Board of Directors

The Sinch Board of Directors is responsible for the organization of the Company and for supervising the management of its business and affairs.

Members of the board are elected annually by the annual general meeting after nomination from the nomination committee. According to the Articles of Association of the Company, the board of directors shall consist of not less than three and not more than ten members with a maximum of five deputy board members.

Erik Fröberg

Erik Fröberg

Born: 1957

Director of Sinch since: 2012, Chairman of the Board since 2015

Shareholding in Sinch (total, private & via companies): 1,773,970 privately held and an indirect holding through Neqst D2 AB

Warrants in Sinch: 0

Education: MSc in Engineering Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Principal Occupation: Partner and founder of Neqst

Experience: Executive Vice President Cap Gemini Sweden,  Executive Vice President LHS Group Inc., CEO at Digiquant Inc., Special Advisor at General Atlantic LP

Other significant directorships (company & position): Director of Digital Route AB and Varnish AB and chairman of Xlent AB and Netlight AB.

Dependency to the company and its major shareholders: No/Yes

Björn Zethraeus

Björn Zethraeus

Born: 1963

Director of Sinch since: 2017

Shareholding in Sinch (total, private & via companies): indirect holding through Neqst D2 AB

Warrants in Sinch: 0

Education: MSc Engineering, Institute of Technology at Linköping University

Principal Occupation: Corporate Development and Co-Founder of Sinch

Experience: Executive positions with Ericsson, co-founder of Ericsson IPX AB, co-founder of Sinch, management consultant and acting manager with various network operators and mobile marketing companies

Other significant directorships (company and position): None

Dependency on the company and its major shareholders: Yes/Yes

Bridget Cosgrave

Bridget Cosgrave

Born: 1961

Director of Sinch since: 2018

Shareholding in Sinch (total, private & via companies): 13,500

Warrants in Sinch: 0

Education: MBA from the London Business School, MSC from World Maritime University, BA (Hons) from Queen’s University, Canada

Principal Occupation: Independent consultant, Managing Director ADIMO srl

Experience: Founding CEO & Chair of BICS sa, SVP Enterprise Proximus, Deputy Director General ETSI, Director General Digital Europe, former non-executive director of S.E.S., Essilor, Eutelsat, Steria S.A. and Euskaltel

Other significant directorships (company and position): None

Dependency to the company and its major shareholders: No/No

Hudson Smith

Hudson Smith

Born: 1977

Director of Sinch since: 2022

Shareholding in Sinch (total, private & via companies): None

Warrants in Sinch: 0

Education: MBA, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, BS, Business Administration, Washington and Lee University.

Principal occupation: Partner, Thoma Bravo, Miami, Florida, USA.

Experience: Managing Director at HGGC, Consultant at Bain & Company, Analyst at Lincoln International.

Other significant directorships (company and position): Director of Magnet Forensics, Apryse, Greenphire, Cority, Veriforce, Nintex and Riskonnect

Dependency to the company and its major shareholders: No/No

Johan Stuart

Johan Stuart

Born: 1957

Director of Sinch since: 2015

Shareholding in Sinch (total, private & via companies): 90,000

Warrants in Sinch: 0

Education: MSc in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics

Principal Occupation: Directorships

Experience: CFO at Affibody Medical AB, Tradimus AB, XCounter AB, Hi3G Access AB, Utfors AB, ASG AB and companies within the Axel Johnson Group

Other significant directorships (company and position): Director of Digital Route AB and Best Practice Scandinavia AB.

Dependency to the company and its major shareholders: No/No

Renée Robinson Strömberg

Renée Robinson Strömberg

Born: 1970

Director of Sinch since: 2017

Shareholding in Sinch (total, private & via companies): 340

Warrants in Sinch: 0

Education: Degree in Chinese Studies and Economics from Kalamazoo College and an MBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.

Principal Occupation: Founder and CEO of Shiny Thing AB.

Experience: More than 25 years of experience in the international high-tech industry including Drutt (acquired by Ericsson) and Tail-f Systems (acquired by Cisco).

Other significant directorships (company and position): Director of Funnel AB

Dependency to the company and its major shareholders: No/No

 

 

Please note that the number of shares and warrants reported here are as per 1 January, 2024