Andreas Hedskog
Founder & Chairman of the board
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Andreas Hedskog (born 1974), Chair of the Board 4C Group AB since 2011.
Education: MA from the University of Cambridge and OPM from Harvard Business School. Reserve Officer Mj, Swedish Defence University.
Background: Andreas Hedskog is the founder of 4C Strategies and was the CEO of the company for eleven years, before becoming Chairman of the board in 2011.
Current assignment: Chair of the board, Clavister AB (publ), Hedskog Equity AB and Pantbanken Malmö AB. Board Member of Micro Systemation AB (publ), HAEVE AB, Newbury Pharmaceuticals AB (publ), and Deputy director of Bold Communication Sweden AB.
Previous positions (last five years): Chairman of the board Southside Padel AB, Board member Stiftelsen SCUR, Säkerhets- och Försvarsföretagen and SnigelDesign AB.
Holdings/shareholdings in 4C: 4,006,663
Independence: Dependent in relation to the company and its management (CPO until 2021). Dependent in relation to the owners, as one of the Company’s biggest shareholders.
Louise Bagewitz
Board Member
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Education: Master in Business Administration & Management from Stockholm School of Economics and Certificate of Management Excellence from Harvard Business School.
Background: Louise has a long experience of working in the intersection between business and tech, and has held positions as CIO, COO and CEO in multiple entities. Louise has previously been CEO of Crowd Collective Group AB, Managing Director at Fortnox Finance AB, acting CEO of IST Group AB, and IT Director at Nobia AB.
Other ongoing assignments: Managing Director at Academic Work Sweden AB and its subsidiaries Academic Work Technology AB, Academic Work HR Service AB, Academic Work Consulting AB, Academic Work IT AB, Academic Work Finance AB and Acentra AB. Member of the board at Northmill Bank AB, Northmill Group AB (publ), Kompetensföretagen and Director of Linden Invest AB.
Previous assignments (last five years): Group CEO of Crowd Collective, CEO in Crowd Collective Group AB and Crowd Collective Holding AB. Managing Director Fortnox Finance AB and acting CEO of IST Group AB. Chairman of the board of IST Sverige AB, Sigfridshäll i Växjö AB and Lärandets Hus AB. Member of the board of JaRocka Roll Studios AB, Schoolido AB, Capcito Finance AB, Capcito Lending 2 AB and Capcito Systems AB.
Holdings/shareholdings in 4C: 4,366
Independence: Independent in relation to the Company, its management and biggest shareholders.
Anders Fransson
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Anders Fransson (born 1967), Board member 4C Group AB since 2024 and member of the Remuneration committee.
Education: Anders holds a MSc in engineering from Lund Institute of Technology and has studied business administration at Lund University
Background: Anders Fransson has 25 years of experience from the software and investment industries with positions such as founder, sales manager, CEO and member of the board. His background includes founder/managing director at Lundalogik (Lime Technologies), managing director at Bisnode Marknad, business unit manager at Innovation Skåne and senior investment manager at Tibia Konsult AB. Anders has also held numerous board positions at, and acted as an adviser to, growing profitable B2B software companies and scalable technology start-ups. Anders has extensive experience in sales and business development, organizational scale up, and leading/supporting software companies into profitable growth.
Other ongoing assignments: Anders is a senior investment manager at Tibia Konsult AB. Current board assignments are Image Systems AB, Prorenata AB, Invoice Finance AB, Billmate AB, CR Competence AB and Logisk Resursutveckling AB.
Previous assignments (last five years): Board assignments in Mikrodust AB and Infrasight Labs.
Holdings/shareholdings in 4C: 272,314
Independence: Independent in relation to the Company, its management and biggest shareholders.
Erik Ivarsson
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Erik Ivarsson (born 1992), Board member 4C Group AB since 2024 and member of the Audit committee.
Education: MSc in Economics from the University of Lund.
Background: Erik works since 2018 as portfolio manager and investment analyst at Grenspecialisten, a privately owned Swedish investment company. Erik has experience in investment management and supporting software companies into profitable growth.
Other ongoing assignments: Portfolio manager and investment analyst at Grenspecialisten. Member of the board in Formpipe Software AB (publ), Generic Sweden AB (publ), Micro Systemation AB (publ) (MSAB) and Precio Fishbone AB (publ).
Previous assignments: –
Holdings/shareholdings in 4C: 42,000
Independence: Independent in relation to the Company, its management and biggest shareholders.
Magnus Hansson
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Magnus Hansson (born 1973), Board member 4C Group AB since 2026 and Chair of the Audit Committee.
Education: Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from Jönköping International Business School.
Background: Magnus Hansson has more than 25 years of experience in finance, accounting and corporate management. He began his career as an auditor and has since held several senior finance positions, including CFO of Lime Technologies AB (publ). He currently serves as Group CFO of Karnov Group AB. Magnus has also held several board assignments and has extensive experience in corporate governance and financial development in growth companies and listed environments.
Current positions: CFO Karnov Group AB. Board member of Karnov Group Denmark A/S, DIB Viden A/S, Karnov Group Holdco DK ApS, Norstedts Juridik AB, DIB Kunskap AB and Karnov AB.
Previous positions (last five years): CFO of Lime Technologies AB (publ).
Holdings/shareholdings in 4C: –
Independence: Independent in relation to the Company, its management and biggest shareholders.
Jörgen Ericsson
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Jörgen Ericsson (born 1968), Board member 4C Group AB since 2023 and chair of the Remuneration Committee.
Education: MSc from Stockholm School of Economics and has studied at the MBA exchange programme at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Background: Jörgen has over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur, investor, and in senior management in the software and data/analytics industries, both in Sweden and in the United States. His background includes Senior Executive positions at Cisco Systems, Vice President at Snowflake, Senior Partner at KPMG, and CEO at two software companies. Jörgen has also been a General Partner in a venture fund investing in scalable technology start-ups. Jörgen has extensive experience in sales and business development, IT/tech and leading product development companies into profitable growth.
Other ongoing assignments: Industry Advisor at EQT. Member of the Board in Hopsworks AB.
Previous assignments (last five years): Vice President, Global Head of Industry Solutions at Snowflake and Senior Partner, Data/ Analytics Advisory at KPMG USA. Holdings/shareholdings in 4C: –
Independence: Independent in relation to the Company, its management and biggest shareholders.
