Morten Opstad, chairman

Mr. Opstad has served as Chairman of the board since 2 October 2006. Mr. Opstad is a partner and chairman of the board of directors in Advokatfirma Ræder DA in Oslo. He has rendered legal assistance with respect to establishing and organizing several technology and innovation companies within this line of business. His directorships over the last five years include current board positions in Idex ASA (Chairman), Total Sports Online AS, Glommen Eiendom AS, Chaos AS, K-Konsult AS and former directorships in Fileflow Technologies AS and A. Sundvall AS. Mr. Opstad was born in 1953 and is a Norwegian citizen.

Professor William R. Salaneck, board member

Professor Salaneck has served on the board of the Company since 1 January 2008. He is Emeritus Professor of Surface Physics and Chemistry at Linköping University, Sweden. During the period 2004 - 2010, he also was the Vice Rektor for International Relations at Linköping University. Professor Salaneck is a founding member of the Center for Advanced Molecular Materials, focused on the Max Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation Studies in Lund, Sweden; and was a member of FLATNET, the EU-Brite/EuRam network for coordinating EU industry on issues involving flat panel display systems, supported by the European Commission. For ten years until June 2007, Professor Salaneck was President of the Condensed Matter Division of the Swedish Physical Society. He is on the board of the Swedish programme FunMat, the Vinnova Center of Excellence focused on functional (inorganic) materials, in Linköping. In 2003, Professor Salaneck shared the René Descartes Prize of the Commission of the European Union. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and has a Ph. D. in Solid State Physics from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Professor Salaneck was born in 1941 and is a citizen of both Sweden and the USA.

Rolf Knut Lennart Åberg, board member

Since 2 October 2006 Mr. Åberg has been a board member in Thinfilm, where he previously was Managing Director between 2000 and 2006. Mr. Åberg has studied computer science at Linköping University. He has also studied strategic sales and management at the HAAS School of Business at Berkeley University. From 1973 until 1981 Mr. Åberg held various positions at SAAB in Linköping. From 1981 until 1987 Mr. Åberg held different leading positions within sales and marketing at Computervision Northern Europe. Between 1987 and 1991 he was Managing Director of Mentor Graphics Scandinavia. From 1991 until 2000 he was Vice President and General Manager Europe of Synopsys Inc. Mr. Åberg was born in 1951 and is a Swedish citizen.

Margareta Josefsson, board member

Ms. Josefsson has served a board member of the Company since 7 May 2010. She is part owner of Osten Oskarsson Systemkonsult(1991-) where she works as consultant. She also has or has had a number of board positions in Swedish companies and organizations, Sunda Hus AB (chairman of the board) (2007-), New tools for health (2007-), Linköping University (2010-), Neoplex AB (2006-2008)). Ms. Josefsson holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers in Göteborg (1969-1974). She participated in the management training program RUTER DAM (1993-1994). She completed financial studies at the Stockholm School of Economics in Stockholm in 1998. Ms. Josefsson was born in 1949 and is a Swedish citizen.

Rita Glenne, board member

Rita Glenne has extensive experience in commercializing technology within the university, institute and private sectors. As Vice President Technology in Rec Solar AS and Technology Manager in Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) ASA, Ms. Glenne was responsible for technical specification of production equipment, and troubleshooting start-up of REC's new wafer plant. She also had responsibility for technology and R&D strategy in REC's Solar division.
Dr. Glenne has a PhD from the Technical University of Trondheim (NTNU) in Material Science. Before joining REC in 2001, she worked as Senior Scientist at Norsk Hydro ASA, and as Research Scientist at SINTEF and the Centre for Industrial Research (SI). Ms. Glenne is a Norwegian citizen.