Our leadership

Company management

David Lindblom

CEO

David has been leading international sales and services teams for 20+ years, previously at Ericsson and DigitalRoute. He holds an M.Sc. in Engineering Physics from Lund University.

Björn Hansson, CTO Excillum

Björn Hansson

CTO & deputy CEO

Björn was a co-founder of Innolite and previous work include Group Manager at Acreo and Senior Scientist at Cymer, Inc. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

Henrik Hesselstedt

CFO

Henrik was previously the CFO at Roplan Group and Inmotion Technologies. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Stockholm and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

Cecilia Gemzell

Head of Operations

Cecilia has worked in companies like Incell, Scienta Omicron, Mycronic and Ericsson Microelectronics as a link between product development and production. She holds an M.Sc. in Material Technology from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

Sara Haack

Head of Sales & Product Management

Sara has 15+ years of experience in Product Management and was previously head of the global Product Management organization at FLIR Systems, managing a product portfolio of high-tech products. She holds an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

Excillum leadership Lars Kjellberg

Lars Kjellberg

Head of Research

Lars brings experiences from various specialist and managerial roles in companies like Mycronic and Ericsson Microelectronics. He holds an M.Sc. in Engineering Physics from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg.

Nina Larsson

Head of Engineering

Nina's previous experiences include Trimble and St Jude Medical, bringing advanced tech products from idea to serial production. She holds an M.Sc. in Engineering Physics from Uppsala University.

Cecilia Kröjs

Head of People & Culture

Cecilia brings a combination of skills in HR and communications from fast-growing tech companies like RaySearch Laboratories and Certezza. She holds a B.Sc. in Human Resources from Stockholm University.

Board of directors

Christian W. Jansson

Chairman of the Board

Christian is chairman of the board of PostNord AB, Blodtrycksdoktorn AB, Xaga Surgical AB and Meds Apotek AB. He holds an MBA and an honorary doctorate in economics from the University of Lund.

Hans Hertz

Board member

Professor Hans Hertz is one of the co-founders of Excillum and also co-founded Jettec AB, Innolite AB, and Exciscope AB. He leads research teams at the Dept. of Applied Physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

Oscar Hemberg

Board member

Oscar is one of the co-founders of Excillum and also serves on the board of OSM Group. He is currently the Chief Product Integration Officer at Exeger and previous work includes CTO of OSM Group and CEO of Flexworks. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

Eva Lindqvist

Board member

Eva currently serves as member of the board of Tele2 AB, NORDLO AB, Bodycote plc and Keller Group plc. She is elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Eva holds an MSc Engineering Physics and an MBA.

Birgitta Stymne Göransson

Board member

Birgitta is Chairman of Industrifonden, Min Doktor AB and Berling Media. She also serves on the Boards of Elekta AB, Pandora A/S, Bure Equity AB and Rhenman&Partners. Birgitta holds an MSc in Biotechnology from KTH and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Finn Rausing

Board member

Finn is a member of the Tetra Laval Group Board as well as the boards of Alfa Laval AB, DeLaval Holding AB, and Swede Ship Marine AB. He holds an LL.B. from University of Lund, Sweden and an MBA from INSEAD, France.