Management

Paynova Board

Björn Wahlgren
born 1944

Chairman of the board since May 2009

Experience: Björn Wahlgren was an associate of the Paynova management group earlier and has now taken up the role of CEO. Björn has extensive experience from finance, insurance and payment operations and was most recently national supervisor for First Data International in Sweden. First Data is one of the world’s leading independent suppliers of solutions for electronic payments, with over five million customers across the world. Prior to that, Björn was CEO of Eurocard, Rikskuponger and Gota Finans.

Shareholding: 442,925 shares
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Meg Tivéus,
born 1943

Board member since May 2010

Shareholding: 12 000 shares

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Yngve Andersson,
born 1944

Board member since May 2010

Shareholding: 100 000 shares

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Jan Lundblad, 
born 1963

Board member since May 2011

Shareholding: 0 shares

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Paynova management

Simon Thaning,
born 1970

CEO since May 2009 as well as
Marketing Director since September 2008

Experience: Former CEO at Internet consultants Milagro Business Partner 2005 – 2007, CEO within the A-Com Group (Site Management) 1998 – 2000, Business developer within Lowe Worldwide 1996 – 1998. Knowledge areas are media, Internet, advertising, business strategy and sales. Member of board in Managed Gaming Solutions Plc (MGS) since July 2008.

Shareholding: 45,000 shares
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Jan Benjaminson,
born 1958

Acting CFO since November 2011

Experience: Jan has a number of positions as CFO in various listed companies. For the last twenty five years Jan has worked within business such as telecom consulting, game development, mobile business, chipset development and media network transporting.

Jan has a degree from the University of Lund in Finance.

Shareholding: 0 shares
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Niklas Thurfjell
born 1964

Head of Sales since 2012

Experience: Niklas came to Paynova in February 2002 and has been Head of Business Development from December 2005 until December 2012 . Prior to joining Paynova, Niklas worked for Information Highway/Adcore where he was an IT management consultant. Niklas has also worked as project manager, product manager and technical sale support.

Shareholding: 0 shares
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Christopher Blomberg
born 1975

Risk and Security Manager since 2004

Experience: Christopher Blomberg was employed with Paynova in 2002. Prior to that he worked at various positions with Hagströmer & Qviberg Fund Commission, Credit department and Corporate Finance.

Shareholding: 89 412 shares
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