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The Board of Directors for GiG Software PLC consists of five members, all of whom are independent of the main shareholders. In the opinion of the Board, the composition of the Board of Directors responds to the Company’s needs for varied competency, continuity and changes in ownership structure. None of the directors holds any options or is entitled to any severance payment upon termination or expiration of their service.

All Board Members are independent of major shareholders.

The Board of Directors consists of:

Petter Nylander Chairman of the board of directors
and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

Position: Chairman of the board of directors

Nationality: Swedish.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Stockholm University.

Current engagements: CEO of Besedo Global Services AB. Chairman of the board of directors of G5 Entertainment AB and Hard Drive Gaming AB. Member of the board of directors of Brf David Bagare.

Previous engagements (past five years): Advisor of Hard Drive Gaming AB. Deputy board member of Ice leopard AB.

Holdings in GiG Software: 119,800 Depository Receipts.

 

Petter has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from University of Stockholm. In 1994, Petter Nylander joined MTG AB and made it to several senior positions including CEO of TV3 Sweden (Sweden’s first commercially financed TV station), CEO TV3 Scandinavia and Vice President MTG Broadcasting Channels. During 2003-2005 he was CEO of OMD Sweden AB (Omnicom Media Group), a global communications services company. During 2005-2010 he served as CEO for Unibet Group Plc, one of Europe’s leading online gambling sites (today Kindred Group and Kambi). Other experience from the gambling sector include: 2000-2003 Director of the Board, Cherry Företagen AB (Later split into Betsson, Net Entertainment and Cherry), 2004-2005 Director of the Board, Ongame e-Solutions AB (Acquired by Bwin, today Entain), 2006-2011 Director of the Board, European Betting and Gaming Association (EGBA), 2010-2011 Director of the Board, Bingo.com.

Currently, Petter Nylander is Chairman of the Board at G5 Entertainment AB (Listed at main list NASDAQ Nordics).

Nicolas Adlercreutz Board member
and Chairman of the Audit Committee

Position: Board member

Nationality: Swedish.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business and Economics from the Mid Sweden University.

Current engagements: CFO of NOD Group AB. Member of the board of directors of NOD Holding AB, Nordic e trade AB, Cooee Design AB, Sweden Concepts AB, String Furniture AB, Kasthall Group AB, Byarums Bruk AB, Aktiebolaget Grythyttans Stålmöbler and NA Finance AB.

Previous engagements (past five years): Group CFO BlueStep Bank AB. Interim CFO of Bright Group Oy. Member of the board of directors of Readly International AB (publ).

Holdings in GiG Software: 60,000 Depository Receipts.

 

Nicolas has a strong background within finance and has held numerous finance C‐level management positions. For example, Nicolas has held positions such as CFO of Bluestep Bank, CFO of Qliro Group AB (Nasdaq OMX) and CFO at PA Resources (Nasdaq OMX), he is currently CFO of NOD Group AB. Nicolas is expected to bring and contribute with great financial occupational experience and finance competence to the Board of Directors of the Company. Nicolas has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Economics from the Mid Sweden University.

Hesam Yazdi Board member
and member of the Audit Committee

Position: Board member

Nationality: Swedish.

Education: Law courses at Stockholm University.

Current engagements: Member of the board of directors and CEO of Mocca Investment Group AB and Mocca Enterprise AB. Chairman of the board of directors of Repslagaren 31.

Previous engagements (past five years): Investor in The Works and Workaround.

Holdings in GiG Software: 955,500 Depository Receipts.

 

Hesam has been a very active shareholder in the Company for many years and for the last 12 months, he has actively been responsible for the Company’s investor relations and also been providing investor relations advice to the Board of Directors. Hesam is also running his own investment company, Mocca Investment Group, which invest in both listed and unlisted companies.

Mikael Riese Harstad Board member
and member of the Remuneration Committee

Position: Board member

Nationality: Swedish.

Education: Master of Laws degree from the University of Lund.

Current engagements: Member of the board of directors of Teo Invest Ltd, Sightic Analytics AB and Skilling Holding Ltd. Advisor and Consultant to Optimiser Invest Ltd and TGD Operations Ltd.

Previous engagements (past five years): Managing Director of Optimizer Invest Ltd.

Holdings in GiG Software: 1,342,136 Depository Receipts.

 

Mikael is a partner of Optimizer Invest Ltd and has been a major shareholder in the Company, both through Optimizer Invest and personally, since 2016. Mikael has a long experience in both online gambling and mergers and acquisitions and has been acting as board member and senior advisor for companies like Catena Media, The Game Day, the Betit Group, Skilling and Speqta. Mikael has a Masters of Laws degree from the University of Lund.

Andreas Soneby Board member

Position: Board member

Nationality: Swedish.

Education: MSc Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Current engagements: Venture Partner at Industrifonden. MD at Achernar AB.

Previous engagements (past five years): CTO at Unibet. CIO at Kambi. CEO at Whithe Hat Gaming. VP Engineering (co-CTO) at Instabox (Instabee).

Holdings in GiG Software: – 86,545 Depository Receipts

 

Andreas has a long career within tech and gambling, primarily at C-level positions, such as CTO at Unibet (Kindred) and CIO at Kambi, spanning over 15 years through a massive increase in scale and regulatory development. More recently Andreas worked at Instabox/Instabee, supporting the founder and CTO in transforming the tech organisation and capabilities through a number of acquisitions and mergers. Andreas currently works at the VC firm Industrifonden as Venture Partner. He holds a MSc in Computer Science from KTH.

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