Management
Management team
Mattias Hjorth
CEO | Scandinavian Astor Group AB (publ)
Born: 1976
Experience: More than 25 years of experience in business and operational development, sales and technology in the IT and defence industry. Some of his previous positions include CEO of CAG Security and Senior Director of Business Development at Saab’s Surveillance, EW & Aircraft Systems division, where he was responsible for business development in the field of Electromagnetic Warfare.
Education: Mattias has a CISSP certification and has studied Msc Electrical engineering and applied physics at Linköping University.
Holdings in Astor Group: 27,810 shares and 250,000 warrants as part of employee incentive programme 2024/2028.
Wictor Billström
CFO | Scandinavian Astor Group AB (publ)
Born: 1982
Experience: Wictor Billström has more than 15 years of experience from finance, insurance and accounting in various roles at If Skadeförsäkring, Euler Hermes, SEB and Altris. Wictor was previously a board member of Astor Group and took the position as CFO in November 2023. Other assignments include Board member at Thulcandra Capital AB, Upgrade Invest Nordic AB and Nordic Shield Group.
Education: MSc in Business Adminstration and Economics from Stockholm University and an Investment Management Certificate from CFA UK
Holdings in Astor Group: 1,721,308 shares and 50,000 warrants as part of incentive programme 2022/2025 and 75,000 warrants as part of employee incentive programme 2024/2028.
Louise Åberg
COCO | Scandinavian Astor Group AB (publ)
Born: 1994
Experience: Louise has extensive experience in financial communication, corporate governance and change management in listed environments. Her previous roles include Lead Governance & Communication and Business Manager, where she successfully worked with strategic business development and internal and external communication.
Education: Louise has a Bachelors Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies and has also studied economics and organisational development at Lund University.
Holdings in Astor Group: 3,377 shares and 25,000 warrants as part of employee incentive programme 2024/2028.
Gabor Nagy
Head of Business Area: Astor Protect | Scandinavian Astor Group AB (publ)
Born: 1964
Experience: Over 30 years of experience in the Swedish Armed Forces, where he concluded his career as Brigadier General and Head of the Total Defense Department at the Defense Staff. His career in the Armed Forces also includes serving as the Joint Forces Air Component Commander, Wing Commander at F17 in Ronneby, and roles at the Ranger Regiment in Arvidsjaur. In recent years, he has worked as a senior consultant in security, procurement, and management at Rote Consulting AB. Other assignments include board member at Nordic Shield Group.
Education: Extensive educational background in defense and leadership, including multiple executive and staff courses from the Swedish Defense University.
Holdings in Astor Group: 8,766 shares.
Fredrik Lindblom
CEO | Marstrom Composite
Born: 1984
Experience: CEO of Marstrom Composite AB, previously Deputy CEO between 2021-2022, held the role of Production Manager for 10 years.
Education: Undergrad as a fine carpenter with a focus on boats.
Holdings in Astor Group: 10,000 shares and 150,000 warrants of incentive programme 2022/2025 and 66,000 warrants as part of employee incentive programme 2024/2028.
Jörgen Lindqvist
CEO | Mikroponent
Born: 1966
Experience: Jörgen Lindqvist has been CEO of Mikroponent since 2003. He was previously CEO of Calator-Ruckh AB (Gmbh), a company active in textile machinery manufacturing on a global scale. Jörgen Lindqvist has also been Business Controller at Emballator-Group consisting of 9 companies in 5 different countries, where he was responsible for business development, M&A process and financial control.
Education: MSc BA, University of Borås
Holdings in Astor Group: 76,500 shares and 66,000 warrants as part of employee incentive programme 2024/2028.
Fredrik Bergman
CEO | Oscilion
Born: 1967
Experience: Brigadier General (ret.) and CEO of Oscilion companies. Fredrik Bergman is an experienced leader with a solid background in both the Swedish Air Force and the civilian industry. Brigadier Fredrik Bergman’s most recent assignment was as Head of Test & Evaluation at the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV. After 35 years of military service, he retired from the Swedish Armed Forces in August 2022. After his military service, Fredrik was Commercial Director at Savback Helicopters.
Education: Graduate of the Swedish Defence University’s Command and Control Programme and Master’s Degree in Military Operational Art and Science from Air University in the USA.
Holdings in Astor Group: 22,700 shares and 66,000 warrants as part of employee incentive programme 2024/2028.
John Åhlund
CEO | Scandiflash
Born: 1975
Experience: John Åhlund is the CEO of Scandiflash and has been in the company since 2020. Previous positions includes program manager and head of R&D at Scienta Omicron, a company active in surface science and nanotechnology.
Education: PhD Physics, Uppsala University.
Holdings in Astor Group: 15,200 shares and 66,000 warrants as part of employee incentive programme 2024/2028.
Jon Henriksson
CEO | Airsafe Sweden
Born: 1978
Experience:Jon Henriksson has 20 years of sales experience in several different industries, which has given him a solid insight into customer-focused sales and building strategic partnerships. He has been at Airsafe Sweden since 2016, initially as Sales Manager, and as CEO since 2019. He also has a background as an IT consultant and registered real estate agent.
Education: BSc, Malmö University.
Holdings in Astor Group: 5,000 shares and 66,000 warrants as part of employee incentive programme 2024/2028.
Board of directors
Mats R Karlsson
Chairman of the board
Born: 1958
Experience: Mats R Karlsson is a graduate engineer in industrial economics and a business leader with extensive experience in entrepreneurship, company building and M&A. He has held senior positions at companies including Axel Johnson International, Munters and AxFlow. Mats is currently a board member of VBG Group, which is listed on Nasdaq OMX, Fergas Group and chairman of the board of Construction Equipment Group. Mats has practical experience of scaling up successful companies and has served on boards in some 20 countries. Currently, he works as an industrial advisor paired with board assignments in both listed and unlisted companies.
Education: Graduate engineer in industrial economics
Holdings in Astor Group: 22,246 shares.
Kristoffer Weywadt
Board member
Born: 1983
Experience: Kristoffer Weywadt works with strategy and business development at Rheinmetall Defence and has many years of experience in major international business. He also has previous experience from ABB, SAAB and the Swedish Armed Forces.
Education: MBA Quantic School of Business and Technology Quantic Business School (USA), MSc Electrical Engineering Chalmers University of Technology, Swedish Defence University – Officer in the reserve program.
Holdings in Astor Group: 72,953 shares.
Ola Alfredsson
Board member
Born: 1964
Experience: Ola Alfredsson has experience as VP Strategic Projects and Business Development Manager at MilDef Group AB, Sales Manager and CEO at Kockums AB and as Embassy Counsellor at the Swedish Embassy in Washington DC, USA.
Education: Systems engineering training at the Swedish Naval Officers’ Training College.
Holdings in Astor Group: 31,420 shares.
Lars Carlson
Board member
Born: 1959
Experience: Lars Carlson holds a degree in economics and has a background as CFO for over 35 years. During his time at AxFlow and Atle Industri, he ran both the CFO and M&A work very successfully.
Education: Degree in Economics.
Holdings in Astor Group: 10,800 shares.
Martin Elovsson
Board member
Born: 1974
Experience: Martin Elovsson has a background in various executive positions at Volvo Construction Equipment and as CEO for VEÅ AB. He is currently CEO for ScaffSense AB. He is currently a board member at Kebni AB, Växjö Energi AB and Växjö Energi Elnät AB.
Education: M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and a MBA in Business Administration from School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg.
Holdings in Astor Group: 63,500 shares.