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Cavotec Management Team

David Pagels

Born 1968. Swedish citizen. CEO since 2022. 

Education: David Pagels holds an Executive MBA from Stockholm School of Economics, a M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from University of Luleå and a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from University of Växjö.

Other current assignments: Board Member of Watersprint AB.

Resent previous assignments: CEO of Dellner Couplers, Head of Global Sourcing at Xylem Europe GmbH and Director Strategic Sourcing at Bombardier Transportation.

Shareholding in the Company: David Pagels holds 750,000 shares in Cavotec and 1,500,000 call options issued by Bure Equity AB.

Patrick

Born 1971. Canadian and French citizen. President Services Division since 2018.

Education: Patrick Baudin holds an MBA from HEC School of Business, Paris (France) and a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, Montreal (Canada).

Other current assignments: –

Resent previous assignments: President and member of the Board of Directors of GE Renewable Energy Canada Inc.

Shareholding in the Company: Patrick Baudin holds 5,000 shares and no warrants in the Company.

Glenn Withers

Born 1967. New Zealand citizen. CFO since 2019.

Education: Glenn Withers holds a degree in commerce from the University of Auckland.

Other current assignments: –

Resent previous assignments: CFO of Rolls-Royce Marine Services, CFO of Quant AB.

Shareholding in the Company: Glenn Withers does not hold any shares or warrants in the Company.

Mares

Born 1962. Belgian citizen. Division President, Ports & Maritime since 2019. 

Education: Patrick holds a master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Other current assignments: –

Recent previous assignments: Vice-President EMEA at Harsco Rail, Vice-President of Sales & Business Development at GKN Land Systems, President Security Technologies EMEA at Ingersoll Rand.

Shareholding in the Company: Patrick Mares owns 18,950 shares and no warrants in the Company.

Vanessa

Born in Rome (Italy) on June 1982 Italian citizen. Group General Counsel & Group Compliance Officer since 2020. Chief Legal & Human Resources Officer since 2023. 

Education: Vanessa Tisci  is admitted to practice law in New York and Italy. She attended the Universities of Bologna and Milan, and holds a master degree in Law from Stanford Law School.

Other current assignments: -

Resent previous assignments: Formerly Vanessa was the Head of Legal of The SCP Group and prior to that she has worked as Senior International Counsel for Walgreens Boots Alliance. Vanessa is a New York qualified attorney and has worked for major US law firms as corporate lawyer.

Shareholding in the Company: Vanessa Tisci does not hold any shares or warrants in the Company.

memed

Born 1977. Swiss citizen. Group Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer since 2019. 

Education: Memed Üzel holds a Masters of Business Administration from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and a Industrial Engineering degree from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania USA.

Other current assignments: –

Resent previous assignments: Global Commercial Excellence Director at Connected Building, Honeywell and Commercial Excellence Business Partner, Sales Excellence Programs Manager EMEA and Pricing & Sales Force Effectiveness Manager EMEA at Medtronic.

Shareholding in the Company: Memed Üzel 5,000 shares and no warrants in the Company.

Simone Sguizzardi

Born 1974, Italian and German citizen. President Industry Division since 2022. 

Education: Simone Sguizzardi holds an Executive MBA from Hult / Ashridge in London and a degree in Commerce and Economic History from University of Bologna (ITA). 

Recent previous assignments: Director Western Europe at UTA / Edenred , Export Director at Mapco GmbH.

Shareholding in the Company: Simone Sguizzardi holds no shares and no warrants in the Company.