Executive Management

Magnus Bergqvist (born 1970), CEO since 2011

Education: Studies in economics at the Stockholm School of Economics and Uppsala University.

Background: Magnus Bergqvist has been working in IT management and software consulting since the 90’s and has been CEO of the Company since 2011. Prior to joining the Company, Magnus was Vice President at SAP Nordic & Baltics.

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Anders Nordgren (born 1981), CFO since 2019

Education: Master’s degree in Business and Economics from Uppsala University.

Background: Anders Nordgren started his career as an auditor at PwC, after which he held various positions within the finance function at Tradedoubler. Anders joined the Company as CFO in 2019 and was previously CFO at iStone AB.

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Previous positions (last five years): Executive position (CFO) at iStone AB

Klas Lindström (born 1975), Deputy CEO since 2019

Education: Bachelor’s degree in political science from Uppsala University. Courses in Business Administration at the Stockholm School of Economics. Completed the Owners/Presidents/Managers course at Harvard Business School. Intelligence officer in the reserve.

Background: Klas Lindström has held a number of parallel positions within the Group, member of the Board of Directors, Chief Sales Officer, Managing Director for the Nordic segment. Klas Lindström has more than 20 years of experience in risk and crisis management internationally and in Sweden. He has broad expertise in strategic development and planning for the management of defence forces and societal critical functions. In addition to his line role within the Company, Klas Lindström has assisted authorities and companies with operational crisis management in connection with terrorist attacks, weather disruptions, cyber attacks, disease outbreaks, etc.

Current positions: Director of Sapere Aude Handelsbolag and La Pluie de rose AB. Deputy director of Mikael Edqvist AB.

Previous positions (last five years): Director of OBSIT Communication AB.

Martin Rusner (born 1985), Chief Product Officer since 2021

Education: Bachelor’s degree in political science with a focus on crisis management and master’s degree in political science and security policy.
Military training within the Armed Forces in areas such as tactics, leadership, strategy, defence technology, etc.

Background: Martin Rusner has been employed within the Group since 2013 and assumed his current position as Chief Product Officer in 2021 after various management positions in the Group. Martin has extensive experience of the military environment through his employment in the Swedish Armed Forces, education at the Swedish Defence University and assignments for other armed forces within the framework of his employment in the Group.

Current assignment: Deputy board member of Austria Travel Sweden AB and Reserve officer in the Swedish Armed Forces.

Previous positions (last five years): Director of the Reserve Officers’ Society in Svealand and reserve officer in the Swedish Armed Forces.

Jonas Jonsson (born 1985), Managing Director International since 2017

Education: Master of Law studies from Lund University and Reserve Officer in the Navy, Swedish Armed Forces.

Background: Jonas Jonsson has worked in the Group in various positions since 2013. Previous positions have included Head of Legal, Senior Consultant and Director of Sales. He has extensive experience in software implementation from customers around the world, and has worked on most of the Group’s strategic software deals as a commercial and legal advisor. He was appointed as Managing Director for the International segment in 2017, responsible for the Groups international expansion, and in 2019 also became fully responsible for the operations in the UK.

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Mikael Grape (born 1982), Managing Director Nordics since 2019

Education: Master’s degree in political science from Uppsala University.

Background: Mikael Grape has worked at the Group in various positions since 2011. Previous positions have included Senior Consultant and Head of Business Development. He was appointed as Managing Director for the Nordic segment in 2019, with responsibility for operations in the Nordic region. He also has experience as an analyst in the Swedish Armed Forces, including assignments to the defence attaché offices in Belgrade and Sarajevo.

Current assignment: Director of Hässlingby Gård AB. Deputy director of Catharina Bildt AB.

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Michael Coss (born 1959), Managing Director North America since 2016

Education: Master of Public Administration from Harvard University and Master of Social Science (MSSc) from Syracuse University.

Background: Michael Coss is responsible for the Group’s operations and growth in the North American market. He was previously involved in General Dynamics’ expansion into military simulation and training. He is an infantry officer with extensive experience in special operations, light infantry and armed forces in global security positions, including service with the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Mikael Edqvist (born 1978), Senior VP Sales North America since 2016

Education: Master in Mechanical Engineering Studies, courses in logistics at Lund University and Energy security studies at Uppsala University.

Background: Mikael Edqvist has extensive experience in the development of software and training systems for defence forces. Mikael Edqvist has more than 20 years of experience in selling software and solutions internationally and has led the Company’s ventures in the UK and US and worked extensively with the Company’s international customers since the Company’s formation.

Current assignment: Chair of the board of Mikael Edqvist AB.

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Maria Larsson (born 1976), Chief Human Resources Officer since 2020

Education: Sociology with orientation towards work, Organization and Human Resource Management, at Uppsala University.

Background: Maria Larsson has 18 years of experience working in HR and management roles and has previously been HR Director at Visma and HR manager at Sirius IT. In her previous positions, Maria has also had business area responsibility at Visma Consulting, among others.

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Previous positions (last five years): Business Area Manager at Agero AB and Senior Manager HR Nordics at Dassault Systèmes AB.