Scaling
renewables OX2
Circularity Biond
Distributing the power Enstar

People of Peas Industries

We believe in the transformative power of people. Finding creative ways to solve pressing issues with humanity at the heart. This implies acting fast, with progressive thinking, combined with a great amount of smartness and courage. Because that’s when real change happens.

Johan Ihrfelt

CEO and Co-founder

Johan Ihrfelt has over 25 years of starting and growing entrepreneurial companies into both international and listed environments. He started his career at Kinnevik’s media operations in the early 90’s after which Johan cofounded and was the CEO of one of the early internet pioneer companies Spray. The initiative of what Peas is today started with OX2 that he cofounded together with Thomas von Otter in 2004. Johan is as keen about the details as he is passionate about the long term vision of companies he devotes himself to. Johan is also a dedicated yogi since 25 years.

Thomas von Otter

Co-founder

Thomas started his first company 30 years ago and has been running companies ever since. As one of the first employees of the then newly started TV4, he got a crash course in establishing new and complex businesses. After management assignments at the Bonnier Group and Kinnevik, he was employed by Spray with responsibility for internationalization in the late ‘90s. In 2004 he founded together with Johan Ihrfelt what is today OX2. Thomas’s driving force is curiosity and willingness to influence long-term sustainable business and society. When Thomas is not at the office, he might happily be at his country home in Roslagen playing farmer.

Vesna Ekedahl

CFO

As Peas CFO since 2008, Vesna is playing a critical role in accelerating the growth of our businesses through financial planning, accounting practices as wells as systems and processes set up for scalable growth. For our companies, Vesna is tailoring financial management techniques and solutions appropriate within the industries that they operate. Prior to Peas, Vesna was a controller, finance manager and CFO at Connecta AB and she holds a Masters in International Business and Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics as well as a degree in Business Administration from the University of Split. Vesna’s go-to retreat is the tennis court.

Board Members

Johan Ihrfelt

Chairman of the Board

Current position: CEO of Peas Industries AB.
Other appointments: Board member of several companies within Peas Industries and member of the advisory board at a number of external companies.
Education: MBA, Stockholm School of Economics and NYU, Stern School of Business in New York. He also studied law at the University of Stockholm.
Born: 1967

Thomas von Otter

Board member

Current position: Deputy CEO of Peas Industries AB.
Other appointments: Board member of several companies within Peas Industries.
Education: Studied economics at Stockholm University.
Born: 1966

Anna-Karin Eliasson Celsing

Board member

Other appointments: Board member of Lannebo Fonder AB, Landshypotek Bank AB, Carnegie Investment Bank AB, Volati AB and OX2 AB.

Education: MBA, Stockholm School of Economics.

Born: 1962

Johan Wieslander

Board member

Current position: Partner, Newground Alliance
Other board appointments: Inhouse AB, Johan Wieslander AB, J&J Wieslander AB, Deseven Capital AB, Deseven International AB and Newground Alliance companies.
Education: Masters in Engineering and MBA, Chalmers University of Technology and the School of Economics, Gothenburg University.
Born: 1960

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