BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ingemar Andersson
CHAIRMAN
Born 1951
Board member since 2016
Chairman of the Board since 2017
Education and biography: Military College. Ingemar Andersson was an officer at the Armoured Troops 1973-1982. 25 years of experience in leading positions in the Swedish defence industry. 1982-2007 Marketing Manager FFV, Vice President Bofors AB, Business Area Manager Celsius AB and Stf CEO Saab AB. 2007-2022 active in his own consulting company with assignments from Swedish and international industry regarding business development and management. Board experience from listed and unlisted companies in the early stages. International experience in complex business in 40 countries.
Other current assignments: Chairman of the Board of Exact MCG Group AB. Deputy board member of Creative Consulting.
Dependency status: Independent in relation to the Company, its senior executives and major shareholders.
Holdings in Metacon: Ingemar Andersson holds 3,107,323 shares in Metacon through a company, as well as 750,000 warrants of series 2021/2024.
Christer Nygren
DIRECTOR
Born 1948
Board member since 2017
Education and biography: Master of Science in Engineering, Engineering Physics, LiTH. Christer Nygren has for most of his professional activities in senior positions worked with international marketing and sales of complex systems and products within AB Bofors, Celsius AB and Saab AB. Christer has extensive experience of leading teams of technicians and other specialists for the introduction and sale of innovative and complex products on the global market.
Other current assignments: Board Member of NYCC Consulting AB.
Dependency status: Independent in relation to the Company, its senior executives and major shareholders.
Holdings in Metacon: Christer Nygren holds 698,821 shares (own), and 292,681 shares through a company, as well as 750,000 warrants of series 2021/2024.
Mats W Lundberg
DIRECTOR
Born 1974
Board member since 2018
Education and biography: Master of Science in Chemical Engineering and Doctor of Science in Inorganic Chemistry (Materials Chemistry). Mats Lundberg has more than ten years of international experience in research and product development in fuel cells and hydrogen technology. Mats is now Head of Sustainability at Sandvik. He is a well-known name in hydrogen circles and he has been the driving force behind Sweden’s fourth hydrogen refuelling station, which is located in Sandviken, where there are the most hydrogen vehicles in Sweden.
Other current assignments: Mats Lundberg has no other ongoing assignments.
Dependency status: Independent in relation to the Company, its senior executives and major shareholders.
Holdings in Metacon: Mats Lundberg holds 57,356 shares in Metacon.
Marie Brodin
DIRECTOR
Born 1972
Board member since 2021
Education and professional experience: Marie’s previous assignments include the role of Vice President Communications and Sustainable Business at Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, Brand and Communications Manager Atlas Copco Group, Corporate Communications Manager Atlas Copco China and former CEO of the advertising agency Liljedal Communications. Marie has solid experience from global industrial senior communications and marketing assignments.
Dependency status: Independent in relation to the Company, its senior executives and major shareholders.
Holdings in Metacon: Marie Brodin holds 53,629 shares in Metacon, as well as 500,000 warrants of series 2021/2024.
Thomas Nygren
DIRECTOR
Born 1962
Board member since 2021
Education and biography: Law degree from Uppsala University. Thomas Nygren is a lawyer and partner in Law firm Schjødt. He has more than 25 years of experience working with start-ups and growth companies in the technology sector where he has worked on acquisitions, capital raisings, IPOs and various forms of technology agreements. In addition to his activities as a lawyer, Thomas has a broad experience as an entrepreneur and investor in various technology companies. He is, among other things, co-founder of the previously listed “A3 Allmänna Telefonaktiebolaget”, where he was also chairman until the company was bought out of the Stockholm Stock Exchange’s small-cap list in the autumn of 2020. He has also held board assignments in several other listed and unlisted companies.
Other current assignments: Board member of Medhelp Care Aktiebolag (publ), B Intressenter AB and H-ton Holding AB. Board member of Havnegata Advokatbyrå AB, Havnegata Advokatbyrå Holding AB, Caranth Trading AB, N 3 Advokatbyrå AB, ANS Intressenter AB and Caranth Holding AB. Deputy board member of Vermiculus Financial Technology AB and Minikulla Konsult & Invest AB.
Dependency status: Independent in relation to the Company, its senior executives and major shareholders.
Holdings in Metacon: Thomas Nygren holds 1,290,581 shares (own) and 207,057 shares in Metacon through a company, as well as 500,000 warrants of series 2021/2024.
Senior Executives
Christer Wikner
President and CEO
Born 1969
Employed since 2021
Education and biography: Executive MBA from Stockholm School of Economics, Chemist Uppsala University, Doctor of Medicine in Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics from Karolinska Institute. Christer Wikner has worked in various positions within Amersham and General Electric including development and international launch of complex system products and as Business Development Director and Head of Strategic Growth. He also has many years of experience as an entrepreneur in CleanTech, digitalization/SaaS and sustainability. He comes most recently from companies that he co-founded and led to commercial success such as HPSolartech AB, Relation Desk AB and Valueguard Index Sweden AB.
