Executive Committee

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  Christian Sinding

  CEO and Managing Partner

  

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  CEO and Managing Partner since January 2019.

  Other assignments
  Board member of Vidsjaa AS, Baggins AG and EQT Partnership Association

  Previous assignments
  Board member of XXL ASA
  
  Shareholding in the company
  28 120 000 shares directly and indirectly

  Education
  B.Sc. in Commerce with Distinction, University of Virginia 1994
  
  Experience
  Christian Sinding joined EQT Partners in 1998 from AEA Investors Inc., a leading U.S.-based private equity firm, and is CEO and Managing Partner. Prior to joining AEA, Christian was employed as a financial analyst with Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. investment bankers in the U.S.

  Christian has worked in the Stockholm-, Munich- and Copenhagen- offices of EQT Partners and opened the Oslo office in 2007. He has been involved in a number of investments including Plantasjen, Symrise, Gambro, Vaasan&Vaasan, Findus, ISS, XXL, and InFiber.

  Christian is Chairman of the Executive Committee and member of the Equity Partners Investment Committee.

  • Born
    1972
  • Nationality
    Norwegian
  • Employee since
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  Lennart Blecher

  Head of Real Assets' Advisory Teams, Deputy Managing Partner and Chairperson of EQT Exeter

  

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  Deputy Managing Partner since August 2013. Head of Real Assets advisory team since January 2015.

  Other assignments
  Board member of Volito Aktiebolag, Volito Fastigheter Aktiebolag, Volito Industri Aktiebolag and Nordkap Holding AG

  Previous assignments
  Vice Chairperson of the board of Falcon Private Bank. Board member of Volito Aviation Aktiebolag
  
  Shareholding in the company
  29 203 556 shares

  Education
  Master of Laws from Lund University. Academy of American and International Law, University of Dallas

  Experience
  Prior to joining EQT Partners, Lennart was from 2004 to 2007 Managing Director and Senior Banker in the investment bank of Unicredit/HypoVereinsbank in Munich.

  From 2002 to 2004, Lennart was Managing Director at GE Commercial Finance in London.

  Between 1987 until 2002, he held various position in the ABB Group, in Zurich such as General Counsel for the ABB Financial Services Group, President and Business Area Manager for ABB Structured Finance and ABB Equity Ventures.

  Lennart is a member of the EQT Executive Committee and is a Chairperson of the Infrastructure Partners Investment Committee.

  • Born
    1955
  • Nationality
    Swedish
  • Employee since
    2007

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  Suzanne Donohoe

  Chief Commercial Officer and Global Head of EQT-Ext (CXO)

  

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  B.A. in Government magna cum laude from Georgetown University. M.B.A. from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.
  

  Other current assignments
  Board Member of EQT Partners Inc. Vice Chair of the Board and Member of the Executive Committee as well as Chair of the Finance Committee for Georgetown University’s Board. Suzanne also serves as a Vice Chair of Georgetown’s Wall Street Alliance which creates endowed scholarships for Georgetown University students.
  

  Previous assignments
  Board member of Global Atlantic Financial Group, KKR Capital Markets and PAAMCO Prisma Holdings. Chairman, trustee and president of the Board of trustees of KKR Income Opportunities Fund.
  

  Experience
  Before joining EQT, Suzanne was a Partner at KKR & Co from 2009-2022. In that capacity, she founded and led the Global Client & Partner Group for over eleven years and then served as the firm’s Global Head of Strategic Growth. Suzanne’s experience prior to KKR included an extensive career at Goldman Sachs where she served from 1992-2009. During this period, she worked in both the Investment Banking and Investment Management Divisions and worked in both New York and in London. She became a Partner in 2000. Further, Suzanne has been involved in various philanthropic work, including serving as Board Member for the New York State chapter of the Nature Conservancy and also serving on the Board of Fertile Hope, a charity which focused on delivering fertility resources to cancer patients.

