Björn Lindström is one of the founders of Alpcot Agro and work as Partner at Alpcot Capital Management Ltd. Between September 2008 and March 2011 he was Managing Director of Alpcot Agro. Mr Lindström was a co-founder of East Capital Asset Management AB and of Gustavia Capital Management AB, and worked as Managing Director of both companies. Mr Lindström was also the fund manager for East Capital Russia Fund and Gustavia Balkan Fund. He holds a Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. He graduated from the Language and Intelligence School of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1992.

Katre Saard is one of the founders of Alpcot Agro and work as Partner at Alpcot Capital Management Ltd. She has over ten years’ experience in investment management and in working with East European equity markets. Prior to co-founding Alpcot Capital Management Ltd, Ms Saard was an Investment Professional at the European Investment Fund in Luxemburg, managing investments in leading private equity and venture capital funds in Europe and serving on advisory boards and investment committees of the funds. Prior to EIF, Ms Saard was one of the Founding Partners at East Capital. As a co-founder, she was involved in developing the asset management company and launching new funds. She was also the fund manager for East Capital Baltic Fund and a member of the supervisory board of East Capital Asset Management AB. Prior to East Capital, Ms Saard worked as an Equity Analyst at Enskilda Securities in Stockholm. She has a Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics and her language skills include English, Swedish, Estonian, Russian and French.

Peter Geijerman is one of the founders of Alpcot Agro and is also a principal owner of a management company owning and managing an industrial group in Western Siberia. The main operations of this group comprise road construction and railway transportation services. Mr Geijerman is also a member of the board of Shelton Petroleum AB and of Kopylovskoye AB, two listed companies in Sweden. Mr Geijerman has many years of Russian project coordination and management experience. He has an MBA degree from the French INSEAD institute as well as a Master of Science in Clinical Medicine from the Swedish Karolinska Medical Institute. He graduated from the Language and Intelligence School of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1992.