Maria Forss
CEO and President
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: 28,000
Jacob Thordenberg
Chief Financial Officer
Born 1985. CFO since 2023.
Education and work experience:
M.Sc Corporate and financial management from Lund University, Sweden. Over 10 years of financial experience, 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: 18,409
Marius Balger
Chief Operating Officer
Born 1968. COO since 2023.
Education and work experience:
M.Sc. General Mechanical Engineering (Diplom-Ingenieur) Technical University Darmstadt – Hesse, Germany. 30+ years of general business management experience and 20+ Years in Life Science and IVD. Including cross-functional responsibilities ranging from operations, through building and leading sales and distribution networks, product development, lean manufacturing to after-sale service. Previous key leadership functions: General Manager and VP Asia Pacific at MAN AG, CEO of a midsize CDMO and SVP Partnering Business at Tecan AG.
Other board assignments:
Chairman of the Board in CELLINK Bioprinting AB.
Shareholding in BICO:
None.
Lotta Bus
SVP & General Counsel
Born 1970. General Counsel since 2020.
Education and work experience:
LL.M. University of Lund & Maastricht. Over 20 years of experience as an attorney working for the law firms Vinge, MAQS and Magnusson including 14 years of experience of management as partner and five years as CEO.
Other board assignments:
Board member of Sincrly AB, BICO International AB and CELLINK Bioprinting AB.
Shareholding in BICO:
B-shares: 7,000
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:
None.
