Members of the Board and Management

For Board and Management shareholdings see Insider list »

Karl-Axel Waplan
Chairman of the board. Board member since 2008. Master of Science in Engineering. Managing Director in Northland Resources AB. Previous Chief Executive Officer of Lundin Mining AB, Chairman of the Board of Directors in Radkin, Raw Material Fund and Raw Material Group Ab, Sweden, Member of the Board of Directors in Union Resources Ltd, Australia.

Timo Lindborg
Member of the Board since 2005. Doctor of Technology, Master of Science in Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Geology. Former Chief Executive Officer in Endomines AB, Endomines Oy and Kalvinit Oy. Adjunct professor in Oulu University: Business Development in Mining industry.

Tuomo Mäkelä
Member of the Board since 2006. Geologist. As a President of Outokumpu Mining Oy, responsible for business development in the Outokumpu Group's mining industry. Previously various managing positions abroad through Outokumpu’s international mining activity.

Lars-Göran Ohlsson
Member of the Board. Mining and Metallurgy Engineer. Chief Executive Officer in Geomanagement AB. Previous Chief Executive Officer of Riddarhyttan Resources AB, LKAB Prospektering AB and other managing positions in mining and exploration companies.

Rauno Pitkänen
Board Menber since 2010. M.Sc,Mining. Sandvik Mining and Construction, Underground Mining, Manager Projects and Systems. Over 30 years of experience in mining industry with Outokumpu Mining Oy and Tara Mines Ltd as well Global positions in Project and Business development with Outokumpu Mining Oy.

Lisbeth Godin Jonasson
Member of the Board since 2009. Geologist. Regional Manager at The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise in Östersund. Previously she worked for strategic development of Entrepreneurship at the provincial government in the county of Jämtland and was responsible for a mineral exploration project in the provincial government of Jämtland and Västernorrland. She has also worked for Viscaria mine in Kiruna as Chief Geologist and for LKAB Prospektering AB. Board Member of Swedbank, Local Bank Östersund and Jämtlands Mineral AB.

Carina Hellemaa
Member of the Board since 2009. M.A. International Relations, Global Master of Arts Program, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Director for Operations and Development at the Crisis Management Initiative, founded by President Martti Ahtisaari. Previously Head of Corporate Finance, Finland, and Member of Corporate Finance Steering Group, Stockholm, at Handelsbanken Capital Markets. Prior to that, she worked as Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank's corporate finance department in London and for the Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd.




Leading Post Holders

Markus Ekberg
Employed in Endomines since 2009. Chief Executive Officer. Master of Science degree in Geology and Mineralogy from Turku University in Finland. He has 25 years of experience with mining projects and companies internationally, including GM at Hitura Mine, Finland, Manager of Mining at Nikkel og Olivin, Norway, Project Manager for Outokumpu Mining Australia, Project Manager at Tara Mines, Ireland and GM at Pahtavaara Gold Mine, Finland. Markus Ekberg is also a Qualified Person according to Australian JORC and Canadian NI 43-101 stock exchange codes.

Jaakko Liikanen
Employed in Endomines since 1996. Chief Technical Officer. Master of Science in Geology. Appointed as “Qualified Person” by SveMin.

Börje Lindén
Emloyed in Endomines since 2008. Chief Financial Officer. Master of Science in Economics (1980) from Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki.
Börje Linden has many years of experience on auditing and on leading administrative positions in international public concerns both in Finland and in Sweden.