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Board of directors

Anders Grånäs Chairman

Anders has been a non-executive director with Picsearch since 2006. He is currently a partner of Via Venture Partners and was previously investment manager at Industrifonden. Prior to this he ran his own venture capital advisory firm and acted as a business angel. He has been in the Venture Capital business since 1997 when he joined Novare Kapital, a subsidiary of Investor AB, as an investment manager which subsequently was merged into Investor Growth Capital where he held the position of managing director.

In his previous venture career, Anders held directorships in Parallel Systems AB, Projektplatsen AB, Umetrics AB, Popwire AB, Hybrid Graphics Oy, Digia Oy, Storegate AB.

Anders holds an M.Sc. in Engineering Physics from Uppsala University, Sweden, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, USA.

Nils Andersson

Nils has been an executive director with Picsearch since 2000. He has previously held the position of CEO at Picsearch between 2000 and 2006. Prior to cofounding Picsearch, Nils cofounded retail company BB Marketing and has also worked in the field of software engineering. Nils pursued a M.Sc. in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering at Linköping University, Sweden, with a focus on Software Technology.

Christer Pettersson

Christer has been a non-executive director with Picsearch since 2008. He is currently the Online Manager for Search at Eniro and responsible for the business development of Eniro’s search sites and search offerings, including new areas as SEM and SEO. Christer has been with Eniro since the beginning of 2001, joining the company as Product Manager for the Swedish Internet Yellow Pages site Gulasidorna.se. In 2002, he took up the position as Online Manager. Prior to joining Eniro, Christer worked six years for the American publishing house IDG (International Data Group), publishing titles such as Computer Sweden, PC för Alla and MacWorld in Sweden. The last position he held at IDG, before joining Eniro, was Marketing Manager for the magazine Internetworld. Christer holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration and Economics, with advanced studies in Advanced Economics and Statistics, from Stockholm University, Sweden.

Robert Risberg

Robert is the CEO of Picsearch and previously held the position of CTO at Picsearch between 2000 and 2006. Robert has been an executive director with Picsearch since 2000. Prior to cofounding Picsearch, he worked in the fields of software engineering. Robert holds a M.Sc. in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering at Linköping University, Sweden, and has also pursued an M.Eng. in Digital Systems Engineering at Herriot-Watt University, United Kingdom.

Carl-Johan Svennewall

Carl-Johan has been a non-executive director with Picsearch since 2003. He is a partner of Tobieson & Svennewall and also director at Mediacard AB, Fasadglas AB and Tobieson & Svennewall AB. He has previously worked as an investment manager at Centrecourt AB and holds a M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from the Swedish School of Economics, Finland.

Kayhan Utkutug

Kayhan has been a non-executive director with Picsearch since 2008. He is currently Vice President of Business Development at TradeDoubler. Kayhan has held a number of different positions with Tradedoubler since he joined the company, in 2000, and has been a member of the group management since 2002. In 1999 Kayhan started his career at boo.com in the finance area, then moved to working with the logistics and payments infrastructure. He has studied Economics and French at the University of Lund, Sweden, and Université de Paris IX Dauphine, France.

Henrik Vilselius

Henrik has been a non-executive director with Picsearch since 2008. He is an experienced entrepreneur and venture investor and is also an advisor to various companies within the IT, Financial and Security sectors. Henrik currently holds directorships in Aneo IT (chairman), Activio, SeaNet, Ekelöw InfoSecurity, Ntegria (chairman), CrossVenture Capital (CEO) and Easy Interaction.

Prior to joining Picsearch’s board, Henrik cofounded several companies, including IT consultant Parallel Consulting Group, Venture Capital Fund Springboard Capital, outsourcing partner Aneo IT and Ntegria Security advisors. He previously held directorships in, among others, TagMaster AB, KeyMan, BeQuoted, Icon Medialab and Benima Ferator.

Henrik holds a M.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.