Board of Directors

STEFAN PERSSON Chairman of the Board. Born 1947.

1969–1973 Stockholm University and Lund University. 1976–1982 Country Manager for H&M in the UK and responsible for H&M’s expansion abroad. 1982–1998 President and CEO of H&M. 1998–2020 Chairman of the Board at H&M.

Other board positions in family companies. ELISABETH TAMM Board member. Born 1947.

Elisabeth has degrees in law and business administration from Uppsala University. After a period as a notary she was employed at the Swedish Tax Agency in Stockholm. She has also been head of tax and family law at Carnegie and Ålandsbanken.

Elisabeth is chair of or holds other positions of responsibility at a number of foundations, including the Alba Langenskiöld Foundation that is associated with publishing house Langenskiöld, the Foundation for the Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, the Tranås Säteri Foundation and Sällskapet för Makarna Malmqvists minne. CHARLOTTE SÖDERSTRÖM Board member. Born 1977.

Charlotte read market economics at IIU. Up until the age of 21 she was active as a competition rider in equestrian sports and today she runs the Stuteri Arch stud farm in Skåne in Southern Sweden. The stud farm breeds, trains and sells jumping horses and in 2018 the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (Fédération Equestre Internationale – FEI) named her as its Owner of the Year. Charlotte is also project manager for the sponsorship project H&M Loves Horses.

Board member at family companies and of Haga Gårdsförvaltning.

SIGBRIT FRANKE Board member. Born 1942.

Sigbrit completed a doctorate in 1975 at the Department of Education at Umeå University. In 1978 she became a lecturer and in 1982 a professor of education. For the 1987/1988 academic year she was a guest professor at UC Berkeley. Sigbrit was appointed vice-chancellor of Umeå University in 1992 and in 1999 became head of the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education.

Board positions: Socialvetenskapliga forskningsrådet (SFR) (Swedish Research Council for Social Sciences); Stiftelsen för miljöstrategisk forskning (MISTRA) (Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research); Utbildningsvetenskapliga kommittén, Vetenskapsrådet (chair) (the Swedish Research Council’s Committee for Educational Sciences); Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv och socialvetenskap (FAS) (Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare); the Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center at Karolinska Institutet; Akademiska Hus (state-owned property company for universities and colleges); Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern (the Royal Dramatic Theatre) (chair); Lifco AB; the Supreme Education Council, Qatar; the educational and cultural foundation Längmanska kulturfonden (chair); Erik och Göran Ennerfelts stiftelse (a foundation that supports international study for young people); Stenas stiftelse för kultur och forskning (the Sten A Olsson Foundation for Research and Culture) (chair of the Donations Committee); Umeå University (UmU); Gymnastik och Idrottshögskolan (the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences). Senior advisor to the management of Stockholm University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Umeå University and the University of Skövde.Special commissioner: En ny lärarutbildning. TOM PERSSON Board member. Born 1985.

From 2008 to 2016 Tom studied at the European Business School and Metropolitan Film School in London. He subsequently worked on the production and financing of TV and film projects. Since 2016 Tom has run the investment company CoMade, operating in the media industry. Alongside his own company he works with around 10 other companies in film, television and sound.

Board member at family companies as well as, among others, the boards of Breakable Films AB, Unlimited stories AB, Soundtelling, Art & Bob AB and Naudio AB. MARI-ANNE CRONSIOE OREFORS Co-opted board member. Born 1957.

Mari-Anne has a degree in economics from Stockholm University. After graduating she worked for five years in H&M’s buying department. From 1985 to 2020 Mari-Anne had a key role at the Ramsbury family office as accounts and administrative manager. Mari-Anne was involved in the formation of the Erling-Persson Foundation and has also been part of the H&M Foundation since it was established in 2007.

Mari-Anne is on the board of the H&M Foundation and has been responsible for running the accounting and administrative side of the Erling-Persson Foundation during its first 20 years.