Management Team for the combined company Permascand and Magneto Special Anodes

Background: Prior to his current role, Lars has held several positions at Permascand, including Business Development Manager and Business Manager at EctoSys. In addition, Lars was Business Manager at EctoSys at RWO GmbH between 2007 and 2013. </p> <p>Current positions: Member of the board of Hussborg Microbrewery AB.

David Ekberg

CEO

Born: 1975

Education: Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

Background: David Ekberg is a highly experienced General Manager with 25+ years’ experience in the Industrial and Telco sectors with leading positions ranging from small start-up to very large global companies. David has a background from Ericsson where he worked with a wider range of roles including VP Commercial Management, after that he were CFO / COO at Climeon AB and had leading positions including EVP for Packaging solutions at Stora Enso AB.

Education: Lena Oskarsson Engberg holds a degree in human resources from Företagsekonomiska Institutet (FEI).</p> <p>Background: Prior to joining Permascand, Lena held the position as HR Specialist at Samhall AB. Prior to this, she worked as HR Business Partner at Permobil AB and as HR-partner at IF Skadeförsäkring AB.

Walter Anwander

Deputy CEO

Born: 1969

Education: Ph.D. Process Engineering, M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, M.Sc. Technical Chemistry.

Background: More than 30 years of industry experience from VA Tech Wabag, Siemens Water Evoqua and Magneto. Most recently he held the position as CEO Magneto Global and prior to that he was MD for Evoqua Italy, Head of Industrial Solutions Euope and Operations Director International.

Before joining Permascand, Linda Ekman held the position as CFO at NP3 Fastigheter AB. Prior to this, she held the position as Controller Group Finance at Permobil.

Linda Ekman

Interim CFO

Born: 1979

Education: Linda Ekman holds a Master’s degree in Business and Economics from Uppsala University. 

Background: Before joining Permascand, Linda held the position as CFO at NP3 Fastigheter AB. Prior to this, she held the position as Controller Group Finance at Permobil.

Background: For the past 18 years, Fredrik has held various positions within Permascand, including CEO of Permascand AB. Prior to joining Permascand, Fredrik held the position as Group Manager at Eka Chemicals R&D Sundsvall.</p> <p>Current positions: Member of the board of directors of SEKAB BioFuels & Chemicals AB, SEKAB E-Technology AB and 5J Holding AB.

Fredrik Herlitz

Chief Growth Officer

Born: 1966

Education: Fredrik Herlitz holds a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Background: For the past 18 years, Fredrik has held various positions within Permascand, including CEO of Permascand AB. Prior to joining Permascand, Fredrik held the position as Group Manager at Eka Chemicals R&D Sundsvall.

Nariman Askarieh most recent role was Nordic Commercial Director at the global medical technology company Stryker and he has about twenty years of experience in leadership positions in multinational companies such as Stryker, Philips Health Systems, Ericsson, and Tetra Pak.

Erik Pedersen

Chief Transformation Officer

Born: 1983 

Education: Masters degrees in Financial analysis and accounting (MSc) from Stockholm School of Economic and Law (LLM) from Lund university.

Background: Management consultant, Partner at Bain & Company, focusing on growth transformation, sustainability, and strategy. Predominantly in advanced manufacturing, energy and B2B service sectors across all continents.

Education: Jens Michael Povlsen holds a bachelor in science degree in environmental science from University of Stirling.</p> <p>Background: For the past three years Jens Michael has been part of the management team at Permascand in the role of QHSE manager. Jens Michael has a background in environmental policymaking, environmental regulations and enforcement in Denmark and Scotland. His primary focus has been in the areas of industrial and waste regulations which has clarified the role industry has in transitioning the economy to a more sustainable model via innovative solutions in products and processes.

Jia Yin Wang

GM APAC

Born: 1986

Education: MBA, Bachelor of Mechanical and Electronic engineering

Background: More than 16 years of industry experience from Grundfos, DeNora, Evoqua and Magneto. Most recently he held the position as General Manager Magneto China and prior to that he was Sales Director for Evoqua Greater China.