Chairman of the Board

Mr. Reijo Mäihäniemi is President and CEO of Efore Oyj, a publicly listed power products company. Before joining Efore, Mäihäniemi worked as Managing Director of Olivetti Finland and Fiskars Power Systems. During his career he has also had top executive positions at Tellabs, Teleste and Nokia Telecommunications, building global businesses in over 100 countries. Mäihäniemi lives in Helsinki, Finland.

Directors

Mr. Linwood Lacy has an impressive career in distribution that spans nearly 25 years. From 1985 to 1996 he was CEO of Ingram Micro and its predecessor company, Micro D Inc. He also served as President and then CEO of Ingram Industries from 1993 to 1996. Lacy was President and CEO of Micro Warehouse (1996 -1997) and Chairman of 4SURE.com (1998-2001), which was acquired by Office Depot in 2001.  Prior to Micro D, Lacy held executive positions with Best Products and Zale Corporation's Catalogue Showroom Division. Lacy, who spearheaded Ingram Micro's skyrocketing growth from 100 million USD to 12 billion USD in revenues as chief executive of the company, was inducted into the CRN Computer Museum Industry Hall of Fame in 1997. He now spends his time as a private investor and serves on several boards including Ingram Industries, NETGEAR and Global MailExpress (for which he is Chairman) and lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Mr. Timo Lindström is the Co-founder and CEO of Confidex Ltd. He has more than 20 years executive experience in wireless technologies and system integration companies in Finland and in Germany. He has been working in the RFID industry since 1997. Prior to founding Confidex Ltd. he headed UPM Rafsec from start-up venture until it became the world’s number one RFID inlay vendor. He lives in Tampere, Finland

Mr. Ari Siponmaa joined Aura Capital year 2000 and is currently serving as Managing Partner. Previously, Mr. Siponmaa held senior positions with top management consultancies such as AT Kearney, Gemini Consulting and Andersen Consulting (Accenture) in Finland and abroad, with particular emphasis on financial industry, strategy and mergers, and acquisitions. He has held and currently holds several board memberships in internationalising growth companies. Siponmaa holds M.Sc. in Electrical engineering from Helsinki University of Technology.

Mr. Kaj Westerberg is the Managing Partner of Essa Invest and the CEO of K.J.Westerberg, one of the leading accounting service groups in Finland. Mr. Westerberg acts as a seed investor in start-up companies and serves in several boards as Director and lives in Tampere, Finland.