Management and Organization

Management
and organization

SSC's space services are carried out by five divisions, led by CEO and her staff under the SSC board; Connect, Orbital Launch & Rocket Test (OLRT), Science Services, Engineering Services, and New Ventures.

Board of Directors

Board members elected by the Extraordinary General Meeting on 3 December, 2024

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Anne Gynnerstedt

Chair of the Board

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Gunnar Karlson

Member of the Board

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Lotta Mellström

Member of the Board

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Maria Palm

Member of the Board

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Joakim Reiter

Member of the Board

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Gunilla Rudebjer

Member of the Board

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Joakim Westh

Member of the Board

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Alf Vaernéus

Member of the Board, Employee representative

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Petra Keiser

Member of the Board, Employee Representative

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Martin Cousins

Alternate Member of the Board, Employee Representative

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Björn Johansson

Alternate Member of the Board, Employee Representative

Anne Gynnerstedt

Elected

2024

Born

1957

Position

SVP, General Counsel, Corporate Security & Resilience at Vattenfall

Background

LLB, SVP, General Counsel SAAB AB

Other assignments

Board Member at SVT and Enea AB.

Gunnar Karlson

Elected

2020

Born

1958

Position

Gunnar Karlson consulting AB. Major General of the Reserve. Investigator for the Swedish Armed Forces

Background

Director of Military Intelligence and Security 2012-2019. Military Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Military Representative to NATO and WEU

Other assignments

Board Member Statens Servicecenter

Lotta Mellström

Elected

2024

Born

1970

Position

Deputy Director and Investment Director at the Ministry of Finance

Background

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Economics at Lund University

Other assignments

Board member at Jernhusen AB and LKAB

Maria Palm

Elected

2016

Born

1965

Position

Partner at L.E.K. Consulting

Background

MSc in Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics, Earlier British Telecom

Joakim Reiter

Elected

2020

Born

1974

Position

Chief External and Corporate Affairs Office, Vodafone Group

Background

M.A. in Political Science, MSc., Ambassador, Deputy Director General and Head of Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (DSG-UNCTAD). European Commission

Gunilla Rudebjer

Elected

2021

Born

1959

Position

M.Sc. in Business and Economics from Stockholm School of Economics, CFO Scandic Hotels Group AB, CFO Cision AB, CFO Mandator AB, CFO Parks & Resorts Scandinavia AB, CFO TUI Nordic Holding AB

Background

Board member SkiStar AB, Ambea AB, NCAB Group AB and Oriflame Holding AG. Investment Committee member Cinder Invest AB

Joakim Westh

Elected

2024

Born

1961

Position

The founder of Absolent AB and Absolent Air Care Group AB

Background

M.Sc. in Aeronautics at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Chair of EMA Technology and Absolent Air Care Group. Board member of Swedish Match, Arcam, Intrum, Rörvik Timber, Telelogic, VKR Holding and CGI Group. Deputy board member of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. Senior Vice President of Group Function Strategy and Operational Excellence and member of Group Management at LM Ericsson. Group Vice President and member of the Executive Management Group at Assa Abloy. Partner at McKinsey & Co.

Other assignments

Chair of Amexci. Board member of Saab. Board member of Absolent Air Care Group.

Alf Vaernéus

Elected

2017

Born

1977

Position

Project Manager, Payloads & Flight Systems, Employed since 2007

Background

Space Engineer

Petra Keiser

Elected

2024

Born

1992

Position

Flight Safety Engineer, Orbital Launch & Rocket Test. Employed since 2021.

Background

Applied Mathematician

Martin Cousins

Elected

2024

Position

Project Manager, Ground Systems Infrastructure Establishment

Background

MSc in Civil Engineering, KTH

Björn Johansson

Elected

2023

Position

Solution architect

Executive Committee

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Charlotta Sund

President and Chief Executive Officer

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Carina Aspenberg

Senior Vice President and Head of Communications

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Robert Burning

Chief Financial Officer

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Nathalie Fortier

President Engineering Services

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Martin Lindecrantz

Chief Human Resources Officer

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Linda Lyckman

Senior Vice President and Head of US Growth

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Andreas Nordin

Chief Information Officer

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Lennart Poromaa

Head of Esrange Space Center

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Nicholas Priborsky

President Connect

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Emma Stenholm

Chief Security Officer

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Ulrika Unell

President Orbital Launch and Rocket Test

Charlotta Sund

Employed since

2023

Born

1963

Background

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering & Management from Linköping University. Was appointed an honorary Doctor of Technology at Linköping University in April 2023. Several senior positions at Ericsson, a global telecom group, President and CEO of Tekniska verken in Linköping 2018-2023

Other assignments

Board assignments for Swedish companies Enea and Hexatronic.

Carina Aspenberg

Born

1970

Employed since

2024

Background

Msc of Science in Business Administration and Economics, from Stockholm School of Economics. Most recently, she was Head of Corporate Communications at Alleima. Before that, she was Head of Communications at Linde Northern Europe, and has held various leading positions within communications at Sandvik.

Robert Burning

Employed since

2024

Born

1979

Background

MSc. Business and Economics, Uppsala University. Earlier Head of Finance Business Line Neuro and Region Europe Elekta.

Nathalie Fortier

Born

1977

Employed since

2001

Background

General Engineering

Martin Lindecrantz

Born

1980

Employed since

2023

Background

Master of Science in Business and Economics, Uppsala University. Earlier Executive Vice President People & Culture and Sustainability for the Dustin Group and a variety of executive HR and sustainability roles in Afry and Accenture.

Linda Lyckman

Born

1973

Employed since

2018

Background

Space Engineer Umeå and Luleå University of Technology . Earlier at Kongsberg Satellite Services as well as different positions at SSC

Andreas Nordin

Employed since

2022

Born

1971

Background

BSc in Business Administration, International University of Monaco and Information & Electronic Data Processing, University of Stockholm. Previously served as Head of Digital & Strategy at AcadeMedia, and prior to that over 20 years of IT leadership experience from various roles at Intel Corporation.

Lennart Poromaa

Born

1966

Employed since

1988

Background

Space Engineer. Different positions within SSC: Head of Sounding Rocket and Balloon Department, Responsible for management and start-up of a new department at RFN, Vidsel, Head of Range Instrumentation at Esrange Space Center.

Nicholas Priborsky

Born

1973

Employed since

2004

Background

Aerospace Systems Engineer

Emma Stenholm

Born

1978

Employed since

2024

Background

Educated at the Swedish Police Academy and internally at the Swedish Police Force. Previously Director of Security & Resilience at Vattenfall Group, a Swedish state-owned energy company, and Head of Corporate Security with Ericsson, a multinational company within the Telecom industry

Ulrika Unell

Born

1968

Employed since

2024

Background

Master’s degree in applied physics and electrical engineering from The Institute of Technology at Linköping University. Earlier Head of Strategy, Business Development and Public Affairs at Tekniska verken in Linköping, various positions within Ericsson, CEO of Lärandegruppen and research engineer at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Since 2017, a board member at Linköping University.