H&M’s board of directors nominates new members

H&M’s nomination committee has proposed that Stina Honkamaa Bergfors and Erica Wiking Häger be elected as new members of the board of directors and that the following present directors Anders Dahlvig, Lena Patriksson Keller, Stefan Persson, Melker Schörling, Christian Sievert and Niklas Zennström, be re-elected. Lottie Knutson and Sussi Kvart are not available for re-election. The committee also proposed that Stefan Persson be re-elected as Chairman of the board.

“I am very pleased that Stina Honkamaa Bergfors and Erica Wiking Häger have agreed to be proposed as new members of H&M’s board. From her various leading positions in companies such as Google and IKEA, Stina Honkamaa Bergfors has gathered solid and valuable experience within media, digitalisation and entrepreneurship. As a lawyer, in addition specialising in sustainability and risk management Erica Wiking Häger has also distinguished herself as a much appreciated advisor to companies with big international operations in areas such as e-commerce, digital services and data privacy,” said Stefan Persson, Chairman of H&M’s nomination committee and of H&M’s board of directors.

Stina Honkamaa Bergfors is CEO and Co-Founder of the digital media company United Screens and former country director for Google in Sweden. She is also a member of Ikea’s global board of directors and a member of the board of Eniro. She is a member of the Swedish Fashion Council’s advisory board, the Swedish Media Commission’s group of experts and is also involved in the Prince Daniel Fellowship at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Her shareholding in H&M amounts to 1,000 shares and related parties’ holdings amount to 3,000 shares.

Erica Wiking Häger has more than 15 years’ experience of qualified business law work in an international context in areas such as commercial contracts, international expansion and data privacy. She has been a partner at the law firm Mannheimer Swartling since 2009. She is the firm’s Chair of the Corporate Sustainability & Risk Management practice group and leads a team of lawyers which offers advice on matters associated with human rights, working conditions, the environment and anti-corruption. She is a member of the board of the law firm Mannheimer Swartling and of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce. Häger is a member of the Swedish Bar Association, the New York Bar Association and the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals).