Corporate Governance

Mats Hovland Vikse was appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2023. He joined AutoStore in 2017 as Chief Strategy Officer and later on took on the role of Chief Revenue Officer in 2021. Before joining AutoStore, he held various positions at Aker Solutions (2010–2014) and served as a senior advisor at MHWirth (2014–2017).

Vikse holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and Business Administration from BI Norwegian Business School and a master's degree in Applied Finance from the University of Stavanger. He is a Norwegian citizen, currently residing in Norway.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• AutoStore AS (Chief Executive Officer)
• MHV Invest AS (Chairperson)

Mr. Harrison was appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of AutoStore in October 2023. Prior to this, Mr. Harrison held the position as Chief Operating Officer at Ascential plc, and as the CFO of Just Eat plc. He served as the CFO of The Sage Group plc from 2000 to 2013. In addition, he serves on the Board as an Independent Director of FTSE 250 recruitment business; PageGroup plc.

Mr. Harrison is a Chartered Accountant, fellow of the institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and Honours in Business at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a UK citizen, currently residing in UK.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• PageGroup plc (Board member)

Carlos Fernandez was appointed as Chief Solutions Officer as of June 2024. Prior to this, he has held various positions at AutoStore, including Chief Product Officer, Director System Design, Sales Engineer, Project Engineer and Service Engineer. Fernandez has also held the position as Field Application Engineer Support at SILICA, and served as a board member in charge of treasury at SATELEC in the period from September 2007 to September 2009.

Fernandez holds an Executive MBA from the IESE Business School – University of Navarra, a Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a degree in telecommunication engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He is a Spanish citizen, currently residing in Spain.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• Ferroman AS (chairperson)

Israel Losada Salvador was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at AutoStore in June 2022. Prior to this, he held the position as Chief Executive Officer at NorSun AS, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Sales Officer at Kitron AS, Seismic Product Group Supply Chain Manager at Schlumberger, General Manager at Fjord Instruments (Schlumberger), General Manager at Lasalle (Schlumberger), Manufacturing Metier Manager Russia at Schlumberger, Q-Land Seismic R&D Manager at Schlumberger and Manufacturing Engineer at Schlumberger

Mr. Losada Salvador holds a MSc in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) and Master in International Business from NHH (Norway. He is a Spanish citizen, currently residing in Norway.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• Stansefabrikken Lithuania- SFU (board member)

Jenny Hovda was appointed General Counsel at AutoStore in February 2022. Prior to this, from 2012 to 2022, she served in various roles of progressive responsibility at Bull & Co., including Attorney, Partner, Head of IP & Technology, and Board Member. During the same 10-year period, Hovda served concurrent roles as Legal Counsel IPR at Stokke AS (2014 - 2015) and Legal Advisor at Consumer Authority (2011 - 2012).

Hovda holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Oslo.  She is a Norwegian citizen, currently residing in Norway.

Current directorships and senior management positions

• Autostore AS, Technology AS and Subsidiaries of AutoStore, General Counsel

Keith White was appointed Chief Commercial Officer of AutoStore in November 2024. Prior to this, White served as Executive Vice President and General Manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE GreenLake), and as Vice President and General Manager at Microsoft (Microsoft Azure).

White holds a BA in Business and Economics from the University of Puget Sound. He is a US citizen and resides in the US.

Mr. Joshi joined AutoStore June 2024 as Chief Product Officer. Before joining AutoStore, Joshi served as the Chief Product & Technology Officer at Hexagon, responsible for Business Unit P&L across product, R&D, strategy, and operational execution. Before joining Hexagon, Joshi held executive roles at Eaton and Signify, where he was responsible for business units focused on software, hardware, and services for global customers. Joshi´s earlier career at Cisco Systems and Broadcom involved leading R&D and program management for connected home business units.

Joshi holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master in Business Administration from Strayer University. He is a US citizen, currently residing in US.

Bendik Førre was appointed Chief Strategy Officer in January 2023, after joining the company in 2022 as Director of Strategy. From 2020 to 2022, he served as Chief Financial Officer at BAS Maskinutleie, where he also led strategy, product, and supply chain operations. Prior to this, he held various roles within management consultancy, strategy, and finance.

Førre holds both a bachelor's and master's degree from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), including semesters at the University of Waikato and the University of Buenos Aires. He is a Norwegian citizen, currently residing in Norway.

Co-Chair of the Board of Directors at AutoStore, has been with Thomas H. Lee Partners for over 20 years. He serves as Head of the Technology & Business Solutions Vertical and leads the firm’s Automation Fund. Carlisle holds board positions across a variety of companies in diverse industries. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in Operations Research from Princeton University.

