Günther Mårder
Günther Mårder
Chairman of the Board
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Günther Mårder
Günther Mårder
Chairman of the Board

Born 1982
Elected to the Board in 2022

Günther Mårder is active as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Spotlight Group since May 2023. Mr Mårder holds a degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics and has studied at Harvard University (USA). Günther Mårder has many years of experience in strategic and operational work in the financial sector, interest groups and entrepreneur-led small businesses. Mr Mårder has previously served as President of the Young Shareholders’ Association, as a board member of Aktiefrämjandet and as one of the initiators of the Young Private Finance project. Previous positions include board member and managing director of Aktiespararna and savings economist at Nordnet Bank. Since 2015, Günther Mårder has been CEO of the organisation Företagarna.

Holdings in Spotlight Group: Günther Mårder owns 6,006 shares, corresponding to 0.1% of votes and capital.

Other current board memberships:

Assignments related to the CEO role in Företagarna:

  • Företagarna Sverige Service AB, external managing director
  • Företagarnas Föreningsbolag AB, Chairman of the Board
  • Företagarna Sverige Marknads AB, Chairman of the Board
  • Småföretagarnas Riksorganisation Service Aktiebolag, Chairman of the Board

Kunskapsgruppen Sverige AB, Chairman of the board
Lundqvist Intressenter AB, board member
Lundqvist Trävaru AB, board member
Styrelseakademien Stockholm, board member
Rixkapital Sverige AB, board member
RaySearch Laboratories AB, board member
Yellow Jaguar AB, board member

Independent in relation to the Company and its management, and in relation to the Company’s major shareholders.

Photo: Oskar Omne

Anna Barkfeldt Stahre
Anna Barkfeldt Stahre
Board member
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Anna Barkfeldt Stahre
Anna Barkfeldt Stahre
Board member

Born 1983
Elected to the board in 2018

Anna Barkfeldt Stahre has been a board member of Spotlight Group since July 2018. Barkfeldt Stahre holds a M.Sc. in Engineering, a B.Sc. in Business and Economics, as well as an MBA. She has extensive experience from strategy work, business development, change management and sustainability from her role as marketing manager at Bergman & Beving Logistics AB and possesses high competence in the market area. Anna Barkfeldt Stahre is currently working as a consultant. In addition to her role as market manager, she has previously worked as a business developer, project coordinator, operations manager, business analyst, and been part of the management team.

Holdings in Spotlight Group: Anna Barkfeldt Stahre owns 5,716 shares, corresponding to 0.11% of votes and capital.

Other current board assignments:

  • Cykelpoolen Sverige AB, external CEO

Independent in relation to the Company and the management, and in relation to the Company’s major shareholders.

Jakob Grinbaum
Jakob Grinbaum
Board member
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Jakob Grinbaum
Jakob Grinbaum
Board member

Born 1949
Elected to the Board in 2016

Jakob Grinbaum has been a board member of Spotlight Group since June 2016. Grinbaum (Bachelor of Arts) has extensive experience of working in the financial sector and has for a long time held several management positions, including as Head of Group Treasury and as Deputy CEO of the Nordea Group. Jakob Grinbaum also has extensive experience of board work through assignments in e.g. The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4), SBAB Bank, Jernhusen and several property companies.

Holdings in Spotlight Group: Jakob Grinbaum owns 11,800 shares, corresponding to 0.23% of the votes and capital.

Other current board assignments:

  • J Grinbaum Finanskonsult AB, board member

Independent in relation to the Company and the management, and in relation to the Company’s major shareholders.

Fredrik Persson
Fredrik Persson
Board member
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Fredrik Persson
Fredrik Persson
Board member

Born 1984
Elected to the Board in 2022

Fredrik Persson is a member of the Board of Directors of Spotlight Group since December 2022. Persson holds a Master of Science in Engineering from Uppsala University and has undergone training for board work at Michael Berglund Board Value. Persson has many years of experience in strategic and operational work within primarily the technology sector with a focus on investments. Since 2016, Persson is Investment Manager at Swedia Capital AB and a board member of Lundqvist Intressenter AB, Arctic Falls AB, Greengold AB and Stiga Sports AB, among others.

Holdings in Spotlight Group: Fredrik Persson owns, together with related parties, 1,906,218 shares, corresponding to 36.1% of votes and capital through the company Swedia HighP AB.

Other current board memberships:

  • 4minutemile AB, Chairman of the Board
  • Arctic Falls Aktiebolag, Board member
  • Breaking Media AB, Board member
  • GreenGold Group AB, Board member
  • Jiver River Aktiebolag, Board member
  • Lundqvist Intressenter AB, Board member
  • Lundqvist Trävaru AB, Board member
  • Nortal Investments AB, deputy director
  • Optise AB, Board member
  • Piteå Stadshotell AB, deputy director
  • STIGA Sports AB, Board member
  • STIGA Sports Group AB, Board member
  • STIGA Sports Holding AB, Board member
  • Swedia Capital AB, deputy director
  • Swedia Fastigheter AB, Board member and CEO
  • Swedia HighP AB, Deputy Director

Independent in relation to the company and management, but not independent in relation to the company’s major shareholders.

