Corporate governance

Olof (born 1962) works as Partner at TRANSEARCH, an international search. Olof has many years of experience from medical device companies in different leadership roles but also from other industries.
After studying at Chalmers, Gothenburg and ETH, Zurich, Olof worked at the Boston Consulting Group, first in Munich and later in the Stockholm office. Olof lived many years in Germany and worked as the Swedish Trade Commissionaire to Germany / Regional Manager Europe at Business Sweden. After that Olof held several senior positions at Elekta, including the role as Executive Vice President. Olof has also been CEO of RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, with focus on merging the Swedish research institutes into one national organisation. Olof has carried out several M&A projects with subsequent integration work.
Olof’s board experiences are from different industries, including research-institutes, medical technology, e-commerce, sports equipment / sports facilities, both for private, listed and PE-owned companies. Today Olof’s serves on the board of two medical device companies Micropos and Scandidos, as well as a PE owned company Unisport OY.
Olof holds a master's degree from Chalmers / ETH Zurich and an Executive MBA from Columbia, New York.

He is a member of the Board since 2021

Olof Sandén holds 3,000 shares in the company.

Hedlund (born 1952) is one of the founders of ContextVision AB. He holds a Master in Electrical Engineering Applied Physics at Linköping University. His PhD studies in image processing was interrupted when he founded the company, as a Research & Development Manager and later site manager in Linköping, leading a team to build one of the first advanced image analysis high-speed computers, namely the GOP-computer. Between 1999 and mid 2019 he worked as a CTO focusing on strategic product and business development. Since 2013 he introduced and worked with Artificial Intelligence/ Machine learning where he led his team to achieved top-scores in international competitions in Digital Pathology. He is an inventor of some patents within image processing and machine learning and has published several research papers.

He is a member of the Board since the company went public in 1997.

Martin Hedlund owns 8,316,660 shares (10,7%) in ContextVision and he is also a board member of Cytacoat AB and the wholly owned Yakivu AB and DMGH Consulting.

Ingvar (born 1955) has a background in cognitive neuroscience and is the Barbro and Bernard Osher Professor of Integrative Medicine at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden. He has lead the MR Research Center for more than two decades. His present research interest is in formal description of clinical knowledge and quality in clinical care. He has devised new modes for semantic interoperability in information systems and laid a foundation for patient centric knowledge building in health care. He has published some 250 research papers and contributed to 15 books. His latest book is on knowledge and AI.

He is a member of the Board since 2020.

Martin Ingvar holds 12,000 shares in the company.

Günther-Hanssen (born 1954) is one of the founders of ContextVision and he has previously served as CEO for the company, as well as chairman of the board and board member. He was re-elected to the board in 2011. Günther-Hanssen has acted as a venture capitalist and been involved in start-up companies in the medical, industrial and financial sectors in the capacity of investor as well as board member. He holds a M.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from the Institute of Technology at Linköping University.

Sven Günther-Hanssen owns 8,516,670 shares (11%) in the company.

Gerald Pötzsch joined ContextVision in August 2022 as CEO.
Gerald has many years of professional experience within Medical Technology, with various leadership roles across the globe.
After graduating from RWTH Aachen in Germany, Gerald completed two PhD programs in Engineering and Medicine and worked in management consulting. He then spent 16 years with Philips in commercially leading roles in Europe, as Senior Director for Innovation in the CTO office, and as business leader for a global solution business that he established in the US. He has worked within diagnostic and interventional imaging as well as informatics. Gerald’s focus has always been to bridge customer and supplier perspectives into joint business partnerships.
Gerald has board experience from privately owned and PE-owned companies as well as non-profit professional associations within the MedTech industry.

Gerald holds 35,000 shares in the company.

Richard Hallström joined ContextVision in August 2023 as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Richard has long experience in the MedTech sector, both with OEMs and OEM suppliers. He has a proven track record of developing financial strategies and promoting a business mindset throughout organizations, driving increased value for shareholders. Prior to joining ContextVision, Richard served as CFO at ScandiNova Systems. Other previous leadership roles include Vice President of Finance and Finance Director at Global Stoneridge Electronics, Tyco Healthcare Norden, and Amgen Nordics. Richard holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Mid Sweden University. 

Richard holds 25,000 shares in the company. 

Gunnar Läthén joined ContextVision in 2013 and became CTO in 2022. During his career within the company, he has worked actively in research and product development as a research scientist, and more recently as manager of R&D operations. His interests lie in the intersection between image processing, machine learning, software engineering, and driving operational excellence within the medical device field. He holds a PhD in visualization and media technology from Linköping University, and a double MSc in computational science and media technology and engineering.

Gunnar owns no shares in the company.

Ola Lindblad joined ContextVision in February 2020 as Vice President of Medical Imaging, became the interim CEO in Feb 2022 and now holds the position as Chief Sales and Solution Officer since Aug 2022. He has over 20 years' experience from the global software industry, working for companies such as IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Boeing. His main focus has been on managing international sales and consulting teams, as well as business development in existing and new regions. Lindblad has a bachelor’s degree from Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law.

Ola owns no shares in the company.

Flood joined ContextVision already in 2003, and holds the position as CSO since 2022. She has sixteen years’ experience as an Application Engineer developing and customizing the company’s products worldwide, including several years of expat positions in the U.S.A. and P.R. China. Since 2019 she manages the Application Services team. Katarina holds a M.Sc. in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, and a Licentiate of Engineering in Computer Vision from Linköping University.

Katarina holds 615 shares in the company.

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