Meet the Team
Max Metelius
CEO
Born 1969. CEO since 2020. Employed by ASAB since August 2018.
Email: max.metelius@advancedsoltech.com
Phone: +46 8 441 88 40
Mobile: +46 72 316 04 44
Experience
Max has worked for the past eight years with various roles in renewable energy and was a co-founder of Alight, business developer in solar energy at BMI and CFO / COO at Advanced Soltech. Prior to that, Max has long experience from the financial sector at Carnegie and HQ Bank, primarily focusing on investments in emerging markets.
Education
Master of Laws, Stockholm University. Master of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg. Studies in Economics and Geoscience, Stockholm University.
Other assignments/positions
Board member in Advanced SolTech Renewable Energy (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd., ST-Solar Holding AB, Kraftwerk Holding AB and Kraftwerk Consulting.
Holding in the company
33 400 shares and 387,475 warrants held through corporate structure and insurance.
Lars Höst
CFO
Born 1958. CFO since 2020. Employed by ASAB since August 2020.
Email: lars.host@advancedsoltech.com
Mobile: +46 72 22 900 36
Experience
Lars has more than 30 years of experience from senior roles in finance, most recently as CFO and acting CEO of Ortivus AB (publ), listed on Nasdaq Small Cap. Lars has held positions as CFO / Head of accounting for D-Link Northern Europe, Sitetel Sweden / Northstar Batteries and Gunnebo Nordic.
Education
BS Business Administration and Management, University of Lund. Studies in IT, University of Lund.
Other assignments/positions
Board member in Advanced SolTech Renewable Energy (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd. and Host Financial Services AB. Deputy board member in ST-Solar Holding AB.
Holding in the company
0 shares. 116,243 warrants.
Cecilia Markborn (Xia)
General Counsel
Born 1992. General Counsel since 2021. Employed by ASAB since February 2021.
Email: cecilia.markborn@advancedsoltech.com
Mobile: +46 73 500 16 78
Experience
Cecilia has worked as a lawyer at Setterwalls Advokatbyrå within the areas of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and corporate law for Swedish and international companies. She has a background from China and speaks Swedish, English and Mandarin.
Education
Master of Laws, Uppsala University
Other assignments/positions
No other assignments.
Holding in the company
0 shares. 38,748 warrants.
Gang Bao
CEO of Advanced SolTech Renewable Energy
Born 1969. CEO since 2020. Employed since 2015.
Experience
Since 2015, Gang has worked with sales and business development in the company. During 2012-2015, Gang was sales and marketing director of Advanced Solar Power Hangzhou and was responsible for building a sales platform in about 30 countries. Between 2008 and 2012, Gang had the role as production director at Advanced Solar Power Hangzhou where he built up and created the manufacturing process for the company’s thin film modules (CdTe). Before entering the solar energy industry, Gang worked both in sales and as a developer at a number of software companies.
Education
MS in Mathematics and Computer Science, Colorado School of Mines. BS in Mathematics, ShanDong University, JiNan.
Other ongoing assignments
Board member in HuBei KaiLong Longyan Energy Technology Co Ltd.
Holding in the company
0 shares. 387,475 warrants.
Frederic Telander
Executive Chairman of the board
Born 1964. Executive Chairman since 2020. Board member since 2016.
Email: frederic.telander@advancedsoltech.com
Phone: +46 8 441 88 46
Mobile: +46 70 525 16 03
Experience
Former partner in EIG Venture Capital Ltd, an investment company focusing on clean tech investments. Frederic was during the period 2001 – 2008, instrumental in the expansion of the Gas Turbine Efficiency Group and the listing process of the company on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM list in 2005. During the period 2007 – 2009 and 2018 – 2020, Frederic was Chairman of the Board of SolTech Energy Sweden AB (publ), and between 2009 – 2018, Frederic was CEO of the company and instrumental in the listing of Soltech Energy on First North at Nasdaq Stockholm in 2015.
Education
University studies in business administration.
Other ongoing assignments
Board member in Sactum AB and ST-Solar Holding AB.
Holding in the company
22,404 shares and 406,849 warrants held through corporate structure and insurance.