  • Born
    1970
  • Nationality
    American
  • Employee since
    2023

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  Christina Drews

  Chief Operating Officer

  

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  Chief Operating Officer

  Education
  MA from Cambridge University
  
  Experience
  Prior to joining EQT, Christina spent 25 years at Goldman Sachs, most recently as Global CAO for the Investment Banking Division (IBD), spending two years in the New York office, as well as COO and CFO for IBD in EMEA. She started at Goldman Sachs in M&A in London for seven years, after which she moved to the Executive Office as Chief of Staff to the co-heads of Goldman Sachs International, before returning to IBD.

  From 2018 to 2022 Christina was Chief Operating Officer and on the Executive Committee of Helios Investment Partners LLP, with oversight for the firm’s strategy development and implementation. Helios became the largest emerging markets-focused private equity firm globally to receive the B Corp sustainability certification.

  She began her career as a management trainee at Bayer AG.

  • Born
    1970
  • Nationality
    German
  • Employee since
    2022

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  Ward Fitzgerald

  Partner and Head of EQT Exeter

  

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  Partner and Head of EQT Exeter since April 2021

  Other assignments
  Board member for Jefferson Hospital, The Ehlers Danlos Society, The Papal Foundation, The National Centre for Padre Pio, and the Business Advisory Council at the University of Notre Dame
  
  Previous assignments
  Chief Executive Officer and Senior Managing Principal of Exeter Property Group. Senior Management at Rouse/Liberty Property Trust. Board member of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, Fields Design and Development Committee Notre Dame Academy in Villanova, Real Estate Board for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Board of Trustees and Hall of Fame for LaSalle College High School

  Shareholding in the company
  20 839 620 shares (with family)

  Education
  MBA from Harvard Business School and BA in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
  
  Experience
  Prior to Exeter, Ward began as a senior management team member with Rouse/Liberty Property Trust, a $7B publicly traded office and industrial REIT, which he helped take public in 1994. Ward has held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Senior Managing Principal of Exeter Property Group since the firms founding in 2006.

  • Born
    1963
  • Nationality
    American
  • Employee since
    2021

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  Per Franzén

  Head of Private Capital and Deputy Managing Partner

  

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  Head of Private Capital and Deputy Managing Partner

  Other assignments
  Member of the EQT Executive Committee and Chairman of the Equity Partners Investment Committee. Board member of Anticimex, Independent Vetcare Limited, Bark Partners AB, Lago Invest, Lago Holding.
  
  Previous assignments
  Board member of Academedia, Duni, Securitas Direct, SSP, Automic, Evidensia, IFS and Eton.

  Shareholding in the company
  27 596 291 shares indirectly via Bark Partners AB

  Education
  M.Sc in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics with exchange studies at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland.

  Experience
  Per has worked in the Stockholm and Munich offices at EQT Partners and has been involved in a number of investments including IFS, Automic, SSP, AcadeMedia, Securitas Direct, IVC, Anticimex, Eton, Duni, Karo Pharma and Piab. In January 2019 Per was appointed Co-Head of EQT Equity and in 2021 Global Head of Private Capital.

  • Born
    1976
  • Nationality
    Swedish
  • Employee since
    2007

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  Bahare Haghshenas

  Global Head of Sustainable Transformation

  

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  Global Head of Sustainable Transformation

  Other assignments
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  Shareholding in the company
  799 class C shares

  Education
  BS. Social Science from Mid-University in Sweden and a mini MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business in the UK

  Experience
  Prior to joining EQT, Bahare was a Partner at Deloitte and Executive Director of Acacia, Deloitte's Sustainability Innovation Hub. She was the driving force behind creating Deloitte Denmark's commercial platform using sustainability as a lever for strategy and innovation. She has more than 15 years of experience in the field of strategy, innovation and sustainability as well as with working in multi-stakeholder environments, solving complex societal challenges and delivering strategies and innovative business models.

