Built for responsible growth

Advania is built to grow without losing control, accountability or proximity to customers.

Our governance approach combines strong group oversight with empowered local decision making. It allows us to operate across multiple markets while staying close to customers, consistent in how we work and disciplined in how we grow.

At Advania, decisions are made where knowledge is strongest, close to the customer. Each market operates as a fully responsible business, with its own leadership, board and profit and loss accountability. This ensures speed, ownership and responsiveness in day to day operations.

At the same time, group level governance provides direction, shared standards and oversight. Strategy, policies and performance frameworks are aligned across the company, creating consistency without limiting local initiative. This balance is central to how we operate and how we scale.

Clear oversight and aligned leadership

Advania’s Board of Directors sets the overall strategic direction, approves major investments and acquisitions, and oversees financial, operational and sustainability performance.

The Board brings together experience from across our key markets as well as deep financial and operational expertise. Several Board members bring specific country insight and serve on the boards of the corresponding local organisations as observers, creating a direct link between group level decision making and local execution.

The CEO chairs all country boards, and members of the Management Team also participate at local board level. This ensures that priorities, performance and strategic direction are consistently aligned across markets, while preserving local accountability.

To support its work, the Board operates dedicated committees covering audit, sustainability, risk and compliance, as well as leadership, talent and remuneration. These structures ensure oversight, transparency and long term accountability.

The CEO and Management Team are responsible for day to day operations, collaboration across markets and delivery on strategic priorities. Country boards and management teams play a central role in execution, creating a clear connection between group strategy and local performance.

Shared standards. Local accountability.

Our decentralised structure is built on trust and responsibility. Across Advania, we follow a simple principle: decisions should be made as close to the customer as possible. Internally, this is often referred to as the CEO of two meters philosophy, empowering individuals and teams to act with ownership in their immediate environment.

While decision making is local, our standards are shared. Group wide policies and frameworks define how we operate across all markets, including ethics, compliance, sustainability and information security. These are supported by training, monitoring and regular follow up, ensuring that Advania operates responsibly, consistently and in line with regulatory requirements across all jurisdictions.

Advania’s governance approach also supports long term growth. It provides a clear structure for integrating new companies while maintaining leadership alignment, accountability and ways of working. This allows us to expand across markets without losing focus on trust, transparency and operational discipline.