Markus Therman, Chairman of the Board, Shareholder

Markus currently occupies the positions of Chairman of the Board of Therman Investment Trust Ltd and Chairman of the Board of Kitewing.

In the past Markus worked as a currency trader at KOP (currently part of Nordea).

Markus has B.A. degree in economics from the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki.

Markus is fluent in Swedish, Finnish, English and conversational in German. His hobbies are sailing, golf, hunting and downhill skiing.

Andreas Ahlström, Member of the Board, Shareholder

Andreas currently serves as Investment Manager at Ahlström Capital, a leading Finnish private investment company with a focus on industrial investments.

Prior to that Andreas  spent  four years with Amundi Asset Management, a joint venture between Crédit Agricole and Société Générale with the responsibility for Scandinavian sales, focusing on the region’s institutional clients.

Andreas started his international career with Reuters in London working in sales and marketing in the business news subsidiary Factiva which at the time was a joint venture with Dow Jones. After two years he was made responsible for the Nordic markets in this segment and promoted to Account Manager for the Nordic region.

Andreas holds a Masters degree in finance from the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki.

Andreas is fluent in all Nordic languages as well as English. He also has a good command of German and can converse in French.

Markus and Andreas stem from well-known and successful Nordic business families with long histories.