Three new Board members join Akademiska Hus Board of Directors
Friday, 28 April 2017Akademiska Hus held its Annual General Meeting in Stockholm today and three new Board members were elected to serve on the Board of Directors. Dividend to the owner was approved in the amount of SEK 1 393 million.
The Board of Directors was strengthened by three new Board members with management experience in real estate and construction, urban construction, digital property development and higher education.
Örjan Wikforss is an architect and professor in project communication. He has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences since 1996 and was chairman of Focus Area III, Building and Construction, from 2007 to 2009. He is also a board member of the Royal Swedish Opera and the architectural firm Tengbom. He has participated on a number of Boards and committees, including Svensk Byggtjänst, ISO, SAR, IT Bygg och Fastighet, IQ Samhällsbyggnad, Arkitekthögskolan i Umeå, Sveriges Arkitekter and the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation, SVID.
Caroline Arehult, holds an M.Sc. Eng. degree with a focus on Real Estate and Construction Management. She was recently appointed CEO of Skanska Fastigheter in Stockholm and is responsible for Skanska’s commercial property development in the Stockholm area. After being admitted to Skanska’s trainee program, she has subsequently held several positions within Skanska Fastigheter, including property manager and sales and leasing manager.
Peter Gudmundson is a professor in material mechanics, at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), where he held the position of Vice-Chancellor from 2007 to 2016. He has worked at Brown Boveri Research Centre in Baden, Switzerland, and as a lecturer at KTH for the Department of Solid Mechanics from 1986 to 1989 and was then CEO of the Swedish Institute of Composites (SICOMP) in Piteå 1989–1993. In 2007 Gudmundson was elected to be a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
The AGM re-elected Anitra Steen to serve as chair. Britta Burreau, Kristina Ekengren, Christer Nerlich, Gunnar Svedberg and Ingemar Ziegler were re-elected to serve as Board members.
Decision regarding dividend
A dividend to the owner was approved in the amount of SEK 1 393 million. The amount is based on the financial objectives that the state set for Akademiska Hus. Briefly, the dividend should amount to between 40 and 60 per cent of profit for the year after tax, after reversal of changes in value and with related deferred tax. This dividend is on the same level as previous years, which is in line with the targets from our owner and should be viewed in relation to our large property holdings, which are valued at over SEK 75 billion.