Board of directors

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

The director’s office address is:

Opus Group AB (publ)
Basargatan 10 
SE-435 39 Göteborg
Sverige

Thomas Sanderson
Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board since 2020

Background:
Executive Chairman and former CEO Transplace 2003-2020; Chairman and CEO Clicklogistics 2001-2002; Vice President and General Manager Sabre Holdings 1996-1999; CEO Princeton Transportation Consulting Group 1992-1996

Other board assignments:
Executive Chairman, Transplace

Education:
Masters in Business Administration at Indiana University
Bachelors in Business Administration at the University of Massachusetts

François Dekker
Member 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:
Principal 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

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