Thunderful Group Appoints Mikael Falkner as Chief Financial Officer
Thunderful Group AB (publ) announced today that the company has appointed Mikael Falkner as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mikael joins the company's executive management team with extensive experience from senior financial positions at major publicly listed companies. Thunderful Group’s interim CFO, Per Alnefelt, will remain with the company for a period to ensure a seamless transition.
The incoming CFO, Mikael Falkner, holds a degree in business administration and has significant experience in several leading, business-oriented roles within finance. His previous positions include Finance Manager for Eastern Europe at the formerly listed Axis Communications, Business Area Controller for the listed Duni Group, followed by the role of Director FP&A and Controlling for the same group, which he is leaving to take on his new role at Thunderful.
"It is with great pleasure that we welcome Mikael Falkner as the new CFO of Thunderful Group. We have recently undergone significant changes, and Mikael’s vast experience and forward-leaning approach are exactly what is needed to help Thunderful continue building the right business governance and structures,” says Martin Walfisz, CEO of Thunderful Group.
"I am very much looking forward to joining Thunderful Group and working with the management team and board to move the company forward. I see strong potential in the company’s business, particularly with the adjustments that have been made over the past year," says Mikael Falkner, incoming CFO at Thunderful Group.
Martin Walfisz continues: "I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our interim CFO, Per Alnefelt, who, during a very intense period, has managed Thunderful’s financial and reporting functions while also playing a key role in the extensive negotiations and structural transactions that have taken place during the second quarter."
Mikael Falkner will assume the position of CFO no later than November 28, 2024.