The idea behind Zmartrest

From gut feeling to insight – in time

Zmartrest was founded by Jenny and Anders Nilsson based on a shared conviction: organisations perform better when leaders truly understand how people function over time.

Throughout their careers they have worked closely with leaders and teams under constant pressure to deliver – and seen the same pattern repeat itself. Decisions about people are made too late, on fragmented data or pure gut feeling. Stress, energy drain and weakening collaboration are only discovered once performance has already suffered.

Zmartrest exists to change that. By combining human understanding, science and technology, the platform makes the team's collective signals visible in time to act. Not to control people – but to help leaders take responsibility for the human side of performance, at the right time.

“Zmartrest helps leaders understand how people are actually doing and functioning, so they can create real progress and greater impact on the team's performance.”

Jenny Nilsson, founder

The people behind Zmartrest

The team building Zmartrest

An operational team with experience from listed companies, sales and scalable platforms – backed by Olympic credentials, AI research and industrial scaling. Together we share one ambition: to help organisations understand people better and create sustainable performance over time.

Operational team

Jonas Jönehall

CEO

Former CFO and CEO of listed companies, including Wästbygg.

Anders Nilsson

Deputy CEO & CSO, Board Member

Sales leader and elite coach with more than 10,000 hours of coaching.

Jenny Nilsson

Founder & Vice Chair of the Board

More than 20 years of experience in behavioural science and performance in elite sport.

Niclas Enhörning

CTO

Experience with high-volume platforms from Klarna, King and H&M.

Magnus Jonsson

Product & Market, Co-founder, Board Member

Experience developing AI-driven coaching products.

Tony Grefweberg

CSM & Digital Enablement

Turns customer insight into design and product delivery.

Jeton Mustini

Full-Stack Engineer

Builds the app, the platform and the user flows.

Board, advisors and research

Per Svantesson

Chair of the Board

Background from Volvo Group, NEVS and Pininfarina.

Håkan Nordkvist

Board Member, Growth Strategy

Built up IKEA's innovation work.

Peter Norberg

Board Member & Investor

Investor and advisor.

Daniel Kulle

Scaling & Growth Advisor

Former CEO of H&M North America.

Johan Olsson

Olympic Gold Medalist & Co-owner

Olympic gold medallist with a deep understanding of performance and recovery.

Helena Söderström

Leadership & Performance Coach

Leadership and strategy, with experience from ABB and Seco Tools.

Christer Norström

AI Professor & Co-founder

Researches applied AI and software systems.

Kristian Sandström

AI Professor & Co-founder

Researches AI and digital transformation.