Svend Holst-Nielsen

Born 1940.

Elected to the Board in 1995, independent.

Chairman of the Board since 1998.

Chairman of the Boards of Sreg International AB, Spendrups Bryggaktiebolag and Glashu-set Design Studio Malmö AB. He was previ-ously the President of Unilever’s Nordic region and a member of Unilever’s European man-agement team.

Main qualifications: MBA, School of Business and Economics in Copenhagen.

Holding: Indirectly 200,000 shares through HB Life and Pension Ltd.