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Group Management

Bengt Thorsson

President & CEO 

Joined Permobil: September 2018

Work experience: President EMEA at Dometic, Senior Vice President Commercial Operations Europe at Scania

Education: B.Sc. from the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg

Bruce Boulanger

President Permobil APAC 

Joined Permobil: May 2017 

Work experience: Director Global Commercial Effectiveness and Country General Manager China at Urgo, Global Sales Force Effectiveness at Abbott, Solvay Pharma and Fournier Pharma

Education: B.Sc. Physics and Human Physiology, University of Toronto

Emma Qvist

Executive Vice President Group Human Resources and Group Communications

Joined Permobil: July 2020

Work Experience: VP HR for Permobil EMEA; global and regional leadership roles at Nouryon and AkzoNobel.

Education: Masters in Business Administration and Management, Stockholm School of Economics and Bachelors degree in HR Management, Stockholm University

Marika Isberg, EVP Legal and Risk, General Counsel

Marika Isberg

Executive Vice President Group Legal & Risk and Group General Counsel

Joined Permobil: March 2023

Work experience: EVP General Counsel at BioGaia, Head of Legal at Arla Foods in Sweden and Finland and started her career at Vinge law firm.

Education: Master of Laws and LL.M, and BSc Accounting from Lund University.

Peter Jidesjö

Executive Vice President Group Services and Group Quality & Regulatory Affairs

Joined Permobil: May 2018

Work experience: Vice President Services & Original Parts at DeLaval and Supply Chain Manager at Munters

Education: M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management, Linköping University

Markus Mauer

President Permobil EMEA 

Joined Permobil: May 2019

Work experience: Global VP Sales & Marketing at Natus Medical, VP Sales & Marketing EMEA at Spacelabs Healthcare, various positions within country and EMEA sales, marketing and general management at Ambu A/S

Education: Diploma in Physics from Johannes-Gutenburg University, Mainz and completed a senior executive leadership program at the London Business School

Charlotta Nyberg

CFO

Joined Permobil: November 2021

Work experience: Vice President for Corporate Control at Telia. Leadership positions in Ericsson, Business Sweden and 10 years at Accenture.

Education: M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).

Catharina Tunberg, EVP R&D

Catharina Tunberg

Executive Vice President Group Research & Development

Joined Permobil: February 2022

Work experience: Chief Technology Officer for the Global Solutions Division at ASSA ABLOY; various senior management positions within R&D, sales, marketing, business & strategy development at ASSA ABLOY and Ericsson. 

Chuck Witkowski

President Permobil Americas 

Joined Permobil: November 2019

Work experience: Corporate vice-president and global general manager at Hillrom, a mission-driven medical device company. Prior to Hillrom, founding president and CEO of Hubble Telemedical. Previous experince from building and leading medical device, healthcare service and life sciences businesses. 

Education: Economic degree, University of Montana and an MBA, the Haslam School of Business at the University of Tennessee