 
Elected 2008. 
Member of the Electrolux Audit ­Committee.

Position and board membership

Chairman of the Board of Dynamate Industrial Services AB, Lindholmen Science Park AB and VINNOVA (Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems) and Vicura AB. Board Member of Fouriertransform AB, Skyllbergs Bruk AB, Calix Group AB, Klippan Group AB, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB and SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden.

Previous positions

Executive Vice President and Head of R&D of Scania CV AB, 2001–2009. Founder of Mecel AB (part of Delphi Corporation). Senior management positions within Delphi Corporation, 1990–2001.

Total remuneration
2015, SEK

641,000

Board meeting attendance 9/9
Remuneration Committee
attendance
 
Audit Committee attendance 5/5
Shareholdings in
AB Electrolux
4,000 B shares. 
Independence 1) Yes

 

Bert Nordberg

Born 1956. Sweden.
Engineer. 
Elected 2013.

Position and board membership

Chairman of the Board of Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Imagination Technologies Group Plc. Board Member of Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA and Axis AB.

Previous positions

Chairman, President and CEO of Sony Mobile Communications AB, 2009–2012. Various leading positions within the Ericsson Group, 1996–2009. Various positions within Data General Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation, 1985–1996.

Total remuneration
2015, SEK

548,000

Board meeting attendance 8/9
Remuneration Committee
attendance
 
Audit Committee attendance  
Shareholdings in
AB Electrolux
Through company:
3,000 ­B shares.
Independence 1) Yes

 

Fredrik Persson

Born 1968. Sweden.
M.Sc. Econ. 
Elected 2012. 
Member of the Electrolux Audit ­Committee. 

Position and board membership

President and CEO of Axel ­Johnson AB since 2007. Board Chairman of Axfood AB and the Swedish Trade Federation, Deputy Chairman of ICC Sweden. Board Member of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and Lancelot Holding AB.

Previous positions

President and CEO of Axel Johnson AB, 2007-2015. Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Axel Johnson AB, 2000-2007. Head of Research of Aros Securities AB, 1998-2000. Various positions within ABB Financial Services AB, 1992–1998.

Total remuneration
2015, SEK

641,000

Board meeting attendance 9/9
Remuneration Committee
attendance
 
Audit Committee attendance 5/5
Shareholdings in
AB Electrolux
2,000 B shares.
Independence 1) Yes

 

Ulrika Saxon

Born 1966. Sweden.
Studies in Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. 
Elected 2011. 

Position and board membership

President and CEO of Bonnier Growth Media since 2012 and member of Bonnier AB group management since 2009. 

Board Member of Svensk Filmindustri, Nordic Cinema Group, Toca Boca, Evoke Gaming, United Screens, Mag+ Inc., KIT Media and Refunder. 

Previous positions

Senior positions in various companies within the Bonnier Group since 1998: CEO of Bonnier Tidskrifter, 2005–2012. Executive Director of Bonnier Magazines, 2009–2012. Executive Director of Bonnier Entertainment, 2011. CEO of Bonzoo Media, 2002–2005. Senior positions within marketing and media strategy consultancy, 1991–1998. 

Total remuneration
2015, SEK

548,000

Board meeting attendance  9/9
Remuneration Committee
attendance
 
Audit Committee attendance  
Shareholdings in
AB Electrolux
1,000 B shares.
Independence 1) Yes

 

1) For further information about the independence assessment, see page 143. 

Changes in the Board of Directors during 2016

Keith McLoughlin, President and Chief Executive Officer of AB Electrolux during the period January 1, 2011 until January 31, 2016, has left the company and the Board on January 31, 2016. Jonas Samuelson has been appointed new President and Chief Executive Officer as from February 1, 2016.

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux are stated as of December 31, 2015. The information is regularly updated at www.electroluxgroup.com.

Employee representatives

Ola Bertilsson

Born 1955. Representative of the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions.
Elected 2006.
Board meeting
attendance: 4/9
Holdings in AB Electrolux: 0 shares.

Gunilla Brandt

Born 1953. Representative of the Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and Services. 
Elected 2006.
Board meeting
attendance: 9/9
Holdings in AB Electrolux: 0 shares.

Ulf Carlsson

Born 1958. Representative of the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions.
Elected 2001.
Board meeting
​attendance: 8/9
Holdings in AB Electrolux: 0 shares.

Employee representatives, deputy members

Bo Rothzén

Born 1963. Representative of the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions.
Elected 2012.
Holdings in AB Electrolux: 0 shares.

Richard Dellner

Born 1953. Representative of the Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and ­Services.
Elected 2013.
Holdings in AB Electrolux: 500 B shares.

Peter Ferm

Born 1965. Representative of the Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and ­Services. 
Elected 2014. 
Holdings in AB Electrolux: 0 shares.

Secretary of the Board

Cecilia Vieweg

Born 1955. M. of Law. General Counsel of AB Electrolux. Secretary of the Electrolux Board since 1999. Holdings in AB Electrolux: 23,897 B shares.

Committees of the Board of Directors 

The Remuneration Committee 

The Remuneration Committee comprises three Board members:
Petra Hedengran (Chairman), Ronnie Leten and Lorna Davis.

The Audit Committee 

The Audit Committee is comprised of three Board members:
Torben Ballegaard Sørensen (Chairman), Fredrik Persson and Hasse Johansson.

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers AB
 

Anders Lundin

Other audit assignments: Bonnier Group.
Holdings in AB Electrolux: 0 shares.

Anna Rosendal

Born 1975. Authorized Public Accountant.
Holdings in AB Electrolux: 0 shares.

At the Annual General Meeting in 2014, PricewaterhouseCoopers AB (PwC) was re-elected as auditors for a four-year period until the Annual General Meeting in 2018.