Board of directors

Born
1963

Education/Background
Hans-Holger has a Doctorate from the University of Bochum in Germany and a Master of Law from the University of Freiburg in Germany. He has a strong track record in the media industry as well as proven experience from international expansion. Hans-Holger has a solid background as CEO, Chairman and Board Member of listed and private companies on an international basis. He has been CEO of Deezer, one of the largest music streaming services worldwide as well as President and CEO of the international telecom and media group Millicom International, operating in more than 15 countries in Latin America and Africa. He also served as President and CEO at Modern Times Group, MTG AB.

Other significant board assignments
Chair of the board of Scout24 Group and Superbet Group, board member of Deezer, nonexecutive director of VEON and Ice Group ASA.

Independent in relation to the company and management
Yes

Independent in relation to major shareholders
Yes

Holdings in the company
30,000 class B shares

Warrants
–

Call options
93,225

Born
1982

Education/Background
Lina holds an Msc in Corporate and Financial Management from Lund University. She has a strong track record in the European and US media industry along with significant experience from digital growth strategy, business development and international expansion. She is currently Director Film Acquisitions EMEA at Netflix. Lina was previously Chief Content Officer at Viaplay and COO Content MTGx where she was working across content, gaming and sports. She has also held several leading positions within Modern Times Group, MTG AB.

Other significant board assignments
–

Independent in relation to the company and management
Yes

Independent in relation to major shareholders
Yes

Holdings in the company
–

Warrants
–

Call Options
–

Born
1971

Education/Background
Lutz has an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc in Physics from TU Berlin. He is an esteemed technologist with a diverse background in building innovative technology platforms for companies including Google, LinkedIn, and SNAP Inc. Lutz is currently the president of Product and Development at Marpai Inc., a US-based health-tech company and also serves as an advisor, nonexecutive board member and Angel investor at several data-centric corporations in Europe and the US.

Other significant board assignments
Non-executive board member of the 1&1 Mail & Media Applications SE.

Independent in relation to the company and management
Yes

Independent in relation to major shareholders
Yes

Holdings in the company
34,015 class B shares

Warrants
–

Call Options
–

Born
1961

Education/background
MsC from Stockholm School of Economics and Executive MBA Harvard. Former executive director on the executive management board at Investor AB with a broad portfolio of responsibilities; extensive experience from TMT, entertainment and finance.

Other significant board assignments
Board member and senior executive advisor to KOKO Ltd, Board member and chair of the Audit Committee HERE Technology International BV,  Senior executive advisor CKHH, with focus on IOD and telecoms,  Member of the Executive Committee and chair of the nom. Committee SCC in the UK.

Independent in relation to the company and management
Yes

Independent in relation to major shareholders
Yes

Holdings in the company
–

Warrants
–

Call options
–

Born
1969

Education/Background
BBA from Lander University, USA and held a number of other positions within the media business.

Other significant assignments
CEO of Otava Group. Chairman of the board of Kirjanvälitys Oy, Suomalainen Kirjakauppa Oy, Otavamedia, Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava and member of the board of Alma Media.

Independent in relation to the company and management
Yes

Independent in relation to major shareholders
Yes

Holdings in the company
Alexander Lindholm does not hold any shares in Storytel. Alexander is the CEO of Otava Ltd that holds 3,445,071 B-shares in Storytel.

Warrants
–

Call options
–

Born
1960

Education/Background
Master of Engineering, Institute of Technology, Linkoping University. Has previously worked as Partner Zeres Capital, Senior Partner CapMan and Head of Corporate Finance at Handelsbanken Capital Markets.

Other significant assignments
Partner EQT Public Value. Board member of AFRY AB.

Independent in relation to the company and management
Yes

Independent in relation to major shareholders
No

Holdings in the company
–

Warrants
–

Call options
–

Born
1966

Education/Background
MSc in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, MBA from INSEAD and licensed physician from Sahlgrenska Academy.

Other significant board assignments
Board Member at Vakona AB and Markov Capital AB. Chairman of the Board at Exceca Allocation AB and Alsteron AB. Jonas Sjögren was a Board member of Storytel between 2008 – 2022.

Independent in relation to the company and management
Yes

Independent in relation to major shareholders
Yes

Holdings in the company
Jonas holds 285,490 class B shares in Storytel privately. Jonas is also co-owner of Roxette Photo SA that holds 7,197,244 class B shares in Storytel.

Warrants
–

Call Options
–

Born
1970

Education/background
Jonas is the founder and former CEO of Storytel. He holds a MSc in Chemical Engineering from Lund University and an MBA from INSEAD. He has previously worked as Head of global licensing at Roche.

Other significant board assignments
–

Independent in relation to the company and management
No

Independent in relation to major shareholders
No

Holdings in the company
4,650,000 class B shares

Employee stock options
17,847

Warrants
62,500