Board of Directors

The Board is currently composed of six ordinary members and one employee representative. The company’s Chief Executive Officer is to attend the Board meetings but is not a member of the Board. The statutory auditor of the company is to be invited to participate in Board meetings during which the annual report is to be discussed and must always participate in Board meetings during which decisions are to be taken regarding interim reports for the first six months and the annual accounts, respectively.

In addition to the meeting following election, the Board will meet at least six times per year.

Bob Persson

Chairman of the Board since 2011 and member of the Board since 2007, born in 1950.
Current role: Chair of the Board and partner in Persson Invest.
Previous professional experience: Various roles within Persson Invest, including as Group Chief Executive Officer.
Other board positions: Member of the Board of Volvofinans, NHP Eiendon and Bergvik Skog AB.
Education: Economics, Umeå University.
Independence: Independent of the company and in relation to owners
Shareholding in Diös Fastigheter: Indirect ownership of 20.7 million shares via the company AB Persson Invest. 300,000 directly-owned shares.

Ragnhild Backman

Member of the Board since 2011, born in 1963.
Current role: CEO Backmans Fastighetsutveckling AB.
Previous professional experience: Administrative Director, Piren.
Other board positions: Deputy Chair Fastighetsägarna MittNord and member of the Boards of Malux AB and Fastighetsägarna Sverige AB.
Education: Civil Engineer, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Independence: Independent of the company and its owners
Shareholding in Diös Fastigheter: 27,000 directly-owned shares.

Anders Nelson

Member of the Board since 2017, born in 1969.
Current role: Head of Business Development, Backahill AB
Previous professional experience: CEO Backahill AB, Sales and Marketing Perstorp AB, Product Manager Becton & Dickinson
Other board positions: External CEO for Båstadtennis & Hotell AB.
Education: BBA Management, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA.
Independence: Independent of the company and in relation to owners
Shareholding in Diös Fastigheter: Indirect ownership of 14.1 million shares via the company Backahill Inter AB. 2,900 directly-owned shares.

Eva Nygren

Member of the Board since 2018, born in 1955.
Current role: Senior advisor.
Previous professional experience: Director of Investment, Swedish Transport Administration, President and CEO of Rejlers and President of Sweco Sverige.
Other board positions: Chairperson of the Board of Brandkonsulten AB. Member of the Board of Uponor OY, Troax Group AB, Ballingslöv International AB, Nye Veier AS, Tyréns AB and NRC Group ASA. Previously served as Board member of the property company Norrporten.
Education: Architect of Chalmers University of Technology.
Independence: Independent of the company and its owners
Shareholding in Diös Fastigheter: 350 directly-owned shares, 1,150 shares owend via company

Peter Strand

Member of the Board since 2019, born in 1971.
Current role: Operative Chairman of the Board of Swedish Logistic Property AB and Mandiri AB.
Previous professional experience: CEO of real estate companies Victoria Park AB, Annehem Fastigheter AB and Tribona AB. Senior positions in real estate companies Drott and Akelius.
Other board positions: Chairman of the Board of Swedish Logistic Property AB and Mandiri AB. Member of the Board of Victoria Park AB, Fridam AB, BrainLit AB and Rosengård Fastigheters AB
Education: Master of Science in Engineering and technology from Lund University.
Independence: Independent of the company and its owners
Shareholding in Diös Fastigheter: 10,000

Tobias Lönnevall

Memeber of the Board since 2020, born in 1980.
Current role: Senior Investment Manager at Nordstjernan AB since 2009 with responsibility for several portfolio holdings
Previous professional experience: On behalf of Nordstjernan, Tobias has been Chairman of the Board of KMT Precision Grinding AB and Board member of Ramirent Plc
Other board positions: Board member of Attendo AB where he´s also chairman of investment committee and remuneration committee, and member of audit committee.
Education: M.Sc. in Business and Economics from Stockholm School of Economics.
Independence: Independent of the company and in relation to owners
Shareholding in Diös Fastigheter: Indirect ownership of 13.6 million shares via the company Nordstjernan AB.

Tomas Mellberg (employee representative)

Member of the Board (employee representative) since 2012, born in 1959.
Current role: Project controller, Diös
Previous professional experience: Internal auditor and Accounting manager Skanska, Financial Manager Hallström & Nisses Fastigheter and Norrviden Fastigheter.
Other board positions: None.
Education: Finance and Economics, Umeå University.
Independence: Dependent of the company and but not to its owners
Shareholding in Diös Fastigheter: 1,800 directly-owned shares