  • Born
    1979
  • Nationality
    Swedish
  • Employee since
    2021

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  Kim Henriksson

  CFO

  

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  CFO since October 2018
  
  Other assignments
  Board member of EQT Partners Aktiebolag, Altia Oyj and Nokkila Konsult & Förvaltnings Aktiebolag
  
  Shareholding in the company
  225 000 shares and 28 004 class C shares

  Previous assignments
  Partner and board member of Access Partners Oy. Executive Vice President and CFO of Munksjö Oy.

  Education
  Master of Science in Economics from Hanken School of Economics

  Experience
  Kim started his career at Morgan Stanley in 1994 and left the Nordic M&A team as a Managing Director in 2008. Between 2010 and 2015 Kim held the position as CFO at Munksjö and subsequently he was a Partner and Corporate Finance Advisor at Access Partners.

  • Born
    1968
  • Nationality
    Finnish and Swedish
  • Employee since
    2018

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  Ricardo Reyes

  Global Head of Communications and External Affairs

  

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  Global Head of Communications and External Affairs since April 2022.

  Other assignments
  Board Member of Moveable Feast.

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  Experience
  Ricardo Reyes brings significant experience from his roles positioning Tesla, YouTube and most recently Dyson, where he was the Chief Communications Officer. In addition to his work in Silicon Valley, Reyes started his career in Washington DC, working at the White House and on policy initiatives. Born in Managua, Nicaragua, his diverse experience is instrumental to ensure that the EQT brand supports the business and addresses an ever-expanding global audience.

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    1974
  • Nationality
    American
  • Employee since
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  Jean Eric Salata

  Head of BPEA EQT and Chairperson of EQT Asia

  

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  Head of BPEA EQT and Chairperson of EQT Asia since 2022.

  Other assignments
  Trustee of Salata Family Foundation. Trustee of Carnegie Hall.
  
  Previous assignments
  Founding Partner and CEO of Baring Private Equity Asia.
  
  Shareholding in the company
  116 706 128 shares

  Education
  Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
  
  Experience
  Jean Eric Salata joined EQT Partners in 2022. He was the Founding Partner and Chief Executive of Baring Private Equity Asia (“BPEA”). Jean has overseen all investment and divestment decisions made at BPEA, as well as its strategic direction, since he founded the Firm in 1997.
  
  Jean has previously worked as a management consultant with Bain & Company based in Hong Kong, Sydney and Boston, and has also worked as a Director of the Asian private equity investment arm of AIG.
  
  Jean has lived and worked in Asia since 1989. He is a member of the EQT Executive Committee.

  • Born
    1965
  • Nationality
    Chilean
  • Employee since
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  Gustav Segerberg

  Head of Business Development

  

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  Head of Business Development since 2018

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  Shareholding in the company
  16 300 class A shares and 17 904 class C shares

  Education
  M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics.
  
  Experience
  Gustav started his career at SEB in the Investment Banking team, lastly as a Vice President. At EQT, he started in the Client Relations and Capital Raising Advisory team.

  • Born
    1983
  • Nationality
    Swedish
  • Employee since
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  Anna Wahlström

  Chief People Officer

  

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  Chief People Officer since October 2017.

  Other assignments
  Board member of Inannut AB
  
  Shareholding in the company
  433 335 shares

  Education
  Master of Social Science and Human Resources with a major in Sociology from Uppsala University

  Experience
  Prior to joining EQT, Anna was CEO at Propell, a recruitment agency that she founded in 2004 together with Investor and Novare. Prior to that she worked as HR consultant for Investors HR firm Novare for four years. Earlier in her career Anna worked with project management and HR at StepStone.

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    1976
  • Nationality
    Swedish
  • Employee since
    2013

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  Nomination Committee

  • Chairperson, appointed by Investor AB
    Jacob Wallenberg
  • Appointed by Bark Partners AB
    Harry Klagsbrun
  • Appointed by Jean Eric Salata
    Shireesh Vasupalli
  • Appointed by Alecta
    Magnus Billing [1]
  • Chairperson of the Board of EQT AB
    Conni Jonsson

  As of 22 November 2022, shareholders having appointed members to the Nomination Committee represented approximately 38 percent of the voting rights for all shares of EQT AB.

