Maria Forss
Born 1972. CEO since 2023.
Education and work experience:
M.Sc. in Business Administration from Gothenburg School of Economics & Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Executive Management Program at Stanford University. Certification and advanced courses in board work. Maria has 25+ years of international experience from leading positions within executive management, business development, strategic marketing and sales in the entire value chain in the life science industry for global companies e.g., Vitrolife and AstraZeneca.
Other board assignments:
Chairman of the Board in BICO International AB.
Shareholding in BICO:
B-shares: 40,051. Options: 332,000
Jacob Thordenberg
Chief Financial Officer
Born 1985. CFO since 2023.
Education and work experience:
M.Sc Corporate and financial management from Lund University, Sweden. 15 years of experience working in an international business environment in different leadership and advisor roles, including Head of M&A at BICO, M&A Director at Telia Company, and Deloitte Transaction Services.
Other board assignments:
Board member in BICO International AB and CELLINK Bioprinting AB.
Shareholding in BICO:
B-shares: 27,809. Options: 114,000
Anders Fogelberg
Born 1975. CCO since 2024.
Education and work experience:
M. Sc. Business Administration from University of Gothenburg and WHU Koblenz, Germany. Extensive international experience from different leadership positions foremost as a Managing Director for the SKF Group in Malaysia and Indonesia respectively and working in the US. CEO for Bellman & Symfon and Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Sales for Profundus.
Other board assignments:
None.
Shareholding in BICO:
B-shares: 1,177. Options: 50,000
Lars Risberg
General Counsel
Born 1968. General Counsel since 2025.
Education and work experience:
Master of Laws, LL.M., University of Gothenburg. 20+ years of working as a General Counsel and attorney at law, where the last four as General Counsel for Vitrolife Group. Prior to that Lars worked as Regional Lead Counsel Northwest Europe for Dekra and as attorney at law at Awa Patent and Setterwalls Business Law firm.
Other board assignments:
Board member in BICO International AB and CELLINK Bioprinting AB.
Shareholding in BICO:
None.
Catharina Nordlund
Chief HR Officer
Born 1968. CHRO since 2024.
Education and work experience:
University certification in nursing, Örebro University and Human Resources specialist, Sensus. 25+ years’ experience of Human Resources (HR), Learning & Development as well as Sales and Marketing in global organizations. She has held various positions within the medtech and the life science industries at companies such as Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions, Mölnlycke Health Care and Pfizer, and now latest as VP Global HR for Surgical Science.
Other board assignments:
None.
Shareholding in BICO:
B-shares: 3,700. Options: 10,000