Carlisle is a U.S. citizen and resides outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• Thomas H. Lee Partners (Managing Director)
• AutoStore Holdings Ltd (Co-Chair of the Board)
• AMI (Board member)
• Fortna Inc. (Chair of the Board)
• Auction.com Inc. (Board member)
• Brooks Automation (Board member)
• Inriver (Board member)

Holdings in AutoStore:

Number of shares: 0 (Thomas H. Lee Partners controls 956,231,232 shares)

Vikas J. Parekh serves as Co-Chair of the Board of Directors at AutoStore. He is a Managing Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, where he focuses on investments in automation, enterprise software, and emerging technologies.

Prior to joining SoftBank, Parekh worked in private equity at KKR and in consulting at the Boston Consulting Group. He holds an MBA with highest honors from Harvard Business School, as well as a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Parekh is a U.S. citizen and resides in San Francisco, California.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• AutoStore Holdings Ltd (Co-Chair of the Board)
• Symbotic (Board member)

Holdings in AutoStore:

Number of shares: 0 (Softbank controls 1,314,076,591 shares)

Andreas Hansson is a board professional and investor. He previously served as Managing Director at SoftBank Management, an affiliate of SoftBank, and currently holds board positions in several technology companies. Hansson earned an MSc in Computer Science and Engineering from Lund University and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology.

He is a citizen of Sweden and the UK,  currently residing in Germany.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• AutoStore (Board member)
• RiverLane (Chair of the board)
• Kahoot! (Board member)
• Kigen (Board member)

Holdings in AutoStore:

Number of shares: 338,626

Number of RSUs: 92,533

Kjersti Wiklund is currently a Non-Executive Director of Nordea, the leading Nordic financial services group, and UK-listed high precision measurement systems firm Spectris plc as well as Evelyn Partners, a tax-, accounting- and wealth advisory firm. She has held several senior leadership roles in a variety of countries, including Director, Group Technology Operations of Vodafone, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Technology Officer of Kyivstar in Ukraine, Chief Operating Officer of VimpelCom Russia, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Digi Telecommunications in Malaysia and Chief Information Officer at Telenor in Norway. Wiklund holds a Master of Science, Electronic Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and a Master of Business Management from BI. Norwegian School of Management.  

Wiklund is a Norwegian citizen, currently residing in the UK.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• AutoStore Holdings Ltd (Board member)
• Nordea ASA (Non-executive director)
• Spectris plc (Non-executive director)
• Evelyn Partners (Non-executive director)

Holdings in AutoStore:

Number of shares: 53,032

Number of RSUs: 83,313

Sumer Juneja is a Managing Partner and Head of EMEA & India at SoftBank Investment Advisers. He joined the firm in 2018 to establish its local investment presence in India and now leads operations across the EMEA region and India. Juneja has invested in growth-stage technology companies across a range of sectors.
Prior to joining SoftBank, he was a Partner at Norwest Venture Partners, and earlier in his career, he was part of Goldman Sachs’ Asian Special Situations Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Politics and Economics from the London School of Economics.

Juneja is a Indian citizen, he currently resides in London, UK.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• SoftBank Investment Advisers (Managing Partner)
• AutoStore Holdings Ltd (Board member)
• Ola Cabs (Board member)
• OYO (Board member)
• Content Square (Board member)
• Eruditus Learning Solutions (Board member)
• Rimac (Board member)
• Unacademy (Board member)

Holdings in AutoStore:

Shares: 0 (Softbank controls 1,314,076,591 shares)

Kevin Mok is a Principal at Thomas H. Lee Partners on their Technology & Business Solutions investing team. He focuses on the firm’s investing strategy in industrial technology, robotics, and automation companies. Before joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, he worked at Goldman Sachs advising technology companies and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College.

Kevin is a U.S. citizen and resides in Boston, Massachusetts.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• AutoStore Holdings Ltd (Board member)
• Qventus (Board Observer)

Holdings in AutoStore:

Number of shares: 0 (Thomas H. Lee Partners controls 956,231,232 shares)

Angela Du is a Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisors. She focuses on investments in automation, consumer, and emerging technologies. Prior to joining SoftBank, Du worked in public equities at Parnassus Investments, private equity at TPG Capital, and investment banking at Goldman Sachs. She holds an MBA from The Wharton School, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.

She is an American citizen and currently resides in San Francisco.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• Andela ( Board member)
• LTK ( Board member)
• Papa ( Board member)
• Misfits Market ( Board member)
• Weee! ( Board member)

Viveka Ekberg brings extensive experience as a Chair and Board member across both listed and unlisted companies, as well as foundations. She currently serves as Chair of the Audit Committees for listed companies including AutoStore, Lindab International AB, Nilfisk Holding A/S and Storebrand ASA. Ekberg holds an MSc in Business from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Ekberg is a Swedish citizen, she is currently residing in Portugal.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• AutoStore Holdings Ltd (Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee)
• Lindab International AB (Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee)
• Nilfisk Holding A/S (Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee)
• Storebrand ASA (Board member and member of the Audit Committee

Holdings in AutoStore:

Number of shares: 304,432

Number of RSUs: 92,533