Management

Rolf Barmen, born in 1964, is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company. Mr Barmen has been the CEO of Fjordkraft since 2013 and became also the chairman of Trondheim Kraft AS at that time. He has extensive experience as a chief executive officer within the telecommunication industry including with Telering AS from 1999 until 2008, Chess Communication from 2008 until 2011 and NextGenTel from 2011 until 2013. Furthermore, he has experience as regional director at Telenor Telehus and operations manager at IKEA Bergen, as well as the Chairman of Sportsklubben BRANN.

Mr Barmen holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (siviløkonom) from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Birte Strander, born in 1976, is the Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company. Ms Strander commenced employment with Fjordkraft in 2002 as a financial controller, became senior business developer in 2007, was appointed head of the department for Innovation and Projects in 2008 and appointed the Director of Business, Finance and IT in 2009. Prior to joining the Company, Ms Strander worked as a consultant at PwC from 2000 until 2002 and provided consulting services to Fjordkraft during this time.

Ms Strander holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (siviløkonom) from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Arnstein Flaskerud, born in 1963, is the Company's Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Head of Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions. Mr Flaskerud has more than 30 years’ experience in the electric power industry. He commenced employment with Fjordkraft in 2001 as the Director of Corporate Clients. Mr Flaskerud was a strategic business developer in 2010, Director of the Strategy department in 2013, market manager for BKK Kraftsalg AS from 1997 until 2001 and market manager at Bergen Lysverker from 1992 until 1996. Mr Flaskerud was an engineer at Samkjøring av Kraftverkene in Norway for six years prior to 1992. In 2013, Flaskerud received the industry price for “Influencer of the Year” for his work with common invoicing and the “Supplier-centric Model". Furthermore, Mr Flaskerud is a Norwegian representative at Eurelectric, an EU organization for the power industry.

Mr Flaskerud holds a Master of Science in Electric Power Engineering from Bergen University College (HiB) in addition to an Executive Master of Management degree from the Norwegian Business School (BI).

Jeanne Katralen Tjomsland, born in 1965, is the Company's Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Head of Human Resources, Communications and Information Security. Ms Tjomsland has over 25 years' experience within the field of communication. She commenced employment with Fjordkraft as information manager in 2002, was appointed Director of Human Resources and Security in 2010 (which from 2015 also included a communications role). Ms Tjomsland was a senior public relations consultant and Deputy Manager at Consilio Kommunikasjon AS from 1997 until 2001. She was also information manager at BKK during a six month period and information manager at Bergen Lysverker from 1991 until 1997 and Manager for Information and Marketing at IULA World Congress from 1990 until 1991.

Ms Tjomsland holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (siviløkonom) from Universitetet i Agder (UiA) and an Executive Master of Management degree from the Norwegian Business School (BI).

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Torkel Rolfseng, born in 1971, is the Company's Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Head of Power Trading and Alliances. Rolfseng is closing in on 20 years of experience in the electric power industry. He commenced employment with Fjordkraft in 2010 as the Manager of Products and Services and joined Trondheim Kraft AS, a subsidiary of the company as the chief executive officer in 2011. Rolfseng has held several executive positions with Fjordkraft. He served as business and product developer, market manager and key account manager for Trondheim Energi Kraftsalg AS and worked as an energy consultant at Entro Energi AS.

Mr Rolfseng holds a Master of Science in Electric Power Engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Ingeborg Cecilie Torvund Morken, born in 1978, is the Company's Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Chief Commercial Officer. Ms Morken commenced employment with Fjordkraft as key account manager in 2004, held several managerial positions in the company since 2004 and was Manager of Business Development from 2010 until 2012. She became the Director of Business Development and Deliveries in 2012, was appointed the Director of Customer Service in 2014 and became director of the Sales, Market and Product Management department in 2015. In addition to her managerial positions with Fjordkraft, Ms Morken was service manager at Radisson SAS Hotel Norway. In 2015, Morken was awarded the “Young Leader of 2015” by Assessit.

Ms Morken holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Solfrid Kongshaug Aase, born in 1969, is the Company's Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Head of Company Projects. Ms Aase has more than 20 years' experience in the electric power industry. She has held several managerial positions at BKK AS and Fjordkraft in the fields of business development, sales and portfolio services. At Fjordkraft, Ms Aase has, among other positions, worked as business manager from 2001 until 2006, as market manager for major customers from 2006 until 2008, was appointed Director of Customer Service in 2015 before she was appointed Head of Company Projects in 2017. 

Ms Kongshaug Aase holds a cand.polit. degree in Economics from the Univeristy of Bergen (UiB).

Alf-Kåre Hjartnes, born in 1974, is the Company's Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr Hjartnes has almost 20 years’ experience from the electric power industry. Mr Hjartnes joined Fjordkraft in 1999 and has had several managerial positions with the company, particularly within the IT department. Mr Hjartnes was a senior IT advisor in 2004, joined the Business Development department in 2007 as senior advisor, became senior advisor in the Innovation and Projects department in 2008, was appointed IT Manager in 2010 and the Director of IT in 2012.

Mr Hjartnes holds a cand.mag. degree in Information Technology and Economics and Business Administration from the Nord-Trøndelag University College (HiNT).