BIMobject today announced that Peter Bang has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors at the 2021 Annual General Meeting, which was held today in Malmo, Sweden. Furthermore, Christian Lindfors was elected as new member of the Board.

Peter Bang has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2019 and has chaired of the Board’s Audit & Control Committee. Peter Bang has an extensive industry background, and up until the end of 2021 he served as the CFO of Velux, a global manufacturer specalising in roof windows and skylights with more than 10,000 employees.

“I am pleased to take over the position as Chairman of the Board of Directors of BIMobject AB. BIMobject is a great company with a fantastic position to drive the digital transformation of the building industry. I am looking forward to working closely together with the Executive Management team and all the dedicated employees. I am both humbled by and excited about this opportunity and look forward to continuing the good work of the previous Chairman, Johan Svanström, together with rest of the Board”, said Peter Bang.

Christian Lindfors holds an MSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland, USA and a PhD in Industrial Economics and Management from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He has been a guest researcher at Stanford University and graduated from the Executive Management Programme at Stockholm School of Economics.

Christian is currently the CEO of Science Village Scandinavia AB. Science Village Scandinavia’s mission is to develop the Science Village area in Lund, Sweden, into a knowledge ecosystem through establishing a national research and innovation park function, a national campus for education, research, innovation and knowledge circulation, and to develop and build a Science Center in Science Village.

Between 2008 and 2020, Christian was at Tyréns AB as a member of the executive management. Tyréns is one of the larger technical consultancy firms in Sweden with operations in several countries outside Sweden. As a member of the Group Management, Christian was involved in growing the company from 600 to 3,000 employees, setting up new business operations in Denmark, Norway, the UK and the Baltic region. As Regional Director for southern Sweden and Denmark, with responsibility for all consultancy operations in the areas of infrastructure and urban development, he grew his operations from 200 to over 600 consultants.

Over the years, Christian has been deeply involved in successful digitalisation projects at Tyréns and in developing an innovation programme. Christian has acquired great expertise and knowledge within areas such as development of consultancy businesses, strategy work, international operations, change management, digitalisation and innovation management. He has also held several Board memberships and currently holds positions of trust at AWA Holding and Sleeptight (Board Director).

“I have with great interest followed BIMobject’s journey to become the leading platform for digital building information, and I now look forward contributing to developing the possibilities based on this position”, said Christian Lindfors.