Elekta’s Board of Directors is elected by the Annual General Meeting. The Board of Directors establishes Elekta’s strategy and goals, ensures an effective evaluation of operations and controls the company’s development and financial position.

During the 2007/08 fiscal year, the Board of Directors consisted of sevent members, who are presented on page 73 in Elekta's annual report. Six of the seven Board members were considered to be independent according to the Nordic Exchange Regulations, see table below.

The present Board of Directors, as elected by the Annual General Meeting 2008, is presented below.

Working instructions for the Board

Within the Board of Directors, there is no special distribution of responsibility among Board members. Apart from the responsibilities assigned by the Swedish Companies Act, Elekta's articles of association and the Code, the work of the Board of Directors is regulated by its working instructions, which stipulate that the Board should:

• Hold at least five ordinary meetings in addition to the statutory meeting (if any) 
• Establish finance and currency policies
• Approve budgets and similar long-term plans including investment budgets
• Consider matters regarding investments and similar measures in amounts over SEK 4 M if such matters are beyond the scope of approved investment budgets
• Decide on acquisitions of fixed property, shares or the acquisition of operations in another company
• Decide on the establishment and capitalization of subsidiaries
• Establish the terms of employment for the CEO
• Approve the annual accounts, Board of Directors’ report and interim reports

At each ordinary Board meeting, the following items should be considered:

• A report on the Group’s operations including financial management
• A report on extraordinary measures or events that were implemented or occurred between Board meetings
• Development of major projects and anticipated business vents
• A report on existing or potential legal disputes that may have a significant impact on the Group’s business

	AKBAR SEDDIGH Chairman Born 1943 Member of the Board since 1998 Graduate Chemist, Marketing Specialist Other Board memberships: Chairman of the Board: Hedson Technologies International AB, Pricer AB, Innovationsbron AB and Blekinge Tekniska Högskola Member of the Board: Affärsstrategerna AB and Biolight International AB
	HANS BARELLA Born 1943 Member of the Board since 2003 Former President and CEO of Philips Medical Systems Other Board memberships: Member of the Board: Senator Group Consultancy and Investment B.V.
	TOMMY H KARLSSON Born 1946 Member of the Board since 2001 International Management Consultant MSc and B.A. Other Board memberships: Chairman of the Board: Amtico International Inc and U-POL Inc Member of the Board: Aldata Solution Oyj
	LAURENT LEKSELL Born 1952 Member of the Board since 1972 Former President and CEO of Elekta AB, 1972-2005 Executive Director since 2005 MBA, PhD Economics Other Board memberships: Chairman of the Board: Stockholm’s City Mission Member of the Board: Ortivus AB, Karo Bio AB and Royal Institute of Fine Arts
	CARL PALMSTIERNA Born 1953 Member of the board since 1993 Managing Partner ABG Sundal & Collier AB MBA Other Board memberships: Chairman of the Board: Momail AB, Natural Fragrances of Sweden AB, Qbrick AB, Accumulate AB, Panopticon AB and MyFc AB Member of the Board: AlltförFöräldrar AB, Bluefish Pharmaceutical AB, Squace AB, Chinsay AB, WeMind AB
	BIRGITTA STYMNE GÖRANSSON Born 1957 Member of the board since 2005 CEO Semantix AB MSc and MBA Other Board memberships: Chairman of the Board: Fryshuset Foundation and Kontakt East Holding AB Member of the Board: Arcus AS, Lernia AB and Wavin
	VERA KALLMEYER Born 1959 Member of the board since 2008 Managing partner Equity4Health LLC and Consulting Professor Stanford Medical School MD, Ph.D. and MBA Other Board memberships: UC Davis Medical School Board of Visitors and Scientific Advisory Board, Helga-und-Hans Dittner Stiftung
	LUCIANO CATTANI Born 1945 Member of the board since 2008 Executive Vice President International Public Affairs at Stryker Corporation Other Board memberships: Board member and Vice Chairman of the Board of Eucomed

Attendance and remuneration for the Board of Directors in Elekta AB 2007/08

1. Independent in relation to company and management as well as to major shareholders
2. Remuneration to Chairman and member in Elekta’s Executive Compensation Committee
3. No remuneration is paid to members of the Boards who are employed by the Company