Stefan Sallerfors
Stefan Sallerfors
Board member
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Stefan Sallerfors
Stefan Sallerfors
Board member

Born 1957
Elected to the Board in 2012

Stefan Sallerfors has been active as a board member of Spotlight Group since August 2012. Sallerfors was Chairman of the Board in 2022. Sallerfors graduated as M.Sc. in Medicine in 1981, became a licensed doctor in 1983 and has been a specialist in medical radiology since 1987. For the past 30 years or so, Sallerfors has held a number of senior positions in the healthcare sector as Clinic Director, Chief Medical Officer, and as CEO of Helsingborg Hospital, which at the time had approximately 2,700 employees. Furthermore, Sallerfors was deeply involved through his role as Chairman of the Board regarding the incorporation of Folktandvården Skåne when the business was taken from management to limited companies. In addition, Stefan Sallerfors has long and solid experience of additional assignments in senior positions and has, among other things, been active as Head of research at Länsförsäkringar AB, where he developed Research & Future, a unit within LFAB. Furthermore, Sallerfors has held a number of assignments linked primarily to business development, strategic advice, and financing in both unlisted and listed operations, primarily through Medvice Design AB, of which Stefan Sallerfors is the founder and active as CEO. In addition, Stefan Sallerfors has extensive experience from board work and has over the years had more than 35 different board assignments, including chairman of TikoMed AB and Alfa eCare Holding AB.

Holdings in Spotlight Group: Stefan Sallerfors owns, privately or through companies, 18,000 shares corresponding to 0.35% of the votes and capital.

Other current board assignments:

  • Alfa eCare Holding AB, board member
  • Vikimun AB, suppleant
  • Markets & Corporate Law Nordic AB, Chariman of the board
  • Medvice Design AB, board member, CEO
  • Trigonum AB, board member

 

Independent in relation to the Company and the management, and in relation to the Company’s major shareholders.

Peter Gönczi
Peter Gönczi
CEO and Board member
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Peter Gönczi
Peter Gönczi
CEO and Board member

Born 1975
Elected to the Board in 2014

Peter Gönczi has been a board member since July 2014 and since June 2014 the CEO of Spotlight Group. Gönczi has a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Economics as well as more than 20 years of solid experience in the stock market for growth companies and the companies’ capital raising. Gönczi has worked centrally located in the through the development and growth of the Swedish market for listing growth companies – from telephone trading, news distribution via fax, limited rules and lack of investor protection, to today’s reality. Between 2000 and 2006, Peter Gönczi worked at NGM’s market surveillance and with NGM’s operations, early as head of information surveillance and then as head of NGM’s market surveillance and stock exchange administration. In 2006, Gönczi was appointed Deputy CEO of Spotlight Stock Market (then AktieTorget), a role that in 2011 led to Gönczi being appointed CEO. In his role at Spotlight Stock Market, Peter Gönczi has been a leader in business development, developed the entire organization and its staff, and built up routines, systems and collaborations. Since the group was formed in 2010, Gönczi has also been a leader in the group’s entirety and development. Peter Gönczi was a driving force in the Group’s rebuilding during the years 2012 to 2016 when the ownership was changed (and the current major owners took over), at the same time as Sedermera was restructured, changed and moved to Malmö. Since then, Gönczi, as CEO, has led the work with the entire Group’s development and positioning to the point where the Group stands today.

Holdings in Spotlight Group: Peter Gönczi owns, privately or through companies or related parties, 238,247 shares corresponding to 4.53% of the votes and capital, and 5,500 call options.

Other current board assignments:

  • Ependy AB, Chairman of the board
  • Markets & Corporate Law Nordic AB, board member
  • Sameve Invest AB, board member
  • Finreg Solutions AB, board member
  • Nordic Issuing AB, board member
  • Placing Corporate Finance Sverige AB, Chairman of the board
  • Shark Communication AB, board member
  • Sedermera Corporate Finance AB, Chairman of the board
  • Kalqyl Analys Norden AB, board member
  • Spotlight Stock Market, Chairman of the board

 

 

Dependence on the Company and management, but independent in relation to the Company’s major shareholders.

Spotlight Group AB (“The Company”) shall when appointing new members of the board consider each member’s competence, experience and background to ensure that the Company has an appropriate board composition. The composition shall be evaluated according to the business activity, development stage and other relevant factors. The composition of the board of directors shall furthermore be suitable to the needs of the business. When it comes to composition of the board and recruitment thereto, the requirements placed on the board’s knowledge, commitment, gender equality and diversity must be taken into account. In order to promote independent opinions and critical questioning, diversification shall also, when possible, be considered regarding the following qualities:

  • Age
  • Gender
  • Geographical origin, and
  • Education and professional background.