Changes in SSC's board of directors
In conjunction with an additional general meeting today, Anne Gynnerstedt was elected new Chair of the Board of SSC. Meanwhile, Lotta Mellström was elected new board member.
Anne Gynnerstedt has been a board member of SSC since 2015, and acting Chair of the Board since September 30, 2024. She holds a Bachelor of Law from Stockholm University and has extensive experience from the airline and defense industries. Most recently she held a position for 12 years as Sr Vice President, Head of Legal and Corporate Security and Resilience in Vattenfall. Anne Gynnerstedt replaces Anna Kinberg Batra.
“I am honored to serve SSC as Chair and will together with the board and management do my outmost to ensure the successful continued development of the company and in particular its efforts to create important infrastructure at Esrange, says Anne Gynnerstedt”.
Lotta Mellström holds a degree in economics from Lund University and is currently working as Senior Adviser and Investment Director at the Department of State-owned Enterprises at the Swedish Ministry of Finance. She also is a board member of Jernhusen AB and LKAB. Lotta Mellström replaces Per Lundkvist.
Contact: Philip Ohlsson, PR & Press, +46 70 721 70 26, philip.ohlsson@sscspace.com
About SSC: Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) helps Earth benefit from Space. Since the 70’s, SSC has helped space organizations, companies, other commercial actors and research institutes to get access to space. Through our local presence on all continents and close to 700 committed employees, we offer specialist expertise in satellite ground station connectivity, spacecraft operations, rocket and balloon systems, launch services, flight test services and data analytics. Among our strongest assets are Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden, set out to be first to launch satellites from mainland Europe, as well as our global ground station network for satellite communications: SSC Connect. Read more at www.sscspace.com.
