Meet our judges

Maria Hedengren has 25+ years' experience from leading positions in both private and listed companies, both as executive management as well as non executive bord roles, for example as CFO and Board member of NetEnt AB publ), CFO of iZettle AB and CEO of Readly AB publ). Maria holds a number of Board Director and Audit committee positions in companies like Stillfront Group (publ), Mips AB (publ) and Scila AB. Maria is also a venture partner at the London based VC Eight Roads and Advisor Board Member for STJ, a London based independent equity capital markets advisor.

Frida Pemer is Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. Her research centers on digital transformation and the future of work, and she leads courses on transformation and leadership at SSE Executive MBA and SSE Executive Education.

Jan Ståhlberg is the founder and CEO of Trill Impact and has more than 25 years of experience in private equity. He is a board member of Bactiguard AB, ITB Medical AB, and Trelleborg AB. He was part of the initial team at EQT Partners. At EQT, he held several senior positions, including Deputy CEO and Vice Chairman.

Jan Söderström has more than 28 years of experience from the financial sector gained from working within International Banking, Investment Banking and Corporate Banking. Presently Jan is Head of Sector for Service & IT companies within the Large & Midcorp segments in Swedbank and was prior to that Head of Sector for Industrials, Telecom, Media, Tech & Energy companies on the Midcorp side in Swedbank. Jan has been working with developing and assessing companies financially for more than 20 years, Jan has a BBA with major in Accounting and Financing from the University of Stockholm.