Board of Directors


S. Jay Stewart 1, 2, 3
Chairman. Born 1938. Director since 1989. Elected until 2005. Former Chairman and CEO of Morton International, Inc, Director of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. B.Sc. and MBA.
Shares: 78,459

Per-Olof Aronson 1, 2, 3
Born 1930. Director since 1994. Elected until 2007. Former Vice Chairman, President and CEO of SAPA AB (Gränges AB). Graduate engineer.
Shares: 8,000

Sune Carlsson 3
Born 1941. Director since 2003. Elected until 2005. Former President and CEO of AB SKF. Former Executive Vice President of ASEA AB and ABB Ltd. Chairman of Atlas Copco AB. Director of Investor AB and Scania AB. M.Sc.
Shares: 303

Walter Kunerth 3
Born 1940. Director since 1998. Elected until 2007. Industry consultant. Former member of Siemens’ Corporate Executive Board and President of Siemens’ Automotive Systems Group. Director of the Supervisory Board of Gildemeister AG. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Basler AG, Götz AG, Paragon AG and Suspa GmbH. M.Sc. and Honorary Professor.
Shares: 0

George A. Lorch 3
Born 1941. Director since 2003. Elected until 2006. Former Chairman, President and CEO of Armstrong World Industries. Chairman Emeritus of Armstrong Holdings, Inc. Director of Pfizer, Inc., Williams Cos and HSBC North America Holdings Inc. B.Sc.
Shares: 303

Lars Nyberg 3
Born 1951. Director since 2004. Elected until 2007. Chairman and former CEO of NCR Corp. Chairman of Micronic Laser Systems AB. Director of Snap-On Inc. and Sandvik AB. MBA.
Shares: 0

James M. Ringler 1, 2
Born 1946. Director since 2002. Elected until 2006. Former Vice Chairman of Illinois Tool Works Inc. Former Chairman, President and CEO of Premark International Inc. Director of Dow Chemical Company, FMC Technologies Inc., NCR Corp. and CPC Corporation. B.Sc. and MBA.
Shares: 964

Tetsuo Sekiya 1
Born 1934. Director since 2001. Elected until 2006. Former chairman, President and CEO of NSK Ltd. Former Vice Chairman of the supplier councils of Toyota and Nissan. Director of Taisei Corporation. B.Sc. in Economics.
Shares: 2,600

Roger W. Stone 1, 2
Born 1935. Director since 1989. Elected until 2005. Chairman and CEO of Box USA Corp. Former President and CEO of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation. Director of McDonald’s Corporation. B.Sc.
Shares: 5,365

Per Welin 1, 2, 3, 4
Born 1936. Director since 1995. Elected until 2006. Chairman of L-E Lundberg-företagen AB. M.Sc., Techn. Lic. and MBA.
Shares: 3,831
Deferred stock units: 1,554

Lars Westerberg
President & CEO. Born 1948. Director since 1999. Elected until 2007. Chairman of Ahlsell AB. Director of Plastal AB and Haldex AB. M.Sc. and MBA.
Shares: 32,500
Restricted stock units: 32,500
Stock options: 196,500


1) Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
2) Compensation Committee
3) Audit Committee
4) Qualifies as audit committee financial expert
Note: All directors (except for the CEO) qualify as an independent director under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC. “Director since” includes time as director of Autoliv AB and Morton International, Inc. For information on restricted stock units and options refer to Note 15. Number of shares and stock units as of March 1, 2005.

For information on the work of the Board, compensation to and presentations of directors, please refer to the proxy statement which is distributed to Autoliv’s shareholders with this annual report.