ANNUAL REPORT 2009 - Saab

SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION > board of directorsBOARD OF DIRECTORSMarcus WallenbergChairman of the Board since 2006,Deputy Chairman of the Board 1993–2006 and Member of the Board since1992. Member of Saab’s RemunerationCommitteeBorn 1956Bachelor of Science of ForeignService, Lieutenant in Royal SwedishNaval AcademyShares in Saab: 85,150Other board commitments:Chairman of SEB and Electrolux AB,Deputy Chairman of TelefonaktiebolagetL M Ericsson, HonoraryChairman of ICC (InternationalChamber of Commerce). Boardmember of AstraZeneca PLC, StoraEnso Oyj, the Knut and Alice WallenbergFoundation and Temasek HoldingLtdFormer employmentand positions:President and CEO, Investor AB;Director, Stora Feldmühle AG,Düsseldorf; Skandinaviska EnskildaBanken, Stockholm and London;Citicorp (Hong Kong) and CitibankN.A. (New York)Åke SvenssonMember of the Board since 2003President and CEO of SaabBorn 1952M.Sc.Shares in Saab: 9,425Other board commitments:Council member (and past President)of the AeroSpace and Defence IndustriesAssociation of europe (ASD).Board member of the Association ofSwedish Engineering Industries, theConfederation of Swedish Enterprise,Micronic Laser Systems AB and theRoyal Swedish Academy of EngineeringSciences. Member of theRoyal Swedish Academy of WarSciencesFormer employmentand positions:General Manager, business areaSaab Aerospace, Saab ABGeneral Manager, business unitfuture Products and Technology,Saab AB Project Manager forRBS15, Saab Dynamics ABOther positions in the Saab Group.Per-Arne SandströmMember of the Board since 2005Member of Saab’s Audit CommitteeBorn 1947Upper secondary engineering schoolShares in Saab: 2,500Other board commitments:Chairman of Infocare AS and boardmember of Human Care AB, CellmaxAB, Note AB and Incentive ABFormer employmentand positions:Chairman of Spring Mobil AB;Deputy CEO and COO, TelefonaktiebolagetL M Ericsson; Presidentand CEO, Ericsson Inc., USA; VicePresident and General Manager,GSM business unit, Ericsson RadioSystems AB; Executive Vice Presidentand Managing Director, CellularSystems, Ericsson Ltd, UK ; VicePresident and General Manager,GSM Western Europe, EricssonRadio Systems AB; Vice Presidentand General Manager, AirborneRadar Division, Ericsson MicrowaveSystems AB; Department Manager,Naval Command and ControlSystems, Ericsson MicrowaveSystems ABErik BelfrageMember of the Board since 1991Director of SEBBorn 1946MBAShares in Saab: 3,100Other board commitments:Chairman of Sigtuna Skolstiftelse, theInternational Council of Swedish Industry(NIR) and the InternationalChamber of Commerce’s (ICC)Commission on Business in Society.Vice Chairman the InternationalChamber of Commerce’s (ICC)Finance Committee. Board memberof Eramet Steel and the Centre forEuropean Policy Studies (CEPS).Member of the Trilateral Commission.Associate Member European Roundtable(ERT)Former employmentand positions:Board member of Investor AB;Swedish Embassies in Geneva,Washington, Bucharest and Paris;Foreign Ministry, StockholmStefan anderssonMember of the Board since 2008Chairman of the Industrial SalariedEmployees’ Association local at SaabUnderwater Systems, MotalaBorn 1974B.ScShares in Saab: 472DeputiesGöran GustavssonDeputy Board member since 2008Chairman of the EngineeringWorkers’ Union local at Saab AB,LinköpingBorn 1953Shares in Saab: 338jan kovacsDeputy Board member since 2008Chairman of the Industrial SalariedEmployees’ Association local atSaab AB, LinköpingBorn 1960Upper secondary technical schoolShares in Saab: 376Nils LindskogDeputy Board member since 2007Member of the Swedish Associationof Graduate Engineers’ local at SaabMicrowave Systems, GöteborgBorn 1955M.S.E.E. from Chalmers University ofTechnologyShares in Saab: 201AUDITORSERNST & YOUNG ABERIK ÅströmDELOITTE ABTommy MårtenssonThe shares held by Board members include any holdings by closely affiliated persons.134 saab annual report 2009