STOCKHOLM, March 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At the upcoming
Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 27,
2022, the Nominating Committee will propose the election of
Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae as a new member of the Swedish Match
Board of Directors
Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae has experience across a number of
industries, notably in the areas of consumer and B2B2C for fast
moving consumer goods, logistics, e-commerce and service supply.
The Nominating Committee has made particular note of Sanna
Suvanto-Harsaae's broad industry knowledge and board experience in
Nordic listed companies.
Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae has long experience of non-executive board
assignments from public and private companies in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Among publicly listed companies, her
board memberships include TCM Group A/S (chairman), Orthex OYI
(chairman), Anora OYJ (vice chairman), Harvia OYJ (vice chairman)
and Elopak A/S (board member). She is currently also the chairman
of the board in BoConcept A/S, Posti Group OYJ, Nordic Pet Care
Group A/S and Babysam A/S as well as board member in Broman
Group/Motonet Oy.
Her professional experience includes positions at Procter &
Gamble, Synoptik A/S and Reckitt Benckiser (Scandinavia) A/S. She
holds a BSc in Business Administration from the Lund University, Sweden.
Andrew Cripps and Wenche Rolfsen, currently members of the Board,
have announced that they are not available for re-election at the
upcoming AGM. The Nominating Committee proposes re-election of the
current Board members Conny
Karlsson, Charles A. Blixt,
Jacqueline Hoogerbrugge,
Alexander Lacik, Pauline Lindwall, and Joakim Westh and the new election of Sanna
Suvanto-Harsaae. The Nominating Committee proposes Conny Karlsson as Chairman of the Board. The
Nominating Committee's additional proposals will be published in
conjunction with the notice of the 2022 AGM.
In addition to the Chairman of the Board, Conny Karlsson, the Nominating Committee
comprises the following members: Mads Eg
Gensmann (Nordflint Capital Partners Fondsmaeglerselskab
A/S), Filippa Gerstädt (Nordea Funds), Roseanna Ivory (abrdn), and Dan Juran (Framtiden Management Company, LLC).
Filippa Gerstädt serves as Chairman of the Nominating Committee.
The Company's General Counsel, Marie-Louise
Heiman, serves as secretary to the Nominating Committee.
Swedish Match develops, manufactures, and sells quality
products with market-leading brands in the product segments
Smokefree, Cigars, and Lights. Production is located in seven
countries, with sales concentrated in the US and Scandinavia. The
Group's global operations generated sales of 18,489 MSEK for the
twelve month period ending December 31,
2021. The Swedish Match share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm
(SWMA).
Swedish Match's vision is A world without
cigarettes. Some of its well-known brands include: General,
ZYN, Longhorn, Game, America's Best Chew, Fiat Lux, and
Cricket.
Swedish Match AB (publ), SE-118 85 Stockholm, Sweden
Visiting address: Sveavägen 44, 8th Floor. Telephone: +46 10 13 93
000
Corporate Identity Number: 556015-0756
www.swedishmatch.com
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