Other current assignments: Chairman of the Board of Force Alignment AB, Prolivital Sweden AB, Twai AB and Sofia Wikner Estetik AB. Board member and CEO of Strategic Move AB and United Strategy AB. Board member of Metacon Warrant AB, Water2H2 AB, ETT Easy To Trust AB, BOFLEX AB, Towards Zero Waste AB and HPSolartech AB.
Holdings in Metacon: Christer Wikner holds 62,500 shares in Metacon, as well as 1,000,000 warrants of series 2021/2024.
Bo Carlsson
COO
Born 1961
Employed since 2019
Education and biography: Mechanical Engineering at Linköping University and completed management courses in Oxford, England. Before Joining Metacon, Bo Karlsson was a project manager at Alfred Nobel Science Park. Prior to this, he was four years at Sapa Profiler where he held various senior positions in business and production. Prior to Sapa Profiler, he worked at ESAB AB for over 20 years, where he held various positions, initially within Design R&D and finally as Managing Director of ESAB Welding Equipment AB.
Other current assignments: Deputy Board Member of Metacon Warrant AB
Holdings in Metacon: Bo Karlsson holds 80,362 shares in Metacon, as well as 500,000 warrants of series 2021/2024.
Julia Berggren
BUSINESS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
Born 1990
Consultant for the Company since 2021
Education and biography: Julia Berggren holds a double bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University and a diploma in Management Accounting from CIMA. Julia has over 10 years of experience in the business, finance and banking sectors. She has many years of experience in financial modelling, reporting and project management. Prior to Metacon, Julia co-founded Water2H2, which Metacon acquired in 2021, where she was responsible for investment calculations to clients, such as LCOH and IRR.
Other ongoing assignments: Julia Berggren has no other ongoing assignments.
Holdings in Metacon: Julia Berggren holds 602,334 shares in Metacon, as well as 3,221,944 shares through company (partially owned).
Göran Rasberg
CFO
Born 1953
Consultant for the Company since 2019
Education and biography: Mathematics courses at Örebro University and post-secondary economics education for theoretical competence to become an Approved Accountant. Göran Rasberg is an authorized accounting consultant through SRF and has many years of experience as an auditor and CFO and accounting manager for various companies, including within the Kinnevik Group. For the past 18 years, Göran has started and run two accounting firms, the latest of which, Rasberg Ekonomi AB was founded in spring 2012 and is ongoing. As a consultant, Göran has also carried out work related to reporting to marketplaces such as Aktietorget and First North. The respective CEOs and management of these companies have also used Göran as a sounding board in various financial matters, whereby Göran has been highly involved in the companies’ management function.
Other current assignments: Board Member on Rasberg ekonomi AB and Rasberg Invest AB.
Holdings in Metacon: Göran Rasberg holds no shares or warrants in Metacon.
Johan Berggren
Head of Sales
Born 1960
Employed and consultant for the Company since 2021
Education and biography: Forestry and Agriculture at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Johan Berggren has for the past 35 years worked as CEO in wind power, bioenergy and the forest industry, as well as with sales and construction of energy plants. His most recent assignment was as CEO of the world’s leading biocoal company BioEndev AB with the production of renewable fuels for the energy industry, steel industry and oil refineries.
Other current assignments: Chairman of the Board of QIN Capital AB and Water2H2 AB. Chairman of the Board and CEO of Silvi Energy Eastern Europe AB. Board member and CEO of Forest Peak AB. Board member of Silvi Energy AB, Holmsund Biocarbon Plant AB, Urogallus AB and Bostadsrättsföreningen Gjutaren 27. Deputy Board member of Smauland & Partners.
Holdings in Metacon: Johan Berggren holds 3,221,944 shares in Metacon through company (partially owned), as well as 250,000 warrants of series 2021/2024.
Masanori Miyake
CEO METACON KK
Born 1956
Employed since 2019
Education and biography: Kobe Univ. (Japan) Master of Engineering. Masanori Miyake is chemical engineer with 38 years of experience in chemical plant design, PSA design, research and development of PSA systems, in particular hydrogen systems and equipment sales at a Japanese chemical company.
Other current assignments: Masanori Miyake has no other ongoing assignments.
Holdings in Metacon: Masanori Miyake holds 250,000 shares in Metacon.
Thomas Chalkidis
CEO OF HELBIO S.A.
Born 1972
Employed since 2003
Education and Biography: MEng, MSc and PhD Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Patras. Thomas Chalkidis has extensive experience working with hydrogen production either from renewable or conventional fuels. Thomas has worked at Helbio for more than 18 years in various engineering and management positions. He has held the position of COO for the past ten years, focusing on team management, development and implementation of innovative processes, project management and participation at major international events. His area of expertise is heterogeneous catalysis, reactor design, catalyst development, process design and optimization, HazOp studies and NOx contamination reduction.
Other ongoing assignments: Thomas Chalkidis has no other ongoing assignments.
Holdings in Metacon: Thomas Chalkidis holds 340,900 shares in Metacon, as well as 600,000 warrants of series 2021/2024.