Board of Directors
The Board of Directors has general responsibility for Infinited Fiber Company’s governance and the appropriate organization of operations. The principal duty of the Board of Directors is to adopt the company’s strategy and to monitor its implementation.
Andreas Tallberg
Andreas Tallberg
Chairman of the Board of Directors, 2023-
b: 1963
M.Sc. (Econ.)
Finnish citizen
Key work experience:
CEO at Oy G.W. Sohlberg AB since 2007
Senior partner at EQT between 1996 and 2006
Business development for Nokia Corporation, Wilson Sporting Goods and Amer Group
Key positions of trust:
Chairman of the Board of CapMan Oyj 2017–2023
Chairman of the Board of Nissala Oy
Chairman of the Board of Mehiläinen
Chairman of the Board of Retta Group
Member of the Board of Rothschild Nordic AB
Senior Advisor of the Board of Altor
Javier Losada
Javier Losada
Member of the Board of Directors, 2024–
b. 1969
Master of Business Administration and Economics from the University of A Coruña (UDC)
Spanish citizen
Key work experience
• Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) at Inditex group since 2019
– Member of Inditex Group Management committee since 2022
• Head of Planning and Management Control at Inditex group between 2007 and 2019
– Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Inditex group between 1997 and 2007
Key positions of trust
– Member of the Committee of Ethics of Inditex group since 2019
– Chairman of the Board at Inditex renovables S.L since 2021
– Member of the Board, Uterque España, S.A., since 2015-2021
– Member of the Board, Lefties logistica S.A between 2008-2022
– Member of the Board, Uterque diseño S.L between 2015-2021
– Member of the Board, Inditex Re Limited between 2006-2007
Nakul Saran
Nakul Saran
Member of the Board of Directors, 2024–
b. 1981
Master of Science, Ocean Engineering and Master of Science, Engineering Management, Florida Institute of Technology
Dutch citizen
Key work experience
– Senior Director at TTY Management, since 2022
– Chief Operating Officer, Sea the Future at Minderoo Foundation between 2019 and 2022
– Chief Operating Officer, No Plastic Waste at Minderoo Foundation between 2019 and 2022
– Head of Special Projects and Sustainability; Senior Advisor at Tata Trusts between 2016 and 2018
– Senior Advisor at World Bank Group between 2016 and 2017
– Vice President at Fish Forever, Rare between 2014 and 2016
– Consultant at Ernst & Young between 2006 and 2007
– Research Engineer, Florida Institute of Tehcnology between 2003 and 2006
Key positions of trust.
– Member of the Board of Directors of Stichting Sea the Future from 2019 to 2022
Markus Mannström
Markus Mannström
Member of the Board of Directors, 2023-
b: 1963
M.Sc. Paper Technology
Finnish citizen
Key work experience:
Head of Operations, H2 Green Steel since 2023
Executive Vice President, Biomaterials Division, Stora Enso (Sweden) between 2017- 2021
Chief Technology Officer, Stora Enso (Finland) between 2015-2017
General Manager, Stora Enso Guangxi, (China) between 2012–2014
Different senior positions in Investments and Operations, Stora Enso (Finland) between 2001-2012
Key positions of trust:
Member of the Board of Silo AI, 2022 –
Chairman of the Board of Fintoil Oy, 2023 –
Laura Coppen
Laura Coppen
Member of the Board of Directors, 2023-
b: 1987
BA- Fashion Knitwear Design & Knitted Textiles, Executive master in Circular Economy
British citizen
Key work experience:
Investment Manager, H&M Group since 2023-
Head of Circularity, Zalando between 2021- 2023
Circular and Sustainable Business Development Lead / The Laboratory, H&M Group between 2017-2020
Creative Lab and Sustainable Innovation Research Manager at H&M Group 2016- 2017
Head of Knit Innovation and Sustainable Innovation Team Lead at H&M group 2014- 2016
Trend Developer and Team Manager between 2013-2014
Founder at Kahoko between 2013-2020
Li and Fund (Hong Kong), 2008-2013
Operations of the Board
The principal duty of the Board of Directors is to adopt the company’s strategy and to monitor its implementation to ensure that it enables the achievement of the financial targets and maximizes the shareholder value in the long run, while taking into consideration corporate social responsibility and the company’s various stakeholders.
The Board’s duties include approving the company’s financial statements and interim reports, and it decides on e.g, strategically or financially important investments and corporate transactions. It also approves and confirms the company’s policies and guidelines and appoints and dismisses the CEO.
The Board of Directors has drawn up a written charter, which defines its main tasks and operating principles.
Board composition
Infinited Fiber Company’s Board of Directors comprises no fewer than three (3) and no more than eight (8) ordinary members. The members of the Board are elected by the AGM, based on the proposal of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board.
The company’s Board of Directors must have sufficient expertise and as a collective must have requisite knowledge and experience in matters of the company’s industry and business. A person elected as a member of the Board must have the competence required by the position and the possibility to devote sufficient amount of time to perform the assignment, as well as be of good ethical standing.
Board Diversity
The Board has approved the Board of Directors’ Diversity Principles prepared by the Shareholders’ Nomination Board. The diversity of the Board is supported by experience from the international operating environment and relevant industries, as well as cultural knowledge and the consideration of age and gender distribution. The company’s long-term objective is to achieve a balanced representation of both genders in the Board of Directors.
Board Committees
Infinited Fiber’s Board of Directors has decided to establish an Audit Committee and has prepared a charter for it. In addition a Customer committee and a Technology committee will be established and charters prepared. The Board may establish other permanent committees from among its members and prepare written charters for each committee, as well as ad hoc committees in individual cases for the preparation of a specific matter. The Board of Directors elects the members of the Committee from among its members.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee assists the Board of Directors by concentrating on issues relating to the company’s financial reporting and internal control.
The Committee’s duties are to assess the compliance with laws and regulations and with rules, guidelines and recommendations given by authorities to the extent that they have an impact on the internal control, financial reporting, laws and regulations or on the assessment and control of risk management. The Committee’s duties and responsibilities are set out in the Audit Committee Charter.
Technology Committee
The Technology Committee is established for the purposes of handling Company’s patenting strategy , technology strategy and roadmaps.
Customer Committee
The customer Committee is established for the purposes of discussing matters involving Company’s customer pricing related information.