About board
Clean Motion's Board of Directors consists of 5 regular members, including the chairperson. All are elected for the period until the 2024 AGM. Göran Folkesson is chairman and Lennart Jeansson, Hans Folkesson, Niklas Ankarcrona, Mathias Jernhed are board members. Ulf Rask is the CEO. The board and management have broad experience in the automotive industry and growth companies as well as from international sales and government processes, both in Southeast Asia and in Europe.
Board members
Göran Folkesson, born 1970
Chairman & Founder
Holdings: 4,038,076 (via company) Göran is an engineer in Automation Technology with a degree from Chalmers University of Technology. Göran started his career in electrical development at Volvo Cars and then had a 7-year period at IBM as a consultant, consultant manager and sales manager for "Virtual Product Modeling" with a main focus on the automotive industry. In 2004, Göran together with Niklas Ankarcrona founded a purely consulting company in the same field, AB Virtual Engineering Nordic. Göran then founded Clean Motion.
Other assignments: AB Virtual Engineering Europe, AB Virtual Engineering Nordic, Think Lean AB, MGNP Holding AB, AB Virtual Engineering PLM South, AB Virtual Engineering DS
Lennart Jeansson, born 1941
Member (Independent)
Holdings: 1,156,570 (private and via company) Member since 2013. Master of Economics from the Gothenburg School of Economics, various positions within the Volvo Group, CEO Volvo Cars, Deputy CEO and Deputy CEO in AB Volvo.
Other assignments: Stena Sessan AB, Isofol Medical AB (publ), Dahliaqomit AB, AB Windar
Hans Folkesson, born 1950
Member of the board
Holdings: 2,469,162 (private and via company) Member since 2016 (chairman 2010-2016). Hans is CEO of Hans Folkesson AB and works as "Senior Automotive Consultant". Hans is a Licentiate in Technology at Chalmers University of Technology and a member of the Academy of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Hans has extensive experience in the automotive industry and started as a calculation engineer at Saab-Scania's Passenger Car Division and held a number of positions in R&D and production technology. In 1989, when GM bought 50% of the company, Hans was responsible for body and chassis development. In 1993, Hans was recruited to the VW group as Technical Director at Skoda and in autumn 1995 to AB Volvo as Technical Director for Volvo Lastvagnar AB. After Ford's purchase of Volvo PV, Hans became Senior VP, R&D for Volvo Cars in 2000 and after 2007, Hans has run a consulting business with a focus on electrification of vehicles and sustainability.
Other assignments: Hans Folkesson AB, BilRetur ABC AB, Testinfra Sweden AB
Niklas Ankarcrona, born 1975
Member of the board
Holdings: 3,934,301 (via company) Member since 2010 (chairman 2016- August 2020). Niklas is educated at KTH (1995-2000) in computer systems for design and manufacturing. Niklas started his career at IBM as technical sales support for virtual development tools for the manufacturing industry. Niklas is currently active in Virtual Engineering, which he and Göran Folkesson founded in 2004, and works as a consultant in business development for the manufacturing industry, especially for the automotive industry to optimize their product development processes.
Other assignments: AB Virtual Engineering Europe, AB Virtual Engineering Nordic, Niklas Engineering AB, MGNP Holding AB
Mathias Jernhed, born 1974
Member of the board
Holdings: 1,285,316 (private and via company) Member since 2010. Mathias is active as CEO of Virtual Engineering and as a consultant to the automotive industry. Mathias is an engineer in mechanical engineering. Mathias started his career in 1996 within ABB's Power generation segment, but since 1998 has worked towards the automotive industry as an employee within the Volvo group and as a consultant. Since 2007, Mathias has been active in Virtual Engineering in the role of consultant and since 2013 in the role of managing director.
Other assignments: AB Virtual Engineering Europe, AB Virtual Engineering Nordic, Jernhed Engineering AB, MGNP Holding AB, AB Virtual Engineering PLM South, AB Virtual Engineering DS
| Independent in relation to | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Year of Birth | Position | Elected | Company and Management | Major Shareholder1 |
| Göran Folkesson | 1970 | Chairman | 2010 | No | No |
| Niklas Ankarcrona | 1975 | Board Member | 2010 | No | No |
| Mathias Jernhed | 1974 | Board Member | 2010 | No | No |
| Hans Folkesson | 1950 | Board Member | 2010 | No | No |
| Lennart Jeansson | 1941 | Board Member | 2013 | Yes | Yes |
1 By 'the company's major shareholders' is meant shareholders who directly or indirectly control ten (10) percent or more of the shares or votes in the company. If a company or individual owns more than 50 percent of the shares, stakes, or votes in another company, the former is considered to indirectly control the latter company's ownership in other companies.
Board way of working
The board's work follows the board's established rules of procedure. The CEO's work is regulated by instructions for the CEO. Both work order and instructions are determined annually by the Company's board. Questions relating to audit and compensation issues are decided directly by the Company's board. The company is not obliged to comply with the Swedish corporate governance code, nor has it voluntarily undertaken to comply with it, mainly due to the company's size. All board members are elected for the period until the next annual general meeting. A board member has the right to resign from his position at any time.
Auditor
The company's auditor is authorized accountant Katarina Eklund at BDO Göteborg AB. Katarina is an authorized accountant and partner, with 14 years of experience in auditing. Katarina has been employed by BDO since 2005 and is the business area manager for audit in the west region.
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