Governance

Board of Directors

Picture of Jon Harald Nordbrekken

Jon Harald Norbrekken

Chairman and Founder

After four years as CEO of Intrum Justitia Norway, Nordbrekken founded Aktiv Kapital in 1991, where he stayed on as CEO until 1999 and as Chairman from 1999 to 2004. In 2005, he founded B2Holding AS, parent to both Gothia Financial Group and Bank2. Gothia was sold to Herkules in 2008 and Nordbrekken stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Bank2 in 2010, before establishing the “new” B2Holding the following year.

Chairman of the Board in Bank2 since 2017.

Number of board meetings in 2019: 20 of 20
Number of shares: 27,200,000
Born: 1952

Kari Skeidsvoll Moe

Independent

Board member since May 2016 Leader of the Remuneration Committee

General Counsel at TrønderEnergi AS. Previous positions include Vice President and Legal Manager at Norsk Hydro ASA/Norsk Hydro Brasil Ltda, Legal Counsel for Norsk Hydro ASA and Legal Manager for Hydro Energi.

Board member in Sintef Venture IV, Sintef Venture V, Fosen Vind DA and Tensio AS, member of the corporate assembly of Equinor ASA.

Cand. jur degree from University of Oslo, LL.M from Humboldt Universität in Berlin and post graduate diploma from King’s College London.

Number of board meetings in 2019: 18 of 20
Number of shares:
6,200
Born:
1975

Adele Bugge Norman Pran

Independent

Board member since May 2018

Management consultant, Board Professional and Investor. Professional experience from private equity and M&A consulting. Partner and CFO in Herkules Capital for 12 years.

Chair of the board in Betnik AS. Board member of Yara International ASA, ABG Sundal Collier ASA, Zalaris ASA, Protector Forsikring ASA, Hitecvision AS and Motor Gruppen AS.

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

Number of board meetings in 2019: 20 of 20
Number of shares: 0
Born: 1970

Niklas Wiberg

Represents largest shareholder Prioritet Group AB

Board member since May 2018. Deputy board member 2016-2018, board member 2013-2016

Executive Vice President and Deputy CEO at Prioritet Finans AB, Sweden’s largest buyer of invoices. Prioritet Finans is owned by the Wiberg family.

Magister level degree in Business with Specialisation in accounting, finance and entrepreneurship.

Number of board meetings in 2019: 20 of 20
Number of shares: 0
Born: 1978

Per Kristian Spone

Independent

Board member since start-up, Leader of the Auditing Committee

Independent consultant. Former CEO of Indigo Invest AS, an investment company owned by the Bentsen family. Development of car parks, real estate and financial investments. Extensive board experience.

HRS degree (”Høyere revisor studium”) and an MSc Economics and business administration.

Number of board meetings in 2019: 19 of 20
Number of shares:
72,708
Born:
1973

Kjetil Garstad

Represents 4th largest share-holder Stenshagen Invest AS

Deputy board member since May 2018. Board member 2014-2016

Analyst at Stenshagen Invest AS, a family-owned investment office managing a concentrated portfolio of NOK 1.2bn in equities only. Head of oil services and partner in Arctic Securities 2007 to 2014.

Board member in Norwegians Finans Holding ASA, Vininor AS and Øgreid AS.

MSc Economics from NHH Norwegian School of Economics.

Number of board meetings in 2019: 17 of 20
Number of shares: 451,425
Born: 1976

Grethe Wittenberg Meier

Independent

Deputy board member since May 2018

CEO at Privatmegleren AS. Previous positions include CEO at Terra Aktiv Eiendomsmegling AS, CEO at SATS AS, CEO at Vita AS and marketing director at Bank2 AS.

Chair of the Board in Eiendom Norge Holding AS. Board member of Fitness Group Nordic AS, Privatmegleren Nyeboliger AS and Vita Group AS.

Bachelor of Commerce/Business Studies from The Norwegian Business School (BI).

Number of board meetings in 2019: 16 of 20
Number of shares: 25,000
Born: 1965