Mr. Hovland Vikse was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in January 2023. Vikse joined the company in 2017 as Chief Strategy Officer, and advanced to Chief Revenue Officer in 2021. Between 2014 and 2017, he served as a senior advisor at MHWirth. Prior to this, Mr. Hovland Vikse held various positions at Aker Solutions (March 2010 – September 2014), and before that he had the position as Material Coordinator at Aibel and the position as Order Processor at Solar Norge AS.

Mr. Hovland 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.
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Current directorships and senior management positions:

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

Previous directorships and senior management positions last five years:

• Not applicable

Anette Matre was appointed as Chief Human Resources Officer at AutoStore in June 2020. In July 2021, she was appointed Chief People & Information Officer at AutoStore, with subsequent responsibilities in heading IT, PT-/and Communications, Sustainability and HSE in addition to HR. Prior to this, she held various positions at Innovation Norway, including Interim Head of People- and Technology, HR and Organizational Director, HR Manager and HR Business Partner, as well as various positions at Shell, including Team Lead HR Services and Compensation & Benefits Specialist, HR Business Partner, Recruiter – Graduate Markets and Recruiter/Sourcer.

Ms. Matre have completed three years of Master of Laws studies from the University of Oslo and holds an Executive Master of Management, with specialization in Human Resource Management, Leadership Effectiveness and Management from BI Norwegian Business School. She is a Norwegian citizen, currently residing in Norway.

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Current directorships and senior management positions:

• Weston Power and Automation (board member)
• Blue Lice AS (board member)
• Validé Haugesundregionen (board member)
• Næringsforeningen Haugalandet (board member)
• Medvind Næringshage (board member)
• Aquafarm Equipment AS (board member)
• Jektevika Holding AS (board member)
• IAM Investing AS (chairperson)
• IAM Investing II AS (chairperson)

Previous directorships and senior management positions last five years:

• Westcon Yards AS (board member)

Mr. Harrison was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of AutoStore in October 2023. Prior to this, Mr. Harrison held the position as Chief Operating Officer at Ascential pls, and as the CFO of Just Eat plc. He served as the CFO of The Sage Group plc from 2000 to 2013.

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.

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. Mr. 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.

Mr. 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 Politécninca de Madrid. He is a Spanish citizen, currently residing in Spain.

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Current directorships and senior management positions:

• Ferroman AS (chairperson)

Previous directorships and senior management positions last five years:

• Not applicable

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.
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Current directorships and senior management positions:

• Stansefabrikken Lithuania- SFU (board member)

Ms. 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, Ms. Hovda served concurrent roles as Legal Counsel IPR at Stokke AS (2014 - 2015) and Legal Advisor at Consumer Authority (2011 - 2012).

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

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Current directorships and senior management positions

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

Previous directorships and senior management positions last five year

• Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS (Lawer, Partner and Board Member)

Mr. White was appointed Chief Commercial Officer of AutoStore in November 2024. Prior to this, Mr. 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). Mr. 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, where he was leading strategy, operations, and product 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 Technicolor involved leading R&D and program management for home business units. Mr. 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.

Mr. 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. Mr. 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.

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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.

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

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Current directorships and senior management positions:

• Thomas H. Lee Partners (Managing Director)
• AutoStore (Co-Chair)
• AMI (Board member)
• Fortna Inc. (Chair)
• 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)

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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.

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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.

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

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Current directorships and senior management positions:

• AutoStore (Co-Chair)
• Symbotic (Board member)

Holdings in AutoStore:

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

Andreas is an investor and advisor. He previously served as a Managing Director in the SoftBank Group. Before joining SoftBank Investment Advisers in 2017, he was Technical Assistant to the President of Product Groups at Arm Ltd.  He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology and an MSc in Computer Engineering from Lund University. 

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Hansson is a Swedish and British citizen, currently residing in Frankfurt.

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Current directorships and senior management positions:

• AutoStore Holdings Ltd. (Board member)
• Kahoot! AS (Chair)
• Kigen Ltd (Board member)

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Holdings in AutoStore:

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

Hege Skrytseth holds the position as Executive Vice President Technology, Digital and Innovation i Equinor. She has an Executive MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) and a bachelor's degree in Management from BI Norwegian Business School. In addition, Skryseth is a college graduate in computer science from NITH.

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Skryseth is a Norwegian citizen, currently residing in Norway.

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Current directorships and senior management positions:

• Executive Vice President Technology, Digital and Innovation in Equinor
• AutoStore (Board member)
• Analyse AS (Chair)
• Tomra Systems ASA (Board member)
• Netcompany AS (Board member)

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Holdings in AutoStore:

Number of shares: 29,032

Number of RSUs: 38,626

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.  

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

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Current directorships and senior management positions:

• Nordea ASA (Non-executive director)
• Spectris plc (Non-executive director)
• Evelyn Partners (Non-executive director)

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Holdings in AutoStore:

Number of shares: 29,032

Number of RSUs: 38,626

Michael Kaczmarek is a Managing Director in Technology & Business Solution vertical at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Before joining Thomas H. Lee in 2016, he was Vice President at Rockbridge Growth Equity, where he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing transactions as well as an active director of various portfolio companies. Michael has also been an associate at Pamlico Capital, where he specialized in the business and technology services and communications industries. He holds a BA degree in Finance from Michigan State University.

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

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Current directorships and senior management positions:

• Thomas H. Lee Partners (Managing Director)
• AutoStore (Board member)
• Auction.com (Board member)
• Brooks Automation (Board member)
• Fortna Inc (Board member)
• FourKites Inc (Board member)
• Kinexon (Board member)

Holdings in AutoStore:

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

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.

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

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Current directorships and senior management positions:

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

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Holdings in AutoStore:

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

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, and Nilfisk Holding A/S, and is also a member of the Audit Committee at Storebrand ASA.Ekberg holds an MSc in Business from the Stockholm School of Economics.

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

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Current directorships and senior management positions:

• AutoStore (Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee)
• Dellner Couplers Group AB (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)

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Number of shares: 265,806

Number of RSUs: 38,626