Board of Directors, Audit Committee and Auditors
Board of Directors
Olof Hallrup
Chairman of the Board and remuneration committee and member of the audit committee
Born: 1958
Elected to the Board: 2011
Education: Olof has a Bachelor of Law Degree from Lund/Stockholm University and a Bachelor of Economics from Lund University.
Background: Olof has a managerial background and has been active within Investment AB Kinnevik and Stena AB during the 1980s and 1990s when he worked with financial issues.
Other positions and commitments*: Chairman of the Board of ArtOn24 AB.
Own and related parties shareholdings*: 115,517,635 shares.
Anna Frick
Board Director and Chairman of the audit committee
Born: 1968
Elected to the Board: 2016
Education: Anna has an MBA from Stockholm School of Economics (Handelshögskolan i Stockholm), specialization in financing and marketing
Background: Anna has over 20 years’ experience as a Marketing Manager and consultant in digital transformation, strategy and communication, both nationally and internationally. Previous roles include Deputy CEO and Board Director of Garbergs Reklam AB, external CEO of Oakwood Creative AB, Board of Director of Nordnet Bank AB (publ), LeoVegas AB (publ), Logistea AB (publ) and Above Agency AB (part of ARC Arise TopCo AB).
Other positions and commitments*: Board of Director in Svea Bank AB, Zinzino AB (publ), Medhelp Care AB (publ) and Gosol Energy AB (publ).
Own and related parties shareholdings*: 820 shares.
Magnus Gudéhn
Board Director and member of the remuneration committee
Born: 1962
Elected to the Board: 2019
Education: Magnus has a Master of Science in Mechatronics from the Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan).
Background: Magnus has more than 30 years’ experience in management, sales and digital innovation in finance, telecom and industry. He has held many different roles at the consulting company HiQ, 15 years thereof as CEO for different HIQ companies as well as CEO of IT-Total for 2.5 years. Magnus has also been a consultant, strategic advisor and mentor in his own company.
Other positions and commitments*: Magnus is a Business Innovation Fellow at IT-Total, Chairman of the Board of Savantic AB, a board member of Sudo Sweden AB as well as a strategic advisor and mentor in his own company.
Own and related parties shareholdings*: 22,200 shares.
Lena Glader
Board Director and Chairman of the audit committee
Born: 1976
Elected to the Board: 2021
Education: Lena has an MBA in business and economics from the Hanken School of Economics (Svenska Handelshögskolan) University in Helsinki.
Background: Lena began her professional career as a stock analyst at Alfred Berg in 2000 and has since then been a partner of Shared Value in London, responsible for Investor Relations at Tele2 AB, run her own advisory agency in Singapore and been Operations Manager at Diplomat Communications AB. CFO between 2014 and 2018 of Eastnine AB.
Other positions and commitments*: CFO of Storskogen Group AB (publ), board member of Tagehus Holding AB and board assignments in a number of holding companies within the Storskogen Group.
Own and related parties shareholdings*: 1,900 shares.
Per Bertland
Board Director and member of the remuneration committee
Born: 1957
Elected to the Board: 2021
Education: Per has a Bachelor’s Degree in economics from Lund University.
Background: Per has 20 years’ experience of working in leading positions in listed companies. CEO of Beijer Ref AB from 2013 to 2021. Responsible for around 50 company acquisitions in Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Per has been involved in developing private labels and contributed to sustainable solutions within the HVAC industry.
Other positions and commitments*: Chairman of the Board in Aktiebolaget Dendera Holding, InArea Group and Inwido AB (publ). Board of Director of Beijer Ref AB (publ), IV Produkt Aktiebolag, Lindab International AB (publ), and Small Cap Partners AB.
Own and related parties shareholdings*: 31,000 shares.
Per Bertland
Board Director
Born: 1965
Elected to the Board: 2024
Education: Cecilia has studied economics and business administration at the University of Gothenburg.
Background: Cecilia has extensive experience in the Swedish financial sector and infrastructure sector, with a career spanning over 30 years. She has previously held positions such as Head of Asset Management and CFO at Länsförsäkringar AB, as well as Head of Asset Management and Chief Risk Officer at Folksam. In these roles, she developed strategies for asset management and built the infrastructure for risk management and administration. Additionally, she has experience in the AI-driven fintech sector through her recent role as COO and advisor at CARM Solutions AB.
Other positions and commitments*: Board member of Euroclear Sweden, Sveaskog, Altaal AB, and AMF Fonder. Cecilia has also served for many years on the board of Svensk Exportkredit and Teracom.
Own and related parties shareholdings*: 0 shares.
* Shareholdings and positions as of: 2024-09-30
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee exercises supervision of the Group’s financial accounting and reporting, as well as the performed audit. This includes such tasks as quality assuring the consolidated financial statements by examining interim reports and the Annual and Sustainability Report, evaluating the auditors’ work and examining and evaluating the Group’s internal control work.
Audit committee composition
Members are appointed annually within the Board at the statutory meeting. In 2023 the committee consists of Lena Glader (Chairman), Anna Frick and Olof Hallrup.
Internal control (pdf)
Remuneration committee
The Remuneration Committee plays an advisory role and is also involved in preparing matters before these are addressed and decided on by the Board of Directors. Its main tasks are to prepare decisions by the Board of Directors on matters involving remuneration principles, remuneration and other terms of employment for executive management, to prepare and evaluate programs for variable remuneration for executive management, and to monitor and evaluate the application of the guidelines for executive remuneration resolved by the AGM.
Remuneration committee composition
Olof Hallrup, Magnus Gudéhn and Per Bertland were appointed members of the committee for 2023, with Olof Hallrup as chairman.
Auditors
Auditors are appointed by the AGM and their assignment applies until the AGM held the year after. The auditors are tasked with examining Fortnox’s annual report and accounts, and the management performed by the Board and the CEO.
Dan Beitner
Auditor-in charge, KPMG
Elected by Annual General Meeting: 2021
Education: Graduate in law and economics, Stockholm University
Background: Certified public accountant. Active as accountant since 2000 with a special focus on listed and financial companies Board of Director in FAR (CPA).
Postal address: KPMG Vasagatan 16 Box 382, SE- 101 27 Stockholm, Sweden.