Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit Committee
Appointed: Chairman and member of the Board since 2015
Nationality: Swedish citizen
Born: 1954
Independence: Independent of the Company, management and major shareholders.
Education: BA in languages and literature from Stockholm University, and an MBA from Stockholm School of Economics.
Previous experience and other significant positions: Lars O Grönstedt spent most of his professional life at the Swedish bank Handelsbanken. He was CEO of the bank between 2001–2006, and Chairman of the Board between 2006–2008. Today he is, among other things, Chairman of the housing association Blå. Tornet, member of the board in the Fabius group of companies, speaker of the body of elected representatives at SEB Trygg Liv, and council member Global Access Partners, Australia.

Member of the Remuneration Committee
Appointed: Member of the Board since 2015
Nationality: Swedish citizen
Born: 1969
Independence: Independent of the Company, management
and major shareholders.
Education: Graduate of Stockholm University and a Master of Finance from London Business School.
Previous experience and other significant positions: Between 1994 and 2000, Per Brilioth was head of the Emerging Markets section at the Swedish investment bank Hagströmer & Qviberg and he has worked close to the Russian stock market for a number of years. Since 2001, he is the Managing Director of VNV Global AB. He is the Chairman of the board of Pomegranate Investment AB and member of the board of VNV Global AB, Kontakt East Holding AB, NMS Invest AB and Voi Technology AB.

Appointed: Member of the Board since 2020
Nationality: US citizen
Born: 1976
Independence: Independent of the Company, management, and major shareholders.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Economics, with concentrations in Finance and Operations & Information Management from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Previous experience and other significant positions: Allison Goldberg is currently Managing Partner at Comcast Ventures, the venture capital arm of Comcast Corporation. She is also a Venture Partner at the venture capital fund Saints Capital Media Ventures, a media and technology fund. Prior to this, she was a Partner at the venture capital fund Advancit Capital, focusing on early-stage investments in consumer and media technology companies. Previously, she has also served as Group Managing Director & SVP of Time Warner Investments, where she ran the group focused on investments in private companies, worked as an investment Associate at Groupe Arnault and she started her career in the Global Media Group, Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley. Allison Goldberg is a board member of YieldMo and Proletariat and is an advisor to Bustle Digital Group, the largest female-focused digital media company.

Appointed: Member of the Board since 2015
Nationality: Irish citizen
Born: 1975
Independence: Not independent of the Company and management but independent of major shareholders.
Education: Degree in B. Comm International (French) from University College Dublin, Ireland.
Previous experience and other significant positions: David Nangle has spent his career focusing on emerging markets and within that the financial services sector. He was part of ING Baring’s Emerging Markets Research team between 2000 and 2006, after which he spent nearly 10 years with Renaissance Capital in both Moscow and London and has helped the firm develop and grow their financials and broader research footprint from a strong Russia base to a leading EM and frontiers franchise.

Chairman of the Audit Committee
Appointed: Member of the Board since 2021
Nationality: Finnish citizen
Born: 1969
Independence: Independent of the Company, management and of major shareholders.
Education: Master in economics from the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration.
Previous experience and other significant positions: She began her career in 1995 at Merita Bank in Russia, where she was Vice President and Chief Representative of the St. Petersburg office and until 2007 had a number of different senior managerial roles in the financial services industry at companies such as SEB, Nordea and at FIM Group (later Glitnir Banki Hf) based in Russia, Poland and Baltics. Between 2007-2019, Hanna worked at East Capital where she held various positions, including responsibility for East Capital’s Russian private equity business. She has extensive board experience and is currently a board member of Finnfund Oy, a Finnish state-owned development financier, LSE listed Bank of Georgia Group PLC, Societe Generale’s Russian subsidiary Rosbank and T&B Capital Oy.

Appointed: Member of the Board since 2023
Nationality: German citizen
Born: 1983
Independence: Independent of the Company, management, and major shareholders.
Education: Dual degree program, a Diploma (FH) in International Business and BSc in International Business, at the European School of Business (ESB) in Germany and at Northeastern University in Boston.
Previous experience and other significant positions: Katharina joined the international management and consulting firm McKinsey & Company in October 2006 and worked as Engagement and Senior Project Manager at the firm, advising large European universal and private banks on asset management and private banking, pricing, advisory concepts, and lean transformation. After seven years at McKinsey she joined the management team of Raisin GmbH, a Berlin based fintech, as Raisin’s Head of Europe and later Head of Distribution as well. In February 2020, she was appointed as VP Europe and in June 2021 Managing Director. Since May 2022, Katharina serves as Chief Client Officer and Managing Director, responsible for Raisin’s B2C business (DACH/EU), customer service, operations (banks and servicing partners) as well as communications and PR.

Born: 1975
Appointed: Member of the Board since 2015
Independence: Not independent of the Company and management but independent of major shareholders.
Education: Degree in B. Comm International (French) from University College Dublin, Ireland.
Previous experience and other significant positions: David Nangle has spent his career focusing on emerging markets and within that the financial services sector. He was part of ING Baring’s Emerging Markets Research team between 2000 and 2006, after which he spent nearly 10 years with Renaissance Capital in both Moscow and London, as head of financials and research overall. He helped the firm develop and grow their financials and broader research footprint from a strong Russia base to a leading EM and frontiers franchise.
Having had a front row seat in the evolution of the financials sector across emerging markets since the late 90’s, in 2015, he left the world of investment banking and co-founded VEF to back founders building the next generation of financial services firms across the emerging world.

Henrik Stenlund is CFO and Head of IR at VEF. Previously in his career, Henrik held a number of senior positions within the Modern Times Group (MTG), most recently as CEO of the production companies Strix Television AB and Strix Drama. Prior to becoming CFO of VEF, Henrik shared his time between Pomegranate Investment AB, VNV Global and VEF. He holds a M.Sc in Business and Economics.

Alexis is the CIO at VEF where he primarily focuses on sourcing new investment opportunities and assists with portfolio management. Prior to joining VEF Alexis was a partner at Skyline Capital Management, an emerging market focused hedge fund, where he invested across the region for 5 years. Before joining the world of finance Alexis was a successful entrepreneur. He holds a BA in Business Finance from Durham University and an MSc in Quantitative Finance from Cass Business School.

Helena Caan Mattsson is the General Counsel and Head of Sustainability of VEF. She has an extensive background in M&A and corporate law from several law firms in Sweden and abroad. Most recently, Helena held the position of Associate at the law firm Cederquist in Stockholm. Previously, Helena has held positions at the law firms Baker & McKenzie in Sydney, Australia and Roschier in Stockholm, focusing on domestic and cross-border M&A, including emerging markets, as well as general corporate and contracts law. Helena holds an LL.M from Stockholm University and an LL.M in Business Law from Jönköping International Business School.