Nilar

Board of Directors

Anders Barsk – Chairman

Anders is a private investor in early stage technology companies and real estate ventures in the U.S. and Europe. Anders is also a member of the board of Gycom AB, Boston Power, Inc and Qbrick AB and has been on the board of several real estate and insurance companies. He earned a M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

Lars Fredriksson – Board Member

Lars co-founded Nilar in 2000 and has extensive management, sales and marketing experience from the battery industry. He was president of Optima Batteries from 1992 to 1995. During this period he supervised the introduction of a new lead-acid battery technology and built worldwide distribution and sales organization. He is actively involved in business development for Nilar in Europe.

Neil Puester – Board Member

Neil co-founded Nilar in 2000 and has more than 30 years experience in battery development and production processes, including space, military and automotive applications. From 1984 to 1996, Neil led the development and production of advanced lead-acid batteries as vice president at Optima Batteries. Neil has worked as a battery industry consultant in product and process development, technical assessments, facilities design and cost studies. Neil earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University.

Farih Tabbah – Independent Board Member

Farih is the founder/CEO of SITEA International and First Energy Resources, Inc providing Power Generation Plants, Power transmission & Distribution. SITEA is also involved in industrial investments, representation of major US and European corporations, real estate investments, industrial and project developments within the European market and the Middle East. Farih Tabbah has a B.Sc. Engineering from Lester Polytechnic.

Ted Kalborg – Independent Board Member

Ted is the founder of Tufton Oceanic Group, a fund management company in the shipping and energy areas, with approximately $1.5 billion under management. Ted has served on the board of several public and private companies in shipping and energy sectors and also has a portfolio of private equity and early stage investments. Ted has a B.A. from the Stockholm School of Economics and an MBA from Harvard Business School.