Nomination Committee’s proposal for Board of Directors of AB SKF
Gothenburg, 30 January 2026: SKF’s Nomination Committee proposes that Karen Florschütz and Maximiliane Straub are elected as new Board members of AB SKF.
Karen Florschütz is Top Group Executive of Airbus, most recently serving as Executive Vice President Connected Intelligence for Airbus Defense and Space. She has previously had several leading positions at Siemens, including Chief Executive Officer Customer Services and Vice President & General Manager Systems Engineering.
Maximiliane Straub has held several leading positions at Bosch, including President of Global Services, Executive Vice President North America and President Full Brake Systems.
Susanna Schneeberger has declined re-election at the Annual General Meeting 2026.
The Nomination Committee proposes that the Board of Directors shall consist of twelve members. In addition to the proposed two new elections the Nomination Committee proposes re-election of the Board members Hans Stråberg, Håkan Buskhe, Mats Rahmström, Hock Goh, Geert Follens, Rickard Gustafson, Beth Ferreira, Therese Friberg, Richard Nilsson and Niko Pakalén.
Hans Stråberg is proposed to be elected Chair of the Board of Directors.
The Nomination Committee for the Annual General Meeting 2026 consists of Marcus Wallenberg, FAM, Henning Elmberger, Cevian Capital, Anders Algotsson, AFA Försäkring, and Anders Jonsson, Skandia, together with the Chair of the Board of Directors, Hans Stråberg.
The Nomination Committee's additional proposals will be published in conjunction with the notice of the Annual General Meeting 2026.
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Since 1907, SKF has been making some of the world’s most innovative bearings, seals, lubrication systems, condition monitoring solutions, and services to reduce friction. Less friction means more energy saved and by reducing it, we make industry smarter, more competitive, and more energy efficient, building a more sustainable future where we can all do more with less. SKF is represented in approximately 130 countries and has around 17,000 distributor locations worldwide. Annual sales in 2024 were SEK 98,722 million and the number of employees was 38,743. www.skf.com
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