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Management Team

David Pagels

Born 1968. Swedish citizen. CEO since 2022. 

Education: Executive MBA from Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Luleå, Sweden and B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Växjö, Sweden.

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

Holdings in Cavotec: 750,000 shares and 1,500,000 call options issued by Bure Equity AB.

Joakim

Born 1977. Swedish citizen. CFO since May 2023.

Education: M.Sc. in Business Administration from Linköping University, Sweden and Executive Education from Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

Previous assignments: Managing Director Financial Services Russia at Scania, CFO Russia & Central Asia at Scania, CFO Hong Kong at Scania.

Holdings in Cavotec: 75,000 shares and 150,000 call options issued by Bure Equity AB.

Patrick

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

Education: MBA from HEC School of Business in Paris, France and B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

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

Holdings in Cavotec: 10,000 shares.

Patrick

Born 1962. Belgian citizen. Senior Vice President, Product Management and Chief Technology Officer since 2025.  

Education: M.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Previous assignments: Head of Ports & Maritime Division 2019-2024. Vice President EMEA at Harsco Rail. Prior to this, he was Vice President of Sales & Business Development at GKN Land Systems, President EMEIA at Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, and held various leadership positions at General Electric.

Holdings in Cavotec: 18,950 shares.

Jonathan Eriksson

Born 1992. Swedish citizen. Senior Vice President and Head of Industry Division since 2025.

Education: M.Sc. in Industrial Management and Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

Previous assignments: Senior positions at Cavotec such as Vice President of the Industry Division, Vice President and Head of Business Development and Project Director, Global Operations. Prior to joining Cavotec in 2020, he served among all as a management consultant at Roland Berger and project leader at Atlas Copco Industrial Technique.

Holdings in Cavotec: 12,500 shares through pension scheme.

Nicklas Vedin

Born 1991. Swedish citizen. Senior Vice President and Head of Ports & Maritime Division since 2025.

Education: M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linköping University, Sweden.

Previous assignments: Senior positions at Cavotec such as Vice President of Sales in the Ports & Maritime Division and Vice President, Product Management for MoorMaster. Prior to joining Cavotec in 2018, he served as a management consultant at Ericsson in Sweden and the US.

Holdings in Cavotec: 10,000 shares.

Jörgen Ohlsson

Born 1970. Swedish citizen. Senior VP Global Operations since August 2023.

Education: M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Linné university in Kalmar, Sweden.

Previous assignments: Production Director for Xylem site in Emmaboda, Sweden. Strategic Sourcing within Ericsson and before that several positions within Bombardier, both in production and sourcing.

Holdings in Cavotec: 1,095 shares.

Vanessa

Born 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.

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.

Holdings  in Cavotec: -