Genovis AB: Proposal to expand the Genovis Board of Directors at 2019 Annual General Meeting
Lotta Ljungqvist is CEO of GE Nordics and the Testa Center in Uppsala. She is the former CEO of IMED AB and global head of BioProcess R&D at GEHC Life Science. She has also held several project management positions at Pharmacia Corp & Pharmacia & Upjohn. Lotta sits on the Board of Directors for Vinnova, SwedenBIO, AmCham Sweden and Atlas Antibodies AB.
Håkan Wickholmhas his own consultancy firm. He has 30 years of experience from senior positions in international pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Håkan has worked as Chief Business Officer (CBO) and CEO of Lytix Biopharma, as well as in various management positions for AstraZeneca, from which he gained strong international experience in strategy formulation, business development and commercialization.
"We are extremely pleased to be able to propose that the AGM bring on two such experienced and knowledgeable individuals to the Genovis Board of Directors. The company is in a dynamic phase and exciting new challenges lie ahead. We consider this proposal for two candidates with skills that complement and reinforce the Board to be extremely valuable," says Mikael Lönn, chairman of the Nomination Committee.
The new Board of Directors in the proposal to the Annual General Meeting is as follows: Re-election of Mårten Winge, Kenth Petersson,Lena Söderström, Peter Hein and Mikael Lönn, and new election of Lotta Ljungqvist and Håkan Wickholm.
Lena Mårtensson Wernrud has declined re-election.
The Nomination Committee proposes re-election of Mårten Winge to serve as Chairman of the Board.