Board of Directors

The Board of Directors has seven members. Board members elected by the shareholders are elected for two years at a time by the Annual General Meeting. The Board has established two working committees: The Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee.

Harald L. Thorstein

Chair of the Board - Independent from shareholders and management

Harald L. Thorstein

Chair of the Board since May 2020.  

Leader of the Remuneration Committee. 

Founder and Managing Partner of the London-based advisory company Arkwright London Ltd. He has previously held positions in Seatankers Management and DnB Markets (Corporate Finance).

Extensive board experience, including Aktiv Kapital, Axactor, SFL Corp and Seadrill. Currently Chair of the Board at Altus Intervention Holdings AS, Aquaship AS and Jacktel AS, and board member of Odfjell Drilling Ltd. 

MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management – with a specialization in Finance and Optimization.

Adele Bugge Norman Pran

Board member - Independent

Adele Bugge Norman Pran

Board member since May 2018.

Leader of the Audit Committee. 

Management consultant, Board Professional and Investor.

Professional experience in private equity and M&A consulting. Partner and CFO in Herkules Capital for 12 years.

Chair of the Board of Zalaris ASA and member of the board of, among others, ABG Sundal Collier ASA, Argentum Asset Management AS, Bane Nor SF and Hitec Vision AS.

Cand. jur degree from the University of Oslo, Master of Accounting from NHH Norwegian School of Economics.

Trond Kristian Andreassen

Board member - Independent

Trond Kristian Andreassen

Board member since May 2020. 

Managing owner of Vimar AS. Previous positions include CEO and Member of the Board of Avida Finans, CEO at Gothia Financial Group and CEO (Nordic, Spain and Holland and CEO Group Factoring Europe) at Arvato Financial Solutions. 

Chair of the Board of Åråsen Eiendom AS and Åråsen Stadion AS, and member of the Board of Lillestrøm Sportsklubb.

Bachelor of Business Administration from BI Norwegian Business School.

Henrik Wennerholm

Board member - Independent

Henrik Wennerholm

Board member since December 2023.

25 years of investing and operating experience in financial services from both the private and public sectors. Until August 2021 he was the CEO of DDM Holding AG.

Mr. Wennerholm founded Sileo Kapital AB in 2012 which was later acquired by B2 Impact ASA, where he stayed until 2017. Previous experience further includes various roles with Aktiv Kapital ASA (PRA Group), Öhman (Pareto Securities) and Hoist Finance AB. 

M.Sc. International Economics and Business from the Stockholm School of Economics. 

Anders Engdahl

Board member - Independent

Anders Engdahl

Board member since December 2023.

NPL investment and servicing executive with over 25 years of financial services experience.

Until August 2022, Mr. Engdahl was the CEO of Intrum AB where he spent eight years in several roles including CEO, CFO and CIO. He has previous experience as Managing Director at Morgan Stanley’s Financial Institutions Group and from Goldman Sachs. 

M.Sc. In Economics and Managerial Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics.   

Jessica Sparrfeldt

Board member - Independent

Jessica Sparrfeldt

Board member since May 2023

Holds the position of Head of Strategy Execution in PayEx/Swedbank Pay. Previous positions include Head of Business Finance and Deputy CEO at Avida, Head of Corporate at Collector Bank and Företagsbanken at Marginalen Bank

Board member of Alfakraft Fonder AB and SHE Invest

DIHM degree from IHM Business School (Market Economist), project management certificate from ESI International George Washington University, UC Business School

Ellen Hanetho

Board member - Independent

Ellen Hanetho

Board member since December 2023

Founder and chairperson of Cercis.

20 years of experience from investment banking and private equity as a finance and business development executive in corporations such as Frigaard Invest, Credo Partners, Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division in London and the Brussels Stock Exchange and Citibank in Brussels. 

BSBA from Boston University, US and an MBA from Solvay University, Belgium in addition to executive training from INSEAD, France and Harvard Business School, US.