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Group Management

1. JONAS SAMUELSON

President and Chief Executive Officer


Born 1968. Sweden. M. Sc. in Business Administration and Economics. In Group Management since 2008.

Business development and finance positions within General Motors in USA, 1996–1999. Treasurer and Director of Commercial Finance and Business Support in Saab Automobile AB, 1999–2001. Senior management positions within controlling and finance in General Motors North America, 2001–2005. Chief Financial Officer of Munters AB, 2005–2008. Chief Financial Officer of AB Electrolux, 2008–2011 as well as Chief Operations Officer and Head of Global Operations Major Appliances during 2011. Head of Major Appliances Europe, Middle East and Africa and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2011. President and CEO of AB Electrolux, 2016.

Board Member of Polygon AB.

Holdings in AB Electrolux: 
17,216 B-shares.

2. DANIEL (DAN) ARLER

Head of Major Appliances Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux


Born 1969. The Netherlands. B.Sc. in Marketing. In Group Management since 2016.

Management positions at Whirlpool Corporation in Europe, 1993-1999. Management positions at Stanley Works Europe, 1999-2002. European Brand & Marketing Director at Electrolux, 2002-2004. Head of Asia Pacific Laundry Product Line 2004-2006. General Manager Electrolux Japan 2006-2008. Management positions in Electrolux Major Appliances EMEA, including SVP Product Line Kitchen, 2009-2016. Head of Major Appliances EMEA and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2016.

Holdings in AB Electrolux: 
8,803 B-shares.

3. JAN BROCKMANN

Chief Operations Officer


Born 1966. Germany. M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, M.B.A. In Group Management since 2011.

Management positions within Valeo Group, 1994–1999. Project Manager in Roland Berger Strategy Consultants GmbH, 2000–2001. Senior management positions within Volkswagen Group, 2001–2010. Head of R&D, Electrolux Major Appliances, 2010. Group Chief Technology Officer, 2011. Since 2015 Chief Operations Officer, heading R&D, purchasing, manufacturing, design, quality and other areas.

Holdings in AB Electrolux: 
2,390 B-shares.

4. RICARDO CONS

Head of Major Appliances Latin America and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux


Born 1967. Brazil. Bachelor in Financial Administration and Marketing, MBA in Team Management. Member of Group Management since 2016.

Various positions in Volvo Brazil, 1986 – 1997. Management positions at Electrolux Brazil, including CEO Small Appliances, Sales and Marketing Director Major Appliances, 1997-2011. Management positions at Franke in Brazil, 2011- 2016. Interim Head of Electrolux Major Appliances Latin America since 2016 and Head of Electrolux Major Appliances Latin America and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux since 2017.

Holdings in AB Electrolux: 
0 shares.

7. KENNETH L. NG

Head of Major Appliances Asia/Pacific, Executive Vice President


Born 1962. USA. MBA Marketing and B.S.in Marketing & Computer Applications and Information Systems. In Group Management since 2015.

Senior management positions in Philips Electronics in Asia Pacific, China and Australia/New Zealand, 1999-2004. China CEO of Decorative Paints, within Imperial Chemicals Industries/Akzo Nobel, 2004-2008. President of American Standard Asia Pacific (Lixil Corp subsidiary) 2008-2012, CEO and President of Lixil Corp in Greater China, 2013-2015. Head of Electrolux Major Appliances Asia/Pacific and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2015.

Holdings in AB Electrolux
0 shares.

8. OLA NILSSON

Head of Small Appliances, Executive Vice President


Born 1969. Sweden. M. Sc. in International Business Administration. In Group Management since 2016.

Positions in various Electrolux Group functions 1994-1998. CFO and later Managing Director, Small Appliances Australia, 1999-2002. Marketing and general management positions within Small Appliances in Stockholm, 2003-2008. President Small Appliances Asia Pacific, 2008-2012. Senior Vice President, Product Line Laundry Major Appliances EMEA, 2012-2016. Head of Small Appliances and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2016.

