Johannes Larcher
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since 2022
Born:
1967
Education/background:
Master of Arts from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He most recently served as the Head of HBO Max International at WarnerBros. Discovery. Before HBO Max International he served as the Managing Director of Digital at MBC Group Co-Founder and CEO of SubVRsive, Senior Vice President at Hulu and President and CEO of Academy123.
Holdings in the Company:
10,000 class B shares and 600,000 Restricted Stock Units (LTIP 2022/2026:2).
Peter Messner
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 2023
Born:
1976
Education/background:
Doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences from the University of Vienna and an MSc in Economics and Computer Science from the Technical University of Vienna. Peter most recently served as Group CFO of Catena Media. Before Catena he has held positions such as CFO of MTGx and CFO & Director Corporate Development at Ongame Network, a part of Bwin.
Holdings in the Company:
130,000 Restricted Stock Units (LTIP 2023/2027).
Luis Duran
President Streaming
Born:
1977
Education/background:
Bachelor of Business and Master of Business Administration from ESADE Business School in Barcelona. He most recently served as the General Manager of HBO Max for the LatAm region, after a 10-year career in Streaming (SVOD) across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Luis has a Management Consulting background and has worked and lived across 5 continents.
Holdings in the Company:
5,000 class B shares and 200,000 Restricted Stock Units (LTIP 2023/2027).
Tobias Andersson
General Counsel since 2023
Born:
1970
Education/background:
Master of Laws (LLM) from Stockholm University. He most recently served as Regional Legal Lead Europe for HBO Max. After his time as a district court law clerk, Tobias started his private sector career at the renowned law firm Linklaters and has since gained over 15 years experience from various legal leadership roles in international media companies such as Warner Bros. Discovery and the TV4 Group.
Holdings in the Company:
60,000 Restricted Stock Units (LTIP 2023/2027).
Kristin Widell
Chief People Officer (CPO) since 2023
Born:
1974
Education/background:
Degree in Human Resources Management. She most recently served as the Director of People Operations at Peltarion. Kristin has over 15 years of executive experience across strategical, tactical and operational HR services and practices while leading digital transformation and innovation in renowned companies such as HiQ, SAAB and Tieto.
Holdings in the Company:
60,000 Restricted Stock Units (LTIP 2023/2027).
Helena Gustafsson
Chief Content Officer (CCO) since 2020
Born:
1973
Education/background:
Bachelor of Arts, Literature. Joined the company in 2013 as CEO of StorySide, after Storytel’s acquisition of the audiobook publisher. In addition to her role as Chief Content Officer, Helena is the CEO of Storyside. She has previously had several key roles at Storytel such as Head of Global Publishing.
Holdings in the Company:
18,258 class B shares, 7,066 employee stock options and 60,000 Restricted Stock Units (LTIP 2023/2027).
Linda Säresand
CEO Storytel Books
Born:
1974
Education/Background:
Background and education in economics and markets with extensive leadership experience, and more than 20 years of leading position in the publishing industry, including CEO, Deputy CEO, and Head of Finance and Publishing manager. Linda has also held a number of Board positions within the publishing business. Linda was appointed CEO of Storytel Books as the Group parent Storytel AB gathered its wholly owned book-related businesses under one company in 2021. She was also appointed Chair of the Board of the publishing houses Norstedts Förlagsgrupp (SWE), Gummerus (FIN) and People’s (DEN).
Holdings in the Company:
50,000 Restricted Stock Units (LTIP 2023/2027).
Extended Management
Malin Lindborn
Head of Communications since 2023
Education/background:
Bachelor in Communication as well as a bachelor in Economics. Malin Lindborn has more than 20 years of experience from PR and communications. She has held several leadership roles in the entertainment and streaming industry, most recently as PR Director Nordics at Netflix where she led the communications and publicity function in the region for several years, based both out of Amsterdam and Stockholm. Prior to joining Netflix, Malin spent 11 years within the Swedish broadcaster TV4.
Åse Ericson
General Manager, Nordics since 2022
Education/background:
Bachelor of Arts, TV-production from Dramatiska Institutet and Executive Leadership Program from Stockholm School of Economics. Åse joined Storytel in 2019 as country manager for Sweden and is also the Regional Manager for the Nordic operations since 2021. She has held several management roles prior to Storytel, most recently as Head of Marketing and Sales at Novamedia.
Anna Etzler
SVP Operations since 2023
Education/background:
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Anna has more than 15 years of experience in operational excellence and business transformation. Previous positions include Director of Operational Excellence at Klarna, COO at Karolinska University Hospital’s Cancer division and Strategic Initiatives Leader at GE Capital International.
Mark Pasternak
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) since 2021
Education/background:
MSc in Computer Science at Stockholm University. Mark has more than 20 years of experience in the tech industry. He has held several senior leadership roles across leading Nordic tech and media companies. His experience includes leading product and platform teams as Director of Engineering at Schibsted Media Group and Epidemic Sound.
Ian Small
General Manager Audiobooks.com
Education/background:
Business Administration & Marketing, Sheridan College, Ontario, CA. Ian has 17 years of experience in the North American audiobook markets as the General Manager of Audiobooks.com. He joined the Storytel in 2022 through the acquisition of Audiobooks.com.
Johan Ståhle
Chief Product Officer (CPO) since 2021
Education/background:
Master of Science in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics. Johan has a background as an entrepreneur and co-founded Dreams, and BBH Stockholm. He has held several CPO positions and been an expert engagement manager at McKinsey.
Claus Wamsler-Nielsen
General Manager - Growth Markets since 2021
Education/background:
MSc in Economics from Copenhagen Business College. Before joining as General Manager – Growth Markets, Claus was country manager for Denmark between 2018 and 2021. Prior to joining Storytel, his experiences include various management positions at Telmore A/S.