Investor Portal and General Meetings
As a Shareholder, you have the option to use Penneo’s Investor Portal. In the Investor Portal, Shareholders can check the amount of shares they hold in Penneo. Shareholders who fill in their email addresses will receive electronic information from Penneo in the future. The Investor Portal can also be used for registration and proxy voting in relation to General Meetings, which Penneo encourages the Shareholders to make use of.
IPO Documents
Insignificant inaccuracies in the Listing Prospectus published on April 1, 2022
General Meetings
Video recording – AGM – 10.04.2024
Minutes of the AGM 29 March 2023
Minutes of the AGM 27 April 2022
Management
Christian Stendevad
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
CEO since 18.08.2021
Profession: Chief Executive Officer at Penneo
Description: Christian Stendevad has solid experience within the digital identity and security space and in scaling SaaS businesses globally. Christian is an experienced leader who previously held a position as Chief Operating Officer in Omada. Christian has been with Omada for the past 17 years, where he successfully co-headed the international scaling and growth journey of Omada. Prior to Omada he held a position as Managing Consultant in PwC Consulting and IBM.
Educational background: Master in Engineering in Electronics, DTU
Casper Nielsen Christiansen
CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
CFO since 1.12.2018
Profession: Chief Financial Officer at Penneo
Description: Casper Christiansen has since 2018 been the key driver behind the development of structured financial processes in Penneo for improved financial insights regarding e.g. ongoing forecasting, SaaS metrics, profitability etc. In addition, Casper continuously supports the organization regarding the financial aspects of decision making – thus ensuring that all key decisions in Penneo are fact-based and in accordance with the financial situation. With the onboarding of Casper, all management accounting functions have been reallocated back to Penneo, and the financial team today comprises five people. Before joining Penneo, Casper Christiansen was CFO in SpotOn Marketing, where he played a key role in the disposal of the company to the private equity fund, Adelis.
Educational background: Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Financial and Management Accounting), Copenhagen Business School
Hans J. Skovgaard
CTPO (Chief Technical Product Officer)
CTPO since 1.01.2023
Profession: Chief Technical Product Officer at Penneo
Description: Hans J. Skovgaard has a solid expierence in creating high quality and high reliability software products with over 20 years of technology and software engineering leadership experience. He has a successful history of driving strategic planning, running operations, and advancing development initiatives in software companies.
Most recently, he has served as CTO and Vice President of R&D in Capture One, a company with more than 160 employees. Prior to this, he worked as VP for Engineering in Milestone Systems, a leading global provider of video management software. He has also held senior leadership positions in Microsoft and Mondosoft.
Educational background: M.Sc in Artificial intelligence, B.Sc in Computer Science, and holds an MBA from IMD.
Kirstine Møller Pedersen
CMO (Chief Marketing Officer)
CMO since 1.08.2023
Profession: Chief Marketing Officer at Penneo
Description: Kirstine Møller Pedersen has a proven track record in disruptive and high-growth businesses, where she has successfully built and managed experienced commercial and marketing teams.
Prior to Penneo, Kirstine was leading Global Marketing at Planday, a workforce management SaaS solution, where she managed a team of over 20 employees and played a key role in the company’s successful exit. Before that, she led International Marketing and Growth at Airtasker, positioning the $140m GMV service marketplace for its listing on the Australian stock exchange.
In addition, Kirstine co-founded a fast-growing digital interior design marketplace business funded by Rocket Internet and IKEA. She began her career in marketing consultancy, managing both commercial and creative teams at one of Denmark’s largest marketing consulting firms, Kunde & Co.
Educational background: M.Sc in Economics & Marketing
Mads Aabling
CSO (Chief Sales Officer)
CSO since 1.10.2023
Profession: Chief Sales Officer at Penneo
Description: Mads Paludan Aabling brings extensive experience from commercial leadership roles within the tech, scale-up environment, and media industry. Mads has a proven track record in leading commercial departments, having previously led commercial teams at Hypefactors, Vendigo Finance, and JP/Politikens hus.
Educational background: Certificate of Business Administration (C.B.A.) from AVT Business School and Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (HD) from Aarhus University.
Board of Directors
Jostein Vik
Chairman of the Board
Chairman since 10.04.2024
Profession: Partner, Viking Venture
Particular competencies in relation to Penneo A/S: B2B software, internationalization of software companies, digital identity services, experience as chairman and board member in multiple listed software companies.
Other key positions: Chairman of the Board in Heeros (listed in Helsinki), Chairman of the Board in FotoWare, Board Member in Keystone
Educational background: Masters Degree, Business Administration and Management, BI Norwegian Business School
Status: Independent of Company
Rikke Stampe Skov
Board Member
Board Member since 5.03.2021
Profession: CEO at Impero A/S
Particular competencies in relation to Penneo A/S: CEO (operational) experience, experience from the accounting profession (PwC), international scaling of SaaS companies.
Other key positions: Member of the Board of Representatives of Forenet Kredit
Educational background: Board Master Class (CBS), HD(O) (CBS), HA(jur.) (CBS)
Status: Independent of Company
Eske Gunge
Board Member
Board member since 10.04.2024
Profession: Business angel investor and board member
Particular competencies in relation to Penneo A/S: CEO and founder of a startup/scaleup. Experience with international scaling of SaaS B2B, as well as multi-sales channels and Go-to-Market.
Other key positions: Board Member in WOBA.IO, Board Member in Pensure.dk, Board Member in Pleaz.io, Chairman of the Board for StaySeat.dk
Educational background: Masters Degree, IT (MSc, e-business) – IT University of Copenhagen (2002),
Executive Management Program – INSEAD (2010-2011)
Status: Independent of Company
Morten Kenneth Elk
Board Member
Board member since 14.09.2018
Profession: Professional board member and investor
Particular competencies in relation to Penneo A/S: CEO & founder (operational) experience: Devising strategies, start-up & scale-up experience.
Educational background: Ph.D. Physics, University of Copenhagen
Other key position: Chairman of the Board, Copyright Agent A/S
Chairman of the Board, My True Value ApS
Status: Independent of Company
Kasper Behrens
Board Member
Board member since 10.04.2024
Profession: Strategic advisor – Executit Advisory (Executit.dk), Strategic advisor – Netic A/S (Trifork AG)
Particular competencies in relation to Penneo A/S: Experience with Penneo’s technical platform, product and customer segment. Deep insight in the customer side, the positioning in segments, and strategic architecture.
Educational background: Executive MBA – Aalborg University, Data engineer – Odense Teknikum
Status: Independent of Company