Board of directors

The Opus Board of Directors consists of five elected members, François Dekker (Chairman), Friedrich Hecker, Jonathan Laloum, Lothar Geilen and Linus Brandt.

The director’s office address is:

Opus Group AB (publ)
Basargatan 10 
SE-411 10 Gothenburg
Sweden

François Dekker
Chairman of the Board

Background:
Partner Searchlight Capital Partners UK LLP 2011-, Principal Bain Capital 2002-2011, Analyst Morgan Stanley 1999-2002

Other board assignments:
Board member in Ardent Hire Solutions Ltd.

Education:
MSc in Business Administration and Economics at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland

Number of shares:
0

Number of stock options:
0

Independent of the Company, its management and dependent of the Company’s major shareholders

Friedrich Hecker
Member of the Board

Board member since 2016

Background:
CEO and Managing Director ROSEN Swiss AG 2012–2015, CEO TÜV Rheinland AG 2010–2011, COO TÜV Rheinland AG 2009–2010, member of the executive board TÜV Rheinland AG 2009–2011, Executive Vice President Industrial Services and board member SGS SA 2003–2009, COO and board member SGS SA 2002–2003, Managing Director TÜV SÜD Bau und Betrieb GmbH 2001–2002

Other board assignments:
Senior Advisor to COBEPA SA, member of the board in Underwriters Laboratory (UL) Inc, Vice President of OiER (Organization For International Economic Relations)

Education:
Dipl.-Kfm. at Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

Number of shares:
0

Number of stock options:
0

Independent of the Company, its management and major shareholders

Jonathan Laloum
Member of the Board

Board member since 2020

Background:
Managing Director, Searchlight Capital Partners UK LLP 2014-, Leveraged Finance Associate Deutsche Bank 2011-2014, Private Equity Analyst PAI Partners 2010

Other board assignments:
Board member in Ardent Hire Solutions Ltd.

Education:
MA from EDHEC Business School, France

Number of shares:
0

Number of stock options:
0

Independent of the Company, its management and dependent of the Company’s major shareholders

Lothar Geilen
Member of the Board and CEO

Board member since 2020

Background:
President Systech International, LLC, President Sensors, Inc. (USA), Managing Director Sensors Europe (Germany)

Other assignments:
Vice President & Treasurer and member of CITA Bureau Permanent, board member of BDEX LLC

Education:
Dipl.-Kfm. at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany

Number of shares:
0

Number of stock options:
0

Not independent of the Company, its management and major shareholders

Linus Brandt
Member of the Board

Board member since 2024

Background:
EVP & CFO Opus Group, EVP & CFO Mediatec, CFO Stena Adactum, former CPA and Partner at Deloitte.

Other assignments:
Vice Chairman of the Board Transtema Group AB (publ) since 2017.

Education:
B.Sc. in Business and Economics from School of Economics, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Number of shares:
0

Number of stock options:
0

Not independent of the Company, its management and major shareholders.

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