Group Management

Bjørn Kjos, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Kjos is a Law graduate of the University of Oslo. He was a fighter pilot in the 334 squadron for six years. Mr. Kjos has 20 year’s experience from legal practice, and was granted the right of audience in the Supreme Court in 1993. He is one of the founding partners of Norwegian Air Shuttle and was the Chairman of the Board between1993-1996. Kjos was also Chairman during the start-up period of the Boeing 737 operation from June-September 2002. Mr. Kjos has been the Chief Executive Officer in Norwegian since October 2002.

Frode E. Foss, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Foss is a Master of Business Administration graduate and holds a Masters of Science Degree in Finance from the UW, USA. He received his Financial Analyst charter in 2002 (CFA). Foss has eight years experience from auditing and management consulting