Maria Rankka
Board Chair
Born 1975. Board Chair since 2025. Chair of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit Committee.
Education and work experience:
BA Political Science, Economics, and Business, Uppsala university and Stanford Executive program. Maria was previously partner at Brunswick Group, a strategic communications consultancy and was CEO of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. Prior to that, she was CEO of the think tank Timbro, and she has also been a partner in the communications agency Prime PR. In 2020, Maria co-founded ABC Labs, which was Sweden’s largest covid laboratory during the pandemic.
Other board assignments:
Investor and entrepreneur, mainly in health tech and life science. Board Chair of Cellcolabs AB. Board member of Creades AB (publ), Medoma AB, Sveab AB and To Trust AB.
Shareholding in BICO:
B-shares: 94,384 of which 61,250 is held directly, and 33,134 is held by a closely related person through own holding or through a company
Independent in relation to the company and group management and to the company’s major shareholders.
Erik Gatenholm
Board member
Born 1989. Board member since 2026. Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Education and work experience:
Bachelor’s degree in business administration from Virginia Tech University and a Master of Science from the University of Gothenburg. Erik co-founded CELLINK (later renamed BICO) in 2016 and served as CEO until 2023 and was also a board member until 2024.
Other board assignments:
Currently active as a technology entrepreneur and investor through his investment company Crownegate. Erik is the co-founder and CEO of Aventix AB, which develops sensor-based measurement technologies for laboratories. Board member in Aventix AB and Crownegate AB.
Shareholding in BICO:
A-shares: 848,958 and B-shares: 8,767,036.
Independent in relation to the Company and its management but dependent in relation to the Company’s major shareholders.
Susanne Lithander
Board member
Born 1961. Board member since 2025. Chair of the Audit Committee.
Education and work experience:
BSc. in Business Administration School of Economics, Business and Law at the University of Gothenburg. Experience as CFO in large, listed companies such as NCC Group and Billerud and from work in Audit Committees in listed companies. Previous experience includes CFO of Billerud Korsnäs, CEO of Mercuri International and several international key positions at Ericsson. Currently holds the position as CFO and Head of Finance and IT, NCC Group.
Other board assignments:
Board member of Svedbergs Group.
Shareholding in BICO:
B-shares: 0
Independent in relation to the company and group management and to the company’s major shareholders.
Olof Stranding
Board member
Born 1975. Board member since 2026. Member of the Audit Committee.
Education and work experience:
Master of Science in Business and Economics from Uppsala University. He served as CEO of Acuvi AB from 2022 to 2025 and as CFO of Acuvi AB from 2013 to 2025. He has previously held the position of Head of Business Control at CAE Oxford Aviation Academy, Business controller at Johnson & Johnson, controller at Q-Med and auditor at KPMG.
Other board assignments:
Chairman of the Board of ES‑Medical AB
Shareholding in BICO:
B-shares: 30,000
Independent in relation to the company and group management and to the company’s major shareholders.
Johan Westman
Board member
Born 1959. Board member since 2025. Member of the Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee.
Education and work experience:
M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology. Experience from developing companies active in med- and biotech. He has worked in leading roles with international commercialization and distribution and has been CEO of Metenova, Biolin Scientific and NovAseptic and VP Marketing at Millipore. Johan also has experience from board work in listed companies through a previous assignment in QleanAir.
Other board assignments:
Board member NavigArt AB.
Shareholding in BICO:
B-shares: 25,000 through own holding company.
Independent in relation to the company and group management and to the company’s major shareholders
Christian Wildmoser
Board member
Born 1955. Board member since 2019. Member of the Renumeration Committee.
Education and work experience:
Doctor of Economics and has worked in banking for 25 years. He has been a partner of CVC Capital Partners for 16 years with responsibility for the operations in German-speaking Europe. Today, he is a private investor in growth companies.
Other board assignments:
Chairman of Waterdrop Microdrinks GmbH and board member of Aurora Holding AG. Also board member of non-profit organizations Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung and the African Parks Foundation Switzerland.
Shareholding in BICO:
B-shares: 318,492. Options: 40,000
Independent in relation to the company and group management and to the company’s major shareholders
