Board of Directors

Finn Johnsson
Chairman since 2021

Finn Johnsson holds a degree from the Stockholm School of Economics and since his graduation held different positions in the Swedish farmer association and later in Swedish Match. His first position as Managing Director/CEO was for Arenco AB. Over the years, Finn worked as Managing Director/CEO in companies like Tarkett AB, Stora Enso, Euroc AB, Mölnlycke Health AB and Guinness, and was appointed chairman of various companies such as West Sweden Chamber of Commerce, EFG European Furnoture Group AB, Ovako AB, AB Geveko, Luvata, Nordic Capital, City Airline, Klövern and AB Volvo. He has been a board member in many nordic companies and is still an active board member in Energifonden Sverige AB, EFG European Furniture Group AB and Powerboat AB, and chairman of Carlsquare AB and Thomas Concrete Group AB, inter alia.

Shareholding in CISH as of June 13, 2023

Independent in relation to the Company, the management and major shareholders

Christian Zahler
Board member and CEO of CISH AB since 2018

Christian Zahler has a Master’s degree in physics from the University of Freiburg. Working in the field of solar thermal technologies for about 30 years, he started his “solar career” at the Fraunhofer ISE in Freiburg. Later, he moved on to work at research institutes in Portugal and Norway. In 1999, he returned to Freiburg and joined PSE AG, where he was responsible for the solar thermal department. In 2008, Christian and Tobias Schwind jointly founded Industrial Solar.

Shareholding in CISH as of June 13, 2023
1,120,373

Not independent in relation to the Company and the management, independent in relation to major shareholders

Marie-Louise Olsson Dawwas
Board member since 2022

Marie-Louise Olsson Dawwas is a managing partner in Tectus Development LLC (New York) as well as a board member of Assindia AB (Sweden) and Al Muwathaba PSC (Jordan). She holds a BSc from the University of Nevada LV in hospitality management at the University of Nevada LV, in addition to a degree in interior design from Parsons School of Design in New York. Marie-Louise has been active in the field of concept design and development for commercial real estate in Sweden and the U.S. since 2003. She leads the Assindia Group of companies’ initiative in sustainable investment and development.

Shareholding in CISH as of June 13, 2023

Independent in relation to the Company and the management, not independent in relation to major shareholders

Dr. Korbinian Kramer
Board member since 2022

Dr. Korbinian Kramer is the Head of Group “Characterization, Testing and Quality Assurance” at the Thermal Systems and Buildings Technologies Division at Fraunhofer ISE, as well as the Director of “TestLab Solar Thermal Systems”, and the Director of the accredited “TestLab Heat Pumps and Chillers”. He holds a Doctorate degree from Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg (Germany), Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, as well as a Diploma in Environmental and Process Engineering. Dr. Kramer is lecturer in international master courses on solar thermal energy conversion and has published over 50 scientific reviewed paper, book contributions and conference presentations. He is technical consultant to the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF/SHE) and in the scientific board of conferences like ISES Solar World Congress. He is recently chairing the ISO Standardisation committee and won the international Mission Innovation Champions Award in 2019.

Shareholding in CISH as of June 13, 2023

Independent in relation to the Company, the management and major shareholders

Markus Augustsson
Board member since 2020

Markus Augustsson holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Lund University and has studied mathematics, philo-sophy and pro-gramming at Linköping University. Markus has worked in the financial sector since 2008. At Nordea Markets, he worked with equities and derivatives trading. Today, Markus is Head of Equity Research at Carlsquare, a financial advisor with offices in Stockholm, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, London and Copenhagen.

Shareholding in CISH as of June 13, 2023

Independent in relation to the Company, the management and major shareholders

Rebecca Schwantes
Board member since 2023

Rebecca Schwantes graduated from Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences with a Dipl. Ing. (FH) in mechanical engineering and continued her studies at the Technische Universität Braunschweig with a M.Sc. in Sustainable Management and Protection of Water while working in the membrane distillation research department of the Fraunhofer ISE in Freiburg, Germany. In 2014, she shifted from the Institute to the Spin-Off Company SolarSpring GmbH as a researcher and project manager, and from September 2023 onwards as Managing Director.

Shareholding in CISH as of June 13, 2023
21,861

Not independent in relation to the Company and the management, independent in relation to major shareholders