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Mats Hovland Vikse was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AutoStore in 2022. Before this, he held the position of Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). He has also been a senior advisor at MHWirth and held various positions at Aker Solutions, Aibel and Solar Norge AS.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from BI Norwegian Business School and a master’s degree in Applied Finance from the University of Stavanger.

Mike Demko is the Global Head of AutoStore Retail, a business unit that was formed following the January 2021 acquisition of locai, a provider of digital grocery applications, where Mike was CEO & Founder. Prior to locai, Mike was CEO at Door to Door Organics and prior to that the COO at GPShopper.  In addition to his tenure at Door to Door Organics, Mike's experience in online grocery includes running operations at FreshDirect and his broader retail technology experience includes leadership positions at companies including Priceline and Ask.com.  

He holds a Bachelor's and Master's of Science in Engineering from Princeton University as well as a Master's in Business Administration from The Wharton School of Business. He also served as an Officer in the U.S. Army. 

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Jenny Sveen Hovda was appointed General Counsel of AutoStore in 2022. Before this, she was a partner at the Norwegian law firm Bull & Co.,

where she specialized in innovation, tech, software, IP, global customer scaling, and international contracts.

She holds a Master of Law degree from the University of Oslo.

Carlos Fernandez has held the position of Chief Product Officer (CPO) of AutoStore since 2020. His previous positions within AutoStore include Director of System Design, Sales Engineer, Project Engineer, and Service Engineer. He has also worked in Field Application Engineer Support at SILICA.

He holds an Executive MBA from the IESE Business School – University of Navarra, a master’s degree in Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and a degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Israel Salvador was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) at AutoStore in January 2022. He previously served as CEO at NorSun (2021 - 2022); COO, and Chief Sales Officer at Kitron Group (2013 -  2021); Manufacturing Engineer, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Engineering Manager, Manufacturing Manager, General Manager, and Seismic Product Group Supply Chain Manager at Schlumberger (2001 - 2013); Design Engineer at ManpowerGroup (2000 - 2001); and Customer Support Engineer at JM Systems (1998 - 1999).

He holds an MBA in International Business from the Norwegian School of Economics and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de València .

Bent Skisaker was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of AutoStore in 2020. Before joining AutoStore, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Nel ASA, Eureka Pumps (partly Aker owned), Epax AS (partly Aker owned), Aker Oilfield Services, and Aker Seafoods ASA.

He holds a bachelor’s degree (Hons.) in Business Organization from Heriot-Watt University and a master’s degree in Finance and Accounting (CPA) from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH).

Mr. Dickson was appointed as interim Chief Revenue Officer in January 2023. Prior to this, he had held the role of Senior Vice President of Sales in AutoStore since November 2020. Mr. Dickson is a senior commercial executive with 30+ years of experience within automation products and solutions prior to joining AutoStore, including experience from Danaher Corporation in sales, channel management, marketing, and customer support.

He is a US citizen, currently residing in the US.

Current directorships and senior management positions:

• AutoStore Holdings Ltd (Chief Revenue Officer)

Previous directorships and senior management positions last five years:

• Not applicable