Group Management 

    This is our dedicated management team.

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    Øyvind Emblem

    (born 1970, employed since 2020)

    Position: CEO
    Nationality: Norwegian

    Education:
    Master Mechanical Engineering, NTNU, Norway. Master Business & Administration, HEC, France.

    Current engagements:
    Member of the Board of Directors at Installatørgruppen. 

    Previous engagements/experience:
    MD Norway & EVP Ramirent. MD Michelin Benelux. MD Michelin South Korea. Production Manager, ODIM Hitec. Management Consultant, McKinsey & Co.

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    Christian Hanke

    (born 1968, employed since 2024)

    Position: CFO
    Nationality: Swedish

    Education:
    Bachelor’s degree in business administration from Uppsala University. Certified Public Accountant in the state of Massachusetts.

    Current engagements:
    None

    Previous engagements/experience:
    Auditor at PwC, Manager Financial Reporting at Stratus Technologies, VP Controller at American Express, VP Financial Controller at Nasdaq, VP Corporate Controller and interim CFO at Autoliv, CFO at Oatly Group.

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    Elisabeth Rustad-Nilssen

    (born 1988, employed since 2021)

    Position: CBDO
    Nationality: Norwegian

    Education:
    Master Auditing & Accounting from Norwegian Business School. BSc (Honours) Financial Economics from University of St Andrews.

    Current engagements:
    None

    Previous engagements/experience:
    Investment Director, FSN Capital Partners, Senior Associate, PwC Deals, Senior Associate, PwC Assurance.

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    Trond Sigurd Tørdal

    (born 1964, employed since 2020)

    Position: Board Member and M&A Director
    Nationality: Norwegian 

    Education:
    Entrepreneur 

    Current engagements:
    T. Tørdal Invest AS, CEO and Chairman of the Board. PSG3 AS, Chairman of the Board. Peon Bodø AS, member of the Board.

    Previous engagements/experience:
    Boreus Eiendom AS, member of the Board. Burøyveien 12 AS, Chairman of the Board. 4 Kløveren EIendom AS, Chairman of the Board. Ørnestedet Bodø AS, Chairman of the Board.

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    Gjermund Söder Vegge

    (born 1971, employed since 2020)

    Position: MD Norway
    Nationality: Norwegian

    Education:
    Master of Business and Economics, BI Norwegian Business School

    Current engagements:
    None

    Previous engagements/experience:
    Group CFO Håndverksgruppen, Group CFO Umoe Restaurants, CFO Statoil Norge (aka CircleK Norway), Retail Operations / Chief COCO operations Statoil Norway COCO, Management Consultant PA Consulting Group, GM retail operations.

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    Frederik Stage Olsen

    (born 1983, employed since 2023)

    Position: MD Denmark
    Nationality: Danish

    Education:
    Cand. Merc, International Marketing and Management, Copenhagen Business School.

    Current engagements:
    None

    Previous engagements/experience:
    CCO, Elis Denmark, Country Manager, Berendsen, Plant manager, Berendsen, Business Line Commercial Terms and Pricing Manager, Berendsen, Operationel manager, Berendsen.

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    Jonas Parkvall

    (born 1978, employed since 2026)

    Position: MD Sweden
    Nationality: Swedish

    Education:
    Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Business Administration and Management, Umeå University.

    Current engagements:
    None

    Previous engagements/experience:
    Operations Director, Compass Group Sweden. Head of Staff Operations, Nobina Sverige AB. Contract Director & Head of Food & Beverage Sweden, Coor. Head of Soft FM, MTR Corporation. Multiple senior leadership roles within Sodexo. Management Consultant, Ernst & Young. Financial Consultant / Owner, Parkvall Consulting.

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    Sascha Gellrich

    (born 1981, employed since 2026)

    Position: MD Germany
    Nationality: German

    Education:
    Bachelor of Arts in International Business, University of Westminster, London.
    Bachelor in Business Administration, ESEI International Business School Barcelona. 

    Current engagements:
    None

    Previous engagements/experience:
    COO, CWS Hygiene International, Senior leadership roles, CWS Hygiene International, Senior roles, Rentokil Initial, Consultant, PwC.

    HG Team

    Andreas Sagstad

    Head of M&A

    Anna Holmseth Heien

    Financial Controller

    Arthur Undseth

    Group Accounting Manager

    Baran Oguz

    Business Analyst

    Benjamin Risum Jul

    Communications Manager

    Eirik Olav Bjerkelund Arnesen

    Business Controller

    Günther Schnell

    Interim CTO

    Hans Skudal

    M&A Lead Scandinavia

    Lasse Tollerud

    Head of PMA

    Maren Aune

    Group Sustainability Manager

    Rigmor Holmøy

    Group Financial Controller

    Sigve Borgmo

    Business Insight Manager

    Tomas Torp

    Interim Consultant

    Nico Becker

    M&A Lead Germany

    Nils Fassmer

    M&A Lead Germany