The Board of Directors

Robert Olsen was born in 1964 and lives in Holmestrand. He has served as chairman of Fjordkraft Holding ASA since 15 December 2017, and has served as Board Member of Fjordkraft AS in the periods of 2013 until 2017 and from 2001 to 2004, and as alternate board member of Fjordkraft AS in the period from 2004 until 2011. Mr Olsen was appointed as Chief Investment Officer of Skagerak Energi AS in 2013, and has vast experience with business and finance. He served as deputy managing director of Skagerak Energi from 2001 until 2013, as Chief Financial Officer of Vestfold Kraft from 1998 until 2001, as finance manager at Privat Investor from 1996 until 1998 and as finance manager at Wilhelmsen Terminal AS from 1992 to 1993.

Mr Olsen holds two Master of Business Administration degrees, specialising in finance and a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian Business School (BI). He is also a Certified European Financial Analyst (AFA/CEFA) from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Birthe Iren Grotle was born in 1965 and lives in Knarrevik. She has served as Deputy Chairman of Fjordkraft Holding ASA since 15 December 2017, as Deputy Chairman of Fjordkraft AS from 2013 to 2017 and as Board Member of Fjordkraft AS in the period 2011–2013. Ms Grotle is a senior advisor for industrial ownership in BKK AS. She has broad experience with management and has held various management positions in her career, including deputy managing director of Kunde BKK AS from 2010 until 2016, deputy managing director of BKK Marked AS from 2007 until 2010 and Chief Executive Officer of Coop Hordaland BA from 2005 until 2006. Ms Grotle has vast experience from various retails businesses including manager of Deloitte & Touch Management Solutions, administration manager of NKL Bergen and senior consultant at Deloitte Consulting.

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

Peder Brustad was born in 1971 and lives in Lommedalen. He has served as Board Member of Fjordkraft Holding ASA since 15 December 2017, and as Board Member of Fjordkraft AS from 2016 until 2017. Mr Brustad is SVP Strategy of Statkraft. He has more than 20 years’ experience in corporate development within the power- and telecom sector. He has held various management positions in his career, including several at Statkraft, such as Acting Head of Corporate Strategy from 2016 until 2017, Head of Corporate Portfolio from 2015 until 2016, Head Advisor from 2010 until 2015, as well as Head of Strategy and Business Development from 2008 until 2010. Furthermore, Mr Brustad has exhibited strong analytical capabilities and commercial understanding from his time at Telenor, Netcom and KPMG. He has also participated in Statkraft’s leadership programme “NEXT”.  

Peder Bustad holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (Siviløkonom) from the Norwegian Business School (BI), in addition to an Executive Master of Management degree in Strategic Management from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Svein Kåre Grønås was born in 1965 and lives in Bergen. He has been a board member of Fjordkraft Holding ASA since 15 December 2017 and has served as board member of Fjordkraft AS from September to December 2017. Mr Grønås has over 20 years’ experience in the fields of business and technology. He has held various management positions at BKK AS, including Chief Executive Officer of BKK Fiber from 2010 until 2015, director of BKK AS from 2015 until 2016 and director of customer service and Chief Digital Officer from 2016 until August 2017. Mr Grønsås was appointed executive vice-president (EVP) of Entrepreneurship and Market and Chief Digital Officer of BKK AS from September 2017.

Kristil Marie Håland Helgerud was born in 1978 and lives in Skien. She has served as board member of Fjordkraft Holding ASA since 15 December 2017. Ms Helgerud has since 2016 held the position of department manager of accounts and control at Skagerak Kraft AS and has held several positions with Skagerak Energi AS, including controller from 2006 until 2008, business director from 2008 until 2010 and analytical strategist from 2010 until 2016. She was a senior auditor at Deloitte AS for four years prior to this.

Ms Helgerud holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (siviløkonom) from Handelshøyskolen BI and has a course certificate in governance.

Frank Økland was born in 1969 and lives in Bergen. He has served as board member of Fjordkraft Holding ASA since 15 December 2017 and as a board member and employee representative of Fjordkraft AS since May 2003 in various periods. Mr Økland has been a sales manager in the Alliances and Concessionary division of Fjordkraft since 2014 and was a key account manager for major customers from 2006 until 2014. Mr Økland has held secretarial positions with Fjordkraft from 2000 until 2004, with BKK Kraftsalg from 1996 until 1999 and with Bergen Lysverker AS from 1993 until 1996. He also has work experience from Heffermehl Inkasso AS, Forsvaret, Bergen Kommune and Nordbye Engros AS.

Mr Økland holds two diplomas, one from the Norwegian School of Information Technology (NITH) in computer science and one from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in mathematics and statistics.

Øistein Prestø was born in 1954 and lives in Bergen. He has served as board member of Fjordkraft Holding ASA since 15 December 2017 and as board member of Fjordkraft AS from 2011 to 2017. Mr Prestø has 45 years’ experience in the power industry. He has been the senior marketing advisor of Fjordkraft since 2001 and senior marketing advisor of BKK Kraftsalg AS from 1999 until 2001. Prior to these positions, Mr Prestø was advisor and controller at Bergen Lysverker AS.

Mr Prestø holds a diploma in heavy currents from the Bergen Technical College in addition to a diploma in marketing from Bergen Language School. 

Lindi Bucher Vinsand was born in 1956 and lives in Horten. She has served as board member of Fjordkraft Holding ASA since 15 December 2017 and was alternate board member of Fjordkraft AS from May to December 2017. Ms Vinsand has been a senior advisor of Customer Service since 2017, however, she has been with the company since its origin. Ms Vinsand has 25 years’ experience in the energy industry. Prior to joining Fjordkraft in 2001, she has work experience from Nøtterøy Everk and Vestfold Kraft Energi AS.

Ms Vinsand holds a Bachelor of Science in Energy and Climate Technology from the Oslo College of Engineering and has taken a project management course from the Vestfold University College (HiVe).