Board of Directors
Vegard Gjerde
Chairman of the Board
Vegard is an investment professional in Kontrari AS, representing Frode Teigen in numerous boards, both as a director and as a board observer. His previous experience includes working as a strategic and financial management consultant in Deloitte Consulting. Vegard holds an MSc in Finance from the Norwegian School of Economics.
Jan Erik Sivertsen
Member of the Board
Jan Erik is the CEO of Kontrari AS, representing Frode Teigen in numerous boards, both as a director and as a board observer. His previous experience includes working as an auditor from 1996–2007 and as a CFO in BG Group from 2007–2011, before joining Kontrari as the CEO in 2011. Jan Erik holds a Master in Finance and Accounting from the University of Agder.
Tore Hopen
Member of the Board
Tore is the CEO of Farvatn private equity. He has previous experience as head of Corporate Finance in Handelsbanken, CEO in SEB Private Banking, CFO in Storebrand Bank, partner in Jarlsberg partners and associate experience from JP Morgan. Tore is educated in the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy and holds an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
Øyvind Schanke
Member of the Board
Øyvind is CIO for TD Veen, which holds investments in companies such as Pexip, House of Control and Norselab. He has extensive board experience from Oslo Børs, Centevo and First Fondene. Øyvind was the previous CEO in Skagen Fondene, and has worked in Norges Bank Investment Management with several leadership positions for more than 15 years.
Aino Olaisen
Member of the Board
Aino has extensive international seafood industry experience, and board experience from The Norwegian Seafood Council, Aquarius AS, Redox AS amongst others. Aino is chairman of Nova Sea AS, and she is a special advisor to the PE company Bluefront Equity. Her previous experience includes working as a managing director at Vigner Olaisen 2009-2019. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from The Norwegian College of Fishery Science and Executive Board Programme from INSEAD.
Birthe Cecilie Lepsøe
Member of the Board
Birthe has more than 20 years of experience from banking, finance and shipping, and extensive experience as board member in both listed and privately owned companies. Currently board member in Smedvig AS – Smedvig Family Office (Chair of the Compensation committee), GC Rieber Shipping ASA (Chair of the Audit committee), A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, ASCO Group Ltd and UK (Chair of the Audit committee). She holds a Mini AFA from The Norwegian School of Economics and Master’s in Finance from BI Norwegian School of Management.
E-mail: ir@nordichalibut.no