The Nomination Committee’s proposal for Board of Directors of Clas Ohlson

The Nomination Committee today announces its proposal for the composition of the Board of Directors ahead of the Clas Ohlson AB (publ) Annual General Meeting on Friday 6 September 2024.

The Board of Directors shall, according to the proposal, consist of eight members.

The Nomination Committee proposes re-election of Board members Kenneth Bengtsson, Mengmeng Du, Mathias Haid, Patrik Hofbauer, Håkan Lundstedt, Charlotte Strömberg and Göran Sundström.

Anne Thorstvedt Sjöberg has declared that she will not be standing for reelection. The Nomination Committee proposes that Stefan Sjöstrand be elected as a new member of the Board.

Stefan Sjöstrand, born 1968, is a market economist from the IHM Business School. Stefan Sjöstrand is the managing director of Skistar AB, has had a number of leading positions within the IKEA-group, and been the managing director of Weibull Trädgård (Nordic), Besthand and OLW. Stefan Sjöstrand is a board member of Derome AB and a board member of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.  

The Nomination Committee proposes that Kenneth Bengtsson be re-elected Chair of the Board of Directors.

The Nomination Committee consists of:

• Kenneth Bengtsson, Chair of the Board of Clas Ohlson AB (publ)
• Malin Persson (Chair of the Nomination Committee), appointed by the Haid family
• Johan Ståhl, appointed by the Tidstrand family
• Richard Torgerson, appointed by Nordea Funds
• Fredrik Ahlin, appointed by If Skadeförsäkring AB

The Nomination Committee’s work has been carried out in accordance with rules set out in the Swedish Corporate Governance Code.

For more information regarding the proposed Board members and the Nomination Committee´s complete proposals, please see http://about.clasohlson.com.

For further information, please contact:
Malin Persson, Chair of the Nomination Committee, phone +46767242168

Clas Ohlson was founded in 1918 as a mail order business in Insjön, Sweden. Today we are a retail company with customers in three markets, approximately 5,000 co-workers and annual sales of approximately 10 billion SEK. Our share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. A lot has happened since the start in 1918, but one thing has remained the same over the years; that we want to help people fix their homes with practical and sustainable solutions at attractive prices. Visit about.clasohlson.com/en to read more about us and how we make home fixing available, sustainable and enjoyable for everyone.