Board of Directors

Chairman

Appointed: May 2019, re-elected May 2023

Petter Schouw-Hansen is currently Director with Gjelsten Holding AS, the majority shareholder in KID ASA. He was the Chief Financial and Strategic Officer at Kid from 2011 to 2018. Prior to this, he served as senior consultant at Bearing Point. Schouw-Hansen is currently on the board of directors of various companies and is the chairperson of the board in Sport Holding AS and Bergans Fritid AS. Schouw-Hansen has experience from operationalizing strategy, performance management, M&A and management coaching within several industries, including retail. Schouw-Hansen holds a M.SC from the Norwegian School of economics, specialized in Finance. He is a Norwegian citizen, and resides in Norway.

Schouw-Hansen is independent of the company’s executive personnel and material business contacts.

Board member

Appointed: May 2019, re-elected May 2023

Rune Marsdal (1971) is currently CFO and member of the board of directors of Gjelsten Holding AS. Marsdal has previously worked as a financial analyst in Danske Securities and as an analyst in Schøyen Finans Forvaltning and Norway Seafoods. Marsdal holds a Master of Business and Economics degree from BI Norwegian Business School, as well as a Certified Financial Analyst degree from Norwegian School of Economics. Marsdal is currently on the board of directors of various companies, including Sport Holding AS, Sport 1 Gruppen AS and Bergans Fritid AS. Marsdal has previously served on the board of directors of Kid Interiør AS and Nordisk Tekstil Holding AS (later Kid ASA), both as a director (2012-2015) and as special advisor to the board of directors (2015-2019), and BEWiSynbra Group AB (publ). Marsdal is a Norwegian citizen and resides in Norway.

Marsdal is independent of the company’s executive personnel and material business contacts.

Board member

Appointed: August 2015, re-elected May 2023

Karin Bing Orgland (1959) is currently a professional board member in various companies including Eksfin, Storebrand ASA and Entur AS . She has extensive experience from various management and board member positions within the DNB Group between 1985 and 2013. Bing Orgland resides in Oslo, Norway and holds a Master of Business and Economics degree from the Norwegian School of Economics.

Bing Orgland is independent of the company’s executive personnel, material business contacts and main shareholders.

Board member

Appointed: May 2020, re-elected May 2022

Liv Berstad (1961) is currently the Retail Manager for the clothing company KappAhl in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland and UK. Berstad has extensive experience from the aviation industry and retail trade in the Nordic region, mainly from construction material, fashion and cosmetics. She is a Business Economist from BI Norwegian School of Management. Berstad has had several board appointments the last twenty years for companies both in Norway and Scandinavia. She is a Norwegian citizen and resides in Norway.

Berstad is independent of the company’s executive personnel, material business contacts and main shareholders.

Board member

Appointed: May 2020, re-elected May 2022

Gyrid Skalleberg Ingerø (1967) is currently EVP & Group CFO in Kongsberg Gruppen ASA. Her previous experience includes Bank experience from Nordea, CFO / Investor Relation of Komplett Group ASA, Financial restructuring and turnaround of Expert and 1881, SVP & CFO of Telenor Norge AS and CFO at Telenor Digital Businesses AS. Prior to her CFO positions, Ingerø worked for 8 years in KPMG. She holds a Master in Accounting and Auditing from Norwegian School of Economics. Skalleberg Ingerø is currently on the board of Flytoget AS, Itera ASA, Patria Inc and various companies within Kongsberg Gruppen. Skalleberg Ingerø is a Norwegian citizen and resides in Norway.

Skalleberg Ingerø is independent of the company’s executive personnel, material business contacts and main shareholders.

Board member

Appointed: May 2022

Espen Gundersen was born in 1964 and is a Norwegian citizen. He has had several positions within Tomra Systems ASA in the period 1999 to 2022, including CFO from 2003 and deputy CEO from 2009. Prior to joining Tomra, he served as VP Business Development of Selmer ASA for five years. He started his career with Arthur Andersen in 1989. He holds an MBA from the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo and a CPA from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen.

Espen Gundersen is also Board member in Scatec ASA, Hexagon Purus ASA (including head of audit committee and head of compensation committee) and Kitron ASA (including head of audit committee).

Gundersen is independent of the company’s executive personnel, material business contacts and main shareholders.