Board of directors

Entercard is a joint venture between Barclays Principal Investments Ltd and Swedbank AB (publ) the “Shareholders”.  The Shareholders elect the Board of Directors at the Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting, usually held in end of March each year. The election is proceeded by nomination procedures executed within the Shareholders’ respective organisation.

The Shareholders’ nomination procedures shall ensure diversity within the Board in terms of the directors’ educational and professional backgrounds, gender, age and geographical provenance.

The Board’s composition shall adhere to applicable laws and regulations, and to the Policy on Gender, Equality and Diversity and the Instruction on Suitability Assessment of the Board of Directors, adopted by the Board.

For more information regarding the Shareholders’ governance and nomination procedures visit:

Recommendations regarding suitable Directors, based on the nomination procedures, are submitted to the Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting. The Shareholders’ annual general meeting elects and appoints directors of the Entercard Board based on the recommendations.

Board of Directors:

Carl Molinero

Board member since 2024.

In Entercard:

  • Board of Directors, member

 

Christian Kühn

Born in 1972. Board member since 2018.

In Entercard:

  • Board of Directors, member
  • Governance and Oversight Committee

Christian Kühn is the CFO of Barclaycard Germany. He has extensive experience from senior positions within the banking industry.

Board member’s independency:

  • Independent in relation to the bank and the executive management.

Education: Study of Business Administration

Professional experience:

  • Finance Director Santander Consumer, Finance Director European Consumer Finance (Royal Bank of Scotland)

Non-executive assignments: none other than EC

Eva-Li Prades Eriksson

Born in 1975. Employee representative since 2017.

In Entercard:

  • Board of Directors, member, employee representative
  • Senior Partner Manager in Commercial and Broad experience in Card Business

Board Member’s independence:

  • Not Applicable

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in economics, University of Stockholm

Bank specific experience

  • Operational 22 years

Professional experience:

  • Senior Partner Manager and Process Specialist, Entercard
  • Project Manager, Marketing Coordinator, Swedbank
  • Agent, FöreningsSparbanken
  • Executive board member of Finansförbundet (FSU) 2012-2019

Non-executives assignments

  • Auditor of Municipality of Huddinge (Kommunrevisionen)
  • Member of the Assembly Council Swedish Church of Huddinge.

Hege Nilsen Aukan

Born in 1975. Employee representative since 2022

In Entercard

  • Board of Directors, employee representative since 2022
  • Accountant Specialist, Finance

Education

  • NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Food Science, Trondheim

Bank Specific Experience

Operational 18 years

Professional Experience

  • Entercard since 2005. 5 years in Customer service, Entercard, and 13 years in Finance, Entercard

Johan Sälgström 

Born in 1975. Board member since 2023.

In Entercard:

  • Board of Directors, Chair since 2024
  • Board Remuneration Committee since 2024

Johan Sälgström is the Head of Group Cards at Swedbank.

Board member’s independence:

  • Independent in relation to the company and the executive management, but appointed by the major shareholder Swedbank

Education:

  • Master of Science in Business and Economics, Uppsala University

Professional experience:

  • Swedbank since 2020
  • Nordea 2015-2020
  • EY 2007-2015
  • OMX Stockholm Stock Exchange 2000-2007

Joseph Jessup

Born in 1979. Board member since 2021.

In Entercard:

  • Board of Directors

Joseph (Joe) Jessup is Head of Digital, Data and Analytics for Barclaycard Payments, leading digital and data transformation programmes which drive the strategic growth of the Payments Business. He has over 17 years with experience in the Banking/Payments industry in a range of commercial roles in retail credit cards, commercial issuing and payments acquiring.

Board member’s independency:

  • Independent in relation to the bank and the executive management

Education:

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Warwick
  • BEng Automotive and Electrical Engineering, University of Bradford

Professional experience:

  • Commercial Director Payment Partnerships, Head of Operational Strategy and Planning Payment Acceptance, Head of Sales Strategy, Planning and Performance Management, Barclayard

Per Högberg

Board member since 2024.

In Entercard:

  • Board member since 2024.

 

Tobias Griess

Born in 1968. Board member since 2018.

In Entercard:

  • Board of Directors, Deputy Chairman
  • Remuneration Committee

Tobias Griess is the CEO of Barclaycard Germany. He has extensive experience from senior positions within the banking industry.

Board member’s independency:

  • Independent in relation to the bank and the executive management.

Education:

  • Study of Business Administration

Professional experience:

  • Chief Commercial & Marketing Officer (Barclaycard), Head of Product & Service Management, Retail and Private Banking (Unicredit Bank AG), Global Head of Mass Market (Unicredit Group), Head of Wealth Management, EMEA (Citigroup Global Consumer Group)

Non-executive assignments: none other than EC