Holdings in AB Electrolux: 
0 shares

6. ANNA OHLSSON-LEIJON

Chief Financial Officer


Born 1968. Sweden. B. Sc. in Business Administration and Economics. In Group Management since 2016.

Various positions within PricewaterhouseCoopers, 1993–2000. Chief Financial Officer of Kimoda, 2000. Director of Project Management at Electrolux, 2001. Director, Electrolux Internal Audit, 2003. Head of Electrolux Internal Audit, 2005. Electrolux Group Treasurer, 2008. Head of Electrolux Corporate Control & Services, 2011. CFO of Electrolux Major Appliances EMEA, 2013. Chief Financial Officer of AB Electrolux, 2016.

Board member of Munksjö Oyj.

Holdings in AB Electrolux: 
1,232 B-shares.

5. MARYKAY KOPF

Chief Marketing Officer, Senior Vice President


Born 1965. USA. B.S. Finance, M.B.A. In Group Management since 2011.

Senior management positions within DuPont in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and globally, 1991–2003. Vice President Marketing, Electrolux Major Appliances North America, 2003. Group Chief Marketing Officer, 2011.

Board member of World Kitchen, LLC.

Holdings in AB Electrolux: 
23,544 B-shares.

11. ALBERTO ZANATA

Head of Professional Products, Executive Vice President


Born 1960. Italy. University degree in Electrical Engineering with Business Administration. In Group Management since 2009.

Senior management positions in Electrolux Professional Products within factory management, marketing, product management and business development, 1989–2002. Head of Professional Products in North America, 2003–2008. Head of Professional Products and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2009.

Holdings in AB Electrolux: 
20,514 B-shares.

12. MIKAEL ÖSTMAN

General Counsel, Senior Vice President

Born 1967. Sweden. M. of Laws and B.Sc. Econ. In Group Management since 2017.

Law Clerk with the Stockholm District Court 1996-1997. Lawyer at Advokatfirman Vinge 1997-2000. Corporate Counsel at Telia Mobile AB 2000-2002. Corporate Counsel AB Electrolux 2002-2006. Head of Electrolux Legal Affairs Europe 2006-2010. Head of Electrolux Corporate Legal Department 2010-2016. General Counsel and Senior Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2017, with the responsibility for legal, intellectual property, risk management and security matters.

Holdings in AB Electrolux: 5,814 B-shares.

 

10. LARS WORSØE PETERSEN

Head of Human Resources and Organizational Development, Senior Vice President


Born 1958. Denmark. M.Econ. In Group Management since 2011.

Head of Human Resources Electrolux in Denmark, 1994. Vice President Human Resources within Electrolux Major Appliances Europe, 1999–2000. Head of Electrolux Holding A/S in Denmark, 2000–2002. Head of Human Resources for Electrolux Major Appliances North America, 2002–2005. Head of Group Staff Human Resources at Husqvarna AB, 2005–2011. Rejoined Electrolux as Head of Group Staff Human Resources and Organizational Development, 2011.

Holdings in AB Electrolux: 
12,920 B-shares.

9. ALAN SHAW

Head of Major Appliances North America and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux


Born 1963. USA. B.S. in Economics and Political science, M.B.A. in Marketing. In Group Management since 2016.

Product management positions at Whirlpool Corporation, 1987-1991. Marketing Director at a Whirlpool JV, Consul, in Brazil, 1991-1994. Various senior management positions in Asia-Pacific and North America at Whirlpool, 1994-2003. President and Chief Executive Officer at Murray Group, 2003-2005. President and Chief Executive Officer at Char-Broil LLC, 2005-2013. Executive Vice President at Husqvarna AB, 2013-2015. Head of Major Appliances North America and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2016.

Holdings in AB Electrolux: 
0 shares. 

Holdings in AB Electrolux are stated as of December 31, 2016 and includes holdings of related natural and legal persons, when applicable.