  The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of EQT AB will be held on Tuesday, 30 May 2023.

  Shareholders who would like to submit proposals to the Nomination Committee can do so by e-mail to nomination.committee@eqtgroup.com , or by ordinary mail under the address:
  
  EQT AB,
  Attn: Nomination Committee,
  Box 164 09,
  103 27 Stockholm, Sweden
  
  by 13 March 2023, at the latest.
  
  The EQT Partnership Association
  The EQT Partnership Association is a non-profit association in which certain Partners are members. The EQT Partnership Association’s purpose is to act as manager of the EQT Foundation as well as to preserve the partnership feeling and EQT AB’s values within the EQT AB Group.

  1. As of 1 March 2023, Alecta appointed Magnus Billing to replace Henrik Gade Jepson as member of the Nomination Committee.

  In accordance with the principles for appointment of a nomination committee adopted by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2020, the members of the nomination committee of EQT AB should be appointed by the four largest shareholders in EQT AB, or the three largest shareholders and the EQT Foundation if none of the four largest shareholders is the EQT Foundation or a member of the EQT Partnership Association. In addition, the Chairperson of EQT AB shall be a member of the nomination committee.
  
  The nomination committee’s proposals will be submitted in connection with the notice of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2023.
  
  The nomination committee is responsible for preparing and presenting proposals for Board fees (divided between the Chairperson, members and committees), Chairperson of the Meeting, remuneration of auditors, principles for the nomination committee and election of Chairperson, Board members and auditors.
  
  EQT AB’s Nomination Committee for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2023 has been appointed based on the ownership structure as of 31 August 2022, and taking into consideration subsequent changes of the ownership structure that impact the composition of the Nomination Committee.

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  Audit Committee

  The Company has an audit committee consisting of four members.

  • Chairperson
    Gordon Orr
  • member
    Conni Jonsson
  • member
    Johan Forssell
  • member
    Diony Lebot

  The company has an audit committee consisting of four members: Gordon Orr (Chairperson), Conni Jonsson, Johan Forssell and Diony Lebot. Without it affecting the responsibilities and duties of the board of directors the Audit Committee is tasked with, among other things, monitoring the company’s financial reporting and the efficiency of the company’s internal controls and risk management, keeping itself informed about the audit of the annual financial statements and the consolidated financial statements, monitoring the handling of related party transactions, reviewing and monitoring the impartiality and independence of the auditors and paying special attention to whether the auditors are providing other services besides audit services to the company, and assisting in preparations for the purchase of auditing services as well as preparations for the annual shareholders’ meeting’s decision on the election of auditors.
  
  Diony Lebot is, on behalf of the Audit Committee, overseeing the work of the Cyber and Information Steering Committee.

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  Renumeration Committee

  The Company has a remuneration committee consisting of three members.

  • Chairperson
    Margo Cook
  • member
    Conni Jonsson
  • member
    Marcus Wallenberg

  The company has a remuneration committee consisting of three members: Margo Cook (Chairperson), Conni Jonsson and Marcus Wallenberg. The Remuneration Committee is tasked with preparing proposals on remuneration principles, remunerations and other employment terms for the executive management. The Remuneration Committee is also tasked with monitoring and evaluating programmes for variable remuneration for the executive management, the application of the guidelines for remuneration to the executive management adopted by the annual shareholders’ meeting as well as the current remuneration structures and remuneration levels in the company.

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  Sustainability Committee

  The Company has a sustainability committee consisting of three members.

  • Chairperson
    Nicola Kimm
  • member
    Conni Jonsson
  • member
    Margo Cook

  The Company has a sustainability committee consisting of three members: Nicola Kimm (Chairperson), Conni Jonsson and Margo Cook. The Sustainability Committee marks the first of its kind in the private capital space dedicated to sustainability at the Board level. Through quarterly meetings, the Committee will formalize ongoing discussions between Management and the Board to challenge the firm’s sustainability strategy in the context of an ever-evolving environment.