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Board of Directors

Swedish Svensk version

Elekta’s Board of Directors and Chairman are elected by the AGM. The Board of Directors approves Elekta’s strategy and goals, evaluates the day-to-day operations and monitors the Company’s development and financial position. The 2011 AGM appointed the persons presented below as

Board members until the 2012 AGM. In addition to these persons Vera Kallmeyer was appointed Board member. Vera Kallmeyer passed away during the autumn 2011. Seven of the eight Board members are independent of the Company and its senior management, as well as of major shareholders in the Company, according to the Code. For information regarding meeting attendance and fees, se table below. Information regarding provisions of the articles of association for appointment and dismissal of Board members and provisions stipulated in the articles of association regarding changes to the articles of association is presented on page 77 in the 2011/12 annual report. During the 2011/12 fiscal year, the Board held ten meetings at which minutes were recorded.

As part of its work, the Board regularly visits Elekta’s larger units around the world. During the year, the Board traveled to Beijing, China, for a meeting concerning emerging markets, where the Board held meetings with external experts and advisors, as well as to Veenendaal, the Netherlands, for a meeting at Nucletron’s headquarters. Other meetings were held at the head office in Stockholm, all with Elekta’s General Counsel acting as secretary. Representatives from the Executive Committee and other managerial representatives regularly participated in Board meetings to report on issues relating to their respective areas during the year.

Rules of procedures for the board
Within the Board of Directors, there is no special distribution of responsibility among Board members except for the tasks that the Board has delegated to the Executive Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee. In addition to the division of responsibilities that generally apply under the Swedish Companies Act, Elekta’s articles of association and the Code, the work of the Board of Directors is regulated by its rules of procedure, which stipulate that the Board should, for example:

 
•       Hold at least seven ordinary meetings.
•       Resolve on 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 5 M if such matters are beyond the scope of approved investment budgets.
•       Decide on acquisitions of real estate, shares or the acquisition of operations in another company.
•       Decide on the establishment and capitalization of subsidiaries.
•       Resolve on the terms of employment for the CEO.
•       Resolve on the annual accounts and interim reports.
 
At the ordinary Board meetings, the following items should also be considered:
 
•       Report on the Group’s operations including financial management.
•       Report on extraordinary measures or events.
•       Development of major projects in progress and forecast business events.
•       Report on existing or potential legal disputes.

 

 

Members of the board elected by the 2012 Annual General Meeting

Akbar Seddigh

Akbar Seddigh

Born: 1943
Chairman and Member of the Board since 1998
Holdings*: 13,200 B-shares, 3,300 B-convertibles
Graduate Chemist, Marketing Specialist

Other board memberships:

Chairman of the Board: A+ Science Holding AB, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Innovationsbron AB and Sweden Bio
Member of the Board: Athera Biotechnologies AB and LSO (USA)

Hans Barella

Hans Barella

Born: 1943
Member of the Board since 2003
Holdings*: —
Former President and CEO of Philips Medical Systems
MSc

Other board memberships:

Chairman of the Board: Sapiens GmbH and Super Sonic
Imagine SA.
Member of the Board: Senator Group Consultancy and Investment BV

 

Luciano Cattani

Luciano Cattani

Born: 1945
Member of the Board since 2008
Holdings*: 4,000 B-shares, 1,000 B-convertibles
Interim CEO of Eucomed, Senior Advisor on Global Health Care to Private Equity Funds
Former Group President International and Former Executive Vice President International Public Affairs, Stryker Corporation
MBA

Other board memberships:

Member of the Board: Egea-Carpi and Sorin (both non-executive)

Birgitta Stymne Goransson

Birgitta Stymne Göransson

Born: 1957
Member of the Board since 2005
Holdings*: 7,600 B-shares, 1,900 B-convertibles
President and CEO Memira Holding AB
MSc and MBA

Other board memberships:

Chairman of the Board: Fryshuset Foundation.
Member of the Board: Arcus AS, Rhenman & Partners AB and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

Laurent Leksell

Laurent Leksell

Born: 1952
Member of the Board since 1972
Holdings*: 14,250,000 A-shares, 9,679,700 B-shares, 3,562,500 A-convertibles, 2,500,681 B-convertibles
Former President and CEO of Elekta AB, 1972–2005 and Executive Director since 2005
MBA, PhD Economics

Other board memberships:

Chairman of the Board: Stockholm City Mission.
Member of the Board: Sweden-China Trade Council, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Royal University College of Fine Arts

Siaou-Sze Lien

Siaou-Sze Lien

Born: 1950
Member of the Board since 2011
Holdings*: –
Former Managing Director of Hewlett Packard’s Asia-Pacifi c & Japan region
MSc

Other board memberships:

Luvata Holding, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), NTU’s Confucius Institute and Republic Polytechnic Singapore

Wolfgang Reim

Wolfgang Reim

Born: 1956
Member of the Board since 2011
Holdings*: –
Former CEO of Draeger Medical
PhD in physics

Other board memberships:

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Germany), GN Store Nord A/S (Denmark), Esaote S.p.A. (Italy), Sabir Medical (Spain)

Jan Secher

Jan Secher

Born: 1957
Member of the Board since 2010
Holdings*: 8,000 B-shares, 2,340 B-convertibles
Former CEO at Ferrostaal AG
MSc

Other board memberships:

Chairman of the Board: Peak Management AG

 

* Reflects own and related natural or legal holdings in the company according to the insider register held by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority per December 17, 2012.

Meeting attendance and fees for the Board of Directors 2011/12, SEK '000
SEK 000s Name Independent 1) Regular Remuneration Remuneration Compensation Committee Remuneration Audit Committee Attendance
Chairman: Akbar Seddigh yes 725 70 10/10

Members:














 

Hans Barella yes 330 150 10/10
Luciano Cattani yes 330 35 8/10
Birgitta Stymne Göransson yes 330 70 10/10
Laurent Leksell no 2) 10/10
Siaou-Sze Lien yes 330 6/10
Wolfgang Reim yes 330 6/10
Jan Secher yes 330 10/10
Total     2,705 105
290  

1) Independent in relation to Company and management as well as to major shareholders.
2) No remuneration is paid to members of the Board who are employed by the Company.

 

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