The board of directors comprises seven members. There are neither deputy board members nor employee representatives on the board. The general counsel serves as secretary for the board. The composition of the board  meets applicable independence requirements as five of the seven members of the board have been deemed independent in relation to the Company, the executive management and major shareholders. These five members are: Johan Malmquist, Wolfgang Reim, Jan Secher, Birgitta Stymne Göransson and Cecilia Wikström.

Laurent Leksell

First elected: 1972
Board chairman and Chairman of the Compensation and Sustainability Committee

Year of birth: 1952
Education: MBA and PhD from Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Independence: Independent of the Company and the executive management, not independent of major shareholders
Other Board assignments:
Board chairman: Leksell Social Ventures and Stockholm School of Economics
Board member: International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Principal work experience and other information: Founder of Elekta and Executive Director from 2005 to 2013. Former President and CEO of Elekta during the years from 1972 to 2005. Among others, Assistant Professor and Faculty member of Stockholm School of Economics, IFL and Insead Fontainebleau, and Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School

Cecilia Wikström

First elected: 2018

Member of the Board and Member of the Compensation and Sustainability Committee

Year of birth: 1965
Education: Master of theology from Uppsala University
Independence: Independent of the Company and the executive management and independent of major shareholders
Other Board assignments: Board chairman: EIPA (the European Institute of Public Administration) Board member: Beijer Alma AB (publ) and Örebro University
Principal work experience and other information: Senior Advisor Prime Weber Shandwick. Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019 and M.P in the Swedish Parliament from 2002 to 2009, Priest within the Swedish Chruch during the last 26 years, among others as Cathedral Chaplain and University Chaplain, Senior Consultant at Michaël Berglund Chefsrekrytering, Author of leadership books, of which one became the Best Leadership Book of the year 2004.

Caroline Leksell Cooke

First elected: 2017

Member of the Board and Member of the Compensation and Sustainability Committee

Year of birth: 1981
Education: BSc Degree Stockholm University, studied marketing at Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and at Columbia
Business School
Independence: Independent of the Company and the executive management, not independent of major shareholders
Other Board assignments: Board chairman: Bonit Invest S.A./N.V
Board member: Leksell Social Ventures’ investment committee
Principal work experience and other information: Extensive experience in the areas of digital strategy, communication and technology and is currently responsible for major international business activities in her role as industry manager at Google

Johan Malmquist

First elected: 2015

Member of the Board and Member of the audit committee

Year of birth: 1961
Education: BSc Degree Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Independence: Independent of the Company and the executive management and independent of major shareholders
Other Board assignments:
Board chairman: Getinge AB, Arjo AB
Board member: Mölnlycke Health Care AB, Dunkerstiftelserna, Chalmers University of Technology Foundation, Trelleborg AB and Stena Adactum AB
Principal work experience and other information: Extensive experience from the medical technology industry, among others as president and CEO for Getinge AB between 1997 and 2015. Before that, various positions within the Getinge group and Electrolux group

Wolfgang Reim

First elected: 2011

Member of the Board and Member of the Compensation and Sustainability Committee

Year of birth: 1956 
Education: Master of Sciences and Doctor of Physics from the Federal Institute of Technology ETH in Zurich 
Independence: Independent of the Company and the executive management and independent of the major shareholders 
Other Board assignments: 
Board chairman: Ondal Medical Systems GmbH
Board member: GN Store Nord A/S, LAP GmbH and Audeering GmbH
Principal work experience and other information: CEO of Amann Girrbach AG since 2020. Independent consultant focusing om ghe medical technology industry and interim CEO at DORC BV in 2016 and Ondal Medical Systems in 2013. Before that, CEO of Dräger Medical AG from 2000 to 2006. At Siemens from 1986 until 2000, as CEO of the Utrasound Division (1998-2000) and President of the Special Products Division (1995-1998).

Jan Secher

First elected: 2010

Member of the Board and Member of the audit committee

Year of birth: 1957 
Education: Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linköping University, Sweden 
Independence: Independent of the Company and the executive management and independent of the major shareholders 
Other Board assignments: 
Board chairman: Peak Management AG
Board Member: IKEM (Innovation and Chemical Industries in Sweden) from May 2016 and The European Chemical Industry Council from October 2014
Principal work experience and other information: President and CEO of Perstorp Holding AB from September 2013. Previously President and CEO of Ferrostaal AG from 2010 to 2012, operating partner of the US private equity fund Apollo in London from 2009 to 2010, CEO of Clariant AG in Basel from 2006 to 2008 and CEO of SICPA in Lausanne from 2003 to 2005. Before he held various leading positions in the ABB Group during the years from 1982 to 2002

Birgitta Stymme Göransson

First elected: 2005

Member of the board and Chairman of the audit committee

Year of birth: 1957 
Education: MBA from Harvard Business School and Master of Science in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden
Independence: Independent of the Company and the executive management and independent of the major shareholders 
Other Board assignments: 
Board chairman: MAG Interactive AB and BCB Medical Oy
Board member: Pandora AS, Enea AB and Leo Pharma
Principal work experience and other information: President and CEO of Memira Group 2010 to 2013. CEO of Semantix Group 2005 to 2009, and COO/CFO of Telefos 2001 to 2005. Before that, various management positions, including McKinsey, Gambro and Åhléns