Board of directors

Mr Engsäll has been with Grow since the start of the company in 2004. Grow has since then lead the branding and creative process of companies including Helly Hansen, Ramirent, Bring, Iittala, Bentley, Assa Abloy/Yale and the Royal Wedding 2010 to name a few. Before joining Grow, Mr Engsäll was Art Director at Swedish Hachette, a media company publishing magazines such as Elle and Magazine Café.

Petri Melanen, born 1961, has been a board member of Brand Factory since 2003. Mr Melanen is a trained army officer. He was previously CEO of Brand Factory Finland Oy (formerly Mainospyörä Oy) for 15 years and is currently Chairman of Brand Factory Finland Oy.

Christer Nilsson, born 1952, has been a board member of Brand Factory since 2003. During the period from 1985 to 1992 Mr Nilsson worked as Sales and Marketing Manager at 3M Svenska AB. He then worked as CEO of Made in Sweg Graphics AB. Mr Nilsson has worked at Brand Factory since 2003, where he is currently Managing Director in Sweden.

Kristina Patek joined Scope as partner in 2008 with a background as Investment Manager with Ratos AB since 2001. Prior to Ratos Mrs Patek was CEO for Cell Innovation, making investments together with entrepreneurs in IT and media, following five years working internationally as management consultant for Accenture. Mrs Patek is a board representative in Bookstop AB (Pocketstället), Wright AS, Minomin Holding AB, and MedCap AB.

Mrs Patek holds a Master of Science in International Business Studies and Economics from the University of Uppsala.

Arne Carlsson, born 1967, has been a board member of Brand Factory since 2003. Mr Carlsson has worked in the industry since 1991, mainly with different types of sales assignments. Mr Carlsson currently works as Sales Manager in the subsidiary Brand Factory Nordic AB.