Styrelsen i VärmlandsMetanol/ Board of directors 2011-2012
CEO and Board of Directors
The CEO and driving force behind the project is Dr Björn Gillberg who has worked with R & D on gasification technology since 1975 in partnership with Arthur Tamplin, Ph.D., a noted biophysicist (former head of division at the Rand Corporation and Livermore Lawrence Radiation Laboratories, California and the Natural Resource Defense Council, Washington D.C.). Dr Gillberg has also successfully acted as Environmental Controller for two of the largest construction projects ever carried out in Scandinavia (such as the SEK 17 billion Öresunds Bridge between Sweden and Denmark, and the SEK 9 billion project City Tunnel in Malmö, Sweden). Dr Gillberg has received several honorary awards for his long lasting service to the environment such as the IKEA stitching foundation prize. In 1991 he was elected to the UN 500 Global Roll of Honor and in 1999 he received an honorary doctorate at Lund University, Sweden. Together with his wife, Marianne, Dr Gillberg owns 47 058 A-shares and controls 94 118 A-shares through the Miljöcentrum Foundation.
VärmlandsMetanol’s Board of Directors can show for an impressive track record. Members have been chosen based on their skills and major accomplishments in different sectors relevant to the project.
Chairman of the Board of Directors is the distinguished businessman and entrepreneur Lennart Björk. He started his career as an electro-engineer and then went on to create the highly successful clothing company GANT, which now has a global turnover of SEK 8 billion. In 2008 he sold the company but he has remained active in the company as Chairman of the Board, a position he also holds in the companies Boomerang and New Moon. Together with his wife Ulla, Lennart Björk owns 250 000 B-shares in VärmlandsMetnaol.
Other distinguished Members of the Board:
Dr. Wollmar Hintze - is a civil engineer with a broad experience as technical consultant and CEO. Between 1986-1997 he worked as CEO for Scandiaconsult Miljöteknik AB and then, 1997-2002, he served as Environment Director for Scandiaconsult Group. In 2002 he took up the position as Environment Director for the SEK 9 billion Citytunnel project in Malmö, Sweden. Dr Hintze also acts as an adviser to Tetra Pak on environmental issues relating to process technology. He owns 3 000 B-shares in VärmlandsMetanol.
Mr. Sture Sonebrink is an entrepreneur active in the forest industry. Mr Sonebrink is one of the co-founders of VärmlandsMetanol. He is also the owner of one of the largest private forest companies in the county of Värmland. Mr. Sonebrink owns personally and through his companies 94 118 A-shares and 6 033 B-shares in VärmlandsMetanol.
Dr Minna Gillberg* works as Strategic Adviser to VärmlandsMetanol. Dr Gillberg has served as adviser on sustainable development, renewable energy and climate change to the EU Environment Commissioner and Vice President of the European Commission, Margot Wallström and also to Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Norwegian Prime Minister and Special Climate Envoy to the UN General Secretary. Prior to these positions, she held a research fellowship at Oxford and Lund University and also worked as adviser to European Governments and corporations. Dr Gillberg owns 3 000 B-shares in VärmlandsMetanol.
*Deputy Board Member
The board of directors in VärmlandsMetanol 2011, from the left Wollmar Hintze, Minna Gillberg, Lennart Björk, Björn Gillberg och Sture Sonebrink.
Uppdaterad 2011-11-20