Niklas Norén appointed CFO of AutoCap Group – strengthening the financial platform for the growth journey ahead
AutoCap Group Sweden AB, a Swedish serial acquirer and consolidation platform within tyre service, has appointed Niklas Norén as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Norén took up the role in March 2026 and is responsible for the group's financial management, reporting and continued acquisition agenda.
In less than 10 months, AutoCap has completed more than twelve acquisitions and established a cohesive platform within the tyre service industry. Behind this growth lies an unusual combination: deep industry knowledge at a Nordic and European level, substantial financial and entrepreneurial experience in building companies and groups, and an ownership circle of prominent entrepreneurs. The local businesses and their brands have been preserved through every acquisition.
It is that foundation that drew Niklas Norén in. With more than 22 years of experience across finance, private equity and serial acquirers, he brings institutional financial discipline, while sharing the company's conviction that local entrepreneurial drive is what creates value. He joins most recently from the role of CFO at the private equity-owned elevator group Ascenco, and over the years has led financial reporting, financial control and acquisition work across several acquisition-driven groups – including responsibility for packaging and preparing companies ahead of sales to private equity players such as EQT.
“AutoCap has been built entrepreneurially from day one – by business builders, not as a financial construct designed from the top down. Together with my brother Nicklas Knape, who is responsible for M&A and acquisitions among other areas, we have built the portfolio with the guiding principle of never losing the local strength within the businesses. That someone with Niklas Norén's experience chooses to join this journey is proof that the model holds, and with him in place we gain the financial sharpness and structure required as we move from build-up to scale”
David Knape
CEO, AutoCap Group
“I have seen many platform builds over the years, but few with this combination of pace and strategic precision. David and Nicklas Knape have built this with a genuine entrepreneurial drive, a strategic vision, and a rare combination of industry and financial expertise – and the results speak for themselves. That is what made me say yes. My role is to put in place the financial infrastructure and discipline that allows us to keep growing profitably, with the same quality through every acquisition”
Niklas Norén
CFO, AutoCap Group
About AutoCap Group
AutoCap Group is an entrepreneur-driven group that invests in and develops tire service centres across the Nordics. The company is headquartered in Stockholm. The business model is built on acquiring well-run workshops and giving them access to shared resources across several areas such as logistics, purchasing, marketing and training. At the same time, the local workshop's entrepreneurial spirit is preserved. Most workshop owners become co-owners in the group and continue to run their operations with a high degree of autonomy. AutoCap Group places particular emphasis on preserving and developing each individual workshop and its employees.
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