About Lignin Industries

Management Team.

  • Fredrik Malmfors

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    CEO since 2023. Extensive experience in Supply Chain & Operations in various industries like automotive, retail, consumer goods and industrial equipment. 17 years of consulting experience with Accenture and 9 years operational supply chain management with Swedish co-op Lantmännen.

    Education: BSc in Business management, University of Uppsala.

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  • Christopher Carrick

    FOUNDER & CHIEF TECH. OFFICER

    Founded Lignin Industries in 2018. Extensive experience in biomass utilization and entrepreneurship. Also serves as a board member in deep-tech companies, Papershell and EcoHelix that has a common focus on leveraging and enhancing biomass sourced from the forest industry to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.

    Education: PhD in Material Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden & Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

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  • Carolina Santos Murray

    CHIEF STRATEGY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Joined Lignin Industries 2024. Extensive experience in Corporate Strategy and Business Development in various sectors and countries. Strong focus on international growth with a passion for sustainability. Prior employers include McKinsey, GodEl and Business Sweden.

    Education: M.Sc. in Economics and Business, Stockholm School of Economics

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  • Toby Hodgson

    CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

    Joined Lignin Industries 2023. 30 years’ experience in leadership and sales-focused organisations on a global basis. Specialising in solution services and packaging development, covering a wide spectrum of segments from retail, FMCG, automotive and footwear & apparel. His career spans all sectors of packaging from paper, polymer and design.

    Education: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Camberley UK

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  • Johan Verendel

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Joined Lignin Industries 2019. Extensive experience in scale-up and development projects in the chemical industry. Been in charge of scaling the RENOL® process from lab scale to tonne scale, and in charge of production and product development of RENOL®.

    Education: MSc. Chemical Engineering.
    Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Uppsala.

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  • Fredrik Gustafson

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Joined Lignin Industries 2021. Background in consulting with 20 years experience in strategic and M&A advisory. Prior employers include The Boston Consulting Group and KPMG. Worked with growth companies across a number of industries with a numbers and fact based approach.

    Education: MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management, Chalmers University of Technology.

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  • Kerstin Lagerlöf

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    CMO since Sep 2024. Extensive experience in Marketing, Communication, and Sustainability from various industries. Long-term background as Marketing Manager in global company Tarkett working with B2B and B2C, circular economy, branding strategy, PA and PR, design development, and product management.

    Education: BSc in Business Management, University of Uppsala. Academic studies in Art History, Psychology, Professional writing, and languages.

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Board of Directors.

  • Christopher Carrick

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Founded Lignin Industries in 2018. Extensive experience in biomass utilization and entrepreneurship. Also serves as a board member in deep-tech companies, Papershell and EcoHelix that has a common focus on leveraging and enhancing biomass sourced from the forest industry to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.

    Education: PhD in material chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden & Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

  • Fredrik Svensson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Board member in Lignin Industries since 2019.
    25 years experience as an entrepreneur in startups and scaleups within IT, Facility management, Logistics and Green Tech. Deep knowledge within business development, organizational development and management from leadership and board positions of several corporations. Co-founder & former CEO of Network Services Norden.

  • Giovanni Fili

    BOARD MEMBER

    Board member of Lignin Industries since 2018. Founder & CEO of Exeger Sweden, a clean tech company that develops Dye Sensitized Solar Cells to harvest solar energy efficiently. Been a Board Member, Vice President and Partner of Nanologica AB, a Nano Tech material company that focuses on the bio-tech and drug delivery sector. Also been a Senior Advisor at the KTH Applied Finance Institute.

    Education: Master of Science, Finance and Information Management, Stockholm School of Economics.

  • Tommy Kullberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Board member of Lignin Industries since 2019. Has an extensive career in the chemical and medical sectors, holding prominent top management roles in Europe and Africa. Established a strong foundation in Tokyo and played a pivotal role in leading the successful establishment of IKEA in Japan, and served as a Board member to Hennes & Mauritz start-up in Japan.

    He has excelled as a Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of Sweden in Japan and chairing the Swedish Chamber of Commerce and the European Chamber of Commerce in Japan.

    Education: Dual major in engineering and economics.

  • Martin Roos

    BOARD MEMBER

    Board Member of Lignin Industries since 2019. Have an INSEAD-certified board director (IDP) with board and executive experience in telecom, tech, and biotech. Currently the Chairman for Seamless Distribution Systems and also board member of Nexam Chemicals. In addition to senior leadership positions with Ericsson, Martin has previously served on the Board Operating Committee of WOM (Chile) and was the CEO for Cable and Wireless Caribbean and Altice in the Dominican Republic. Also served on the Board of Directors of TSTT in Trinidad and Tobago.

    Education: MSc in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics. and MSc in Chemical Engineering, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

  • Catherine Carrick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Catherine Carrick is founder of Kvarteret K, a company specializing in construction project management. With a strong background as a construction engineer, Catherine brings technical expertise and leadership. Catherine has also been engaged in multiple sustainable startups.

    Catherine provides a main owner representative perspective, ensuring alignment between business strategy and ownership goals.

    Education: Civil engineering degree in Road and water engineering, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • Ulf Vucetic

    BOARD MEMBER

    Ulf brings deep expertise in finance and investment banking. From 2015 to 2022, he served as the Lead for Carnegie Nordic Investment Banking. Ulf’s leadership at Carnegie IB established him as a key figure in Nordic finance.

    In addition, Ulf has been an active investor in multiple startups. His in-depth knowledge of financing and investment structures makes him a valuable asset in driving growth and ensuring financial sustainability.

    Education: MSc in Economics, Uppsala University.