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 Carl Palmstierna is Chairman of the Board. Carl is a former partner with Goldman Sachs and has been involved with international investment banking for 30 years. He has served as CEO for Industrial Investment International, a private equity firm, and since 2002 he has been the CEO of ABG Sundal Collier, a major investment banking, brokerage and corporate advisory firm based in Oslo, Norway, with offices in Stockholm, Copenhagen, London and New York. In addition to Panopticon, Palmstierna is Chairman of the Board for Momail, MyFc and Qbrick and serves on the boards of Viewserve, Bluefish Pharmaceutical, AlltforForaldrar, and Elekta.
 Willem De Geer is a member of the Board and also serves as Panopticon's Managing Director. He was co-founder and CEO of emerging markets brokerage Brunswick Direct before starting Panopticon. Before his term at Brunswick Direct, De Geer was Vice President Corporate Development at KMOC, an oil company that is now part of Marathon Oil. Willem is also the Chairman of Terra Holding, the leading specialist in interior landscaping and maintenance in Russia and Chairman of Navads Nordic, a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems. Willem holds a degree from the Stockholm School of Economics.
 Ulf Arnetz is Founder and Chairman of Reforce International, founder of several corporations in Scandinavia and USA and a leading entrepreneur with broad international experience. He founded the market-leading portal software company Corechange Inc, which was second in the industry when Arnetz sold it to OpenText in 2003. Prior to Corechange, he was the President and board member of Cambridge Technology Partners. Arnetz also founded IOS Group AB (now part of Cambridge Technology Partners), which rapidly and profitably grew to be a dominant professional service organization within Scandinavia. Mr Arnetz was awarded the prestigious “Entrepreneur of the Year Award" by TYOP in 1994. He is the author of two books: Strategic IT: The New Dimension and The Tornado. He has also been published in numerous international business magazines and newspapers and is a frequent speaker at IT industry events.
Mikael Lövgren is the Managing Director for the Nordic Region of Bridgepoint, a leading European private equity player with 12 billion Euros under management. He is responsible for Bridgepoint’s Nordic investment activities and is also a member of the firm's European Media & Tech and Healthcare investment teams. Prior to joining Bridgepoint in 2006, he spent almost two years at TV4, the leading Nordic broadcasting group. He is also a board member of Tre Vänner, one of the leading Nordic TV production companies. He is a 20 year veteran of The Boston Consulting Group where he founded its Nordic operations, led its Nordic team and was also head of its Nordic Healthcare Practice Group. He also serves on the boards of Karolinska University Hospital, Terveystalo OY, NewSec AB, ELLEN AB, Cordial Management Consultants, AlbaEco, A-Katsastus, and Tre Vänner.
Mr. Lövgren holds an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics and studied law at University of Stockholm.
Magnus Wikner is founding partner and vice chairman of the board of directors of Valbay International S.A., an independent family office and wealth manager for high net worth individuals with its registered office in Luxembourg. Valbay International S.A. has today business in three countries, Luxembourg, Sweden and Switzerland. Magnus has been working with financial planning and wealth management for 18 years. Magnus is a former partner and member of the board of directors of Hult & Co AB, (now part of Söderberg & Partners).
Advisor to the Board of Directors
 John Wattin has been actively involved in the IT industry for over 30 years and is an active independent investor in various high technology companies. He has successfully started and/or managed a number of companies over the years, including Astral AB, Modulföretagen AB and Scandiakonsult AB (now part of The Ramboll Group). Mr. Wattin was also one of the founders of Enator AB (which is today, renamed as TietoEnator, and is one of the largest IT services companies in Scandinavia). He was actively involved in Indevo AB, Mandator AB and Sigma AB and is currently serving as Vice Chairman of the Board for MySQL AB, Chairman of Betsson, Chairman of Qbranch AB, Chairman of Syntensia, and a member of the board for Akademikliniken AB, Value Tree AB, Net Entertainment AB, and Silentium AB. John is also senior advisor to Evli Bank in Sweden. He has published a number of articles and is author of an award-winning book, How to Develop and Run Companies in the Service Sector.
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