CEO and the Management Team

Christian Gebauer

President & CEO

Born 1980, Swedish citizen
M.Sc. (Industrial Engineering and Management)

Member of the Management Team since 19 January 2026

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Primary work experience:

Extensive experience in leading and developing decentralized businesses and in M&A. Previously President of the Construction & Services business area at Ratos AB, with earlier experience from Skanska, McKinsey & Company and Toyota.

Relais Group shares and options:

16,000  shares
150,000 stock options

Johan Carlos

Head of Business Area Products and Solutions

Born 1990, Swedish citizen

Member of the Management Team since August 2022

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Primary work experience:

Managing Director of Strands Group since 2017 and prior to that had various positions in sales and marketing at the company since 2010

Relais Group shares and options:

8,565 shares
85,000 options

Juan Garcia

Head of Business Area Technical Wholesale

Born 1970, Swedish citizen

Member of the Management Team since 2019

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Primary work experience:

CEO at ABR 2011–2022, CEO at Huzells 2017–2020, previously e.g. 11 years at Freudenberg Group

Relais Group shares and options:

64,397 shares¹
92,500 options

Jan Popov

Head of Business Area Commercial Vehicle Services

Born 1989, Finnish citizen
LLM

Member of the Management Team since August 2022

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Primary work experience:

CEO at Raskone since 2018
previously M&A lawyer at Eversheds Sutherland 

Relais Group shares and options:

68,791 shares
111,00 options

Sebastian Seppänen

Interim CFO
Director M&A and Business Development

Born 1990, Finnish citizen
B.Sc. (Finance)

Member of the Management Team since August 2022

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Primary work experience:

M&A Manager, Tietoevry Oyj (2021–2022)
Investment banker, Evli Plc (2014–2021)

Relais Group shares and options:

1,293 shares
65,000 options

Juri Viitaniemi

Director Compliance, Legal and HR

Born 1988, Finnish citizen
LL.M.

Member of the Management Team since May 2024

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Primary work experience:

Viitaniemi has previously acted as an attorney at Roschier and Eversheds Sutherland. He has also experience of acting as a lawyer in various Finnish public companies.

Relais Group shares and options:

0 shares
33,000 options

¹ Through JG Management AB, a company controlled by Juan Garcia