The business address of each director is Regeringsgatan 19, 111 53 Stockholm, Sweden. The following is a brief biography of each of the proposed directors:
Daniel Ek is our founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of our Board of Directors. As our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Ek is responsible for guiding the vision and strategy of the Company and leading the management team. He has been a member of our Board of Directors since July 21, 2008, and his term will expire on the date of the Annual General Meeting. Prior to founding Spotify in 2006, Mr. Ek founded Advertigo, an online advertising company acquired by Tradedoubler, held various senior roles at the Nordic auction company Tradera, which was acquired by eBay, and served as Chief Technology Officer at Stardoll, a fashion and entertainment community for pre-teens. He currently serves on the boards of directors of a number of private companies.
Martin Lorentzon is our co-founder and a member of our Board of Directors. He has been a member of our Board of Directors since July 21, 2008, and his term will expire on the date of the Annual General Meeting. Mr. Lorentzon previously served as Chairman of our Board of Directors from 2008 to 2016. In addition to his role on our Board of Directors, Mr. Lorentzon served as a member of the board of directors of Telia Company AB (“Telia Company”), Sweden’s main telecom operator, from 2013 to 2018. In 1999, Mr. Lorentzon founded Tradedoubler, an internet marketing company based in Stockholm, Sweden, and initially served as a member of its board of directors. Additionally, Mr. Lorentzon has held senior roles at Telia Company and Cell Ventures. He holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the Chalmers University of Technology.
Shishir Samir Mehrotra is a member of our Board of Directors. He has been a member of our Board of Directors since June 13, 2017, and his term will expire on the date of the Annual General Meeting. Mr. Mehrotra previously served as our Strategic Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer from December 2015 to May 2017. Mr. Mehrotra is the CEO of Grammarly, Inc. Previously, he was the CEO and Co-Founder of Coda, Inc., which was acquired by Grammarly, Inc. Mr. Mehrotra has previously served as Chief Product and Technology Officer for YouTube at Google and Director of Program Management at Microsoft. Mr. Mehrotra holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Christopher (Woody) Marshall is a member of our Board of Directors. He has been a member of our Board of Directors since June 16, 2015, and his term will expire on the date of the Annual General Meeting. In addition to his role on our Board of Directors, Mr. Marshall currently serves on the boards of directors of Payoneer Global, Inc., where he serves as the chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee, and Nerdy, Inc., where he serves as the chair of the compensation committee, as well as a number of private companies. Since 2008, he also has served as a general partner of Technology Crossover Ventures, a private equity firm. Prior to that, Mr. Marshall spent 12 years at Trident Capital, a venture capital firm. Mr. Marshall holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Hamilton College and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Barry McCarthy is a member of our Board of Directors. He has been a member of our Board of Directors since January 8, 2020, and his term will expire on the date of the Annual General Meeting. Mr. McCarthy previously served as our Chief Financial Officer from 2015 to January 2020. Prior to joining Spotify, Mr. McCarthy was a private investor and served as a member of the board of directors of several private companies, including Spotify from 2014 to 2015. He also has served as a member of the board of directors of Instacart from 2021 to 2024 (Chairman of the audit committee), Pandora from 2011 to 2013 (Chairman of the audit committee), Eventbrite from 2011 to 2015, Chegg from 2010 to 2015 (Chairman of the audit committee), and MSD Acquisition Corp. from 2021 to 2022 (Chairman of the audit committee). He previously served as the President and CEO and a member of the board of directors of Peloton Interactive Inc. from 2022 to 2024. From 2011 to 2022, Mr. McCarthy served as an Executive Adviser to Technology Crossover Ventures. From 1999 to 2010, Mr. McCarthy served as the Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of Netflix. Before joining Netflix, Mr. McCarthy served in various management positions in management consulting, investment banking, and media and entertainment. Mr. McCarthy holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Williams College and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Heidi O’Neill is a member of our Board of Directors. She has been a member of our Board of Directors since December 5, 2017, and her term will expire on the date of the Annual General Meeting. In addition to her role on our Board of Directors, Ms. O’Neill serves on the board of directors of Hyatt Hotels Corp. She previously served as a member of the board of directors of Skullcandy, where she also was the Chair of the compensation committee, and the Nike School Innovation Fund, of which she was a founding member. Ms. O’Neill also serves as the President of Consumer, Product and Brand, a division of Nike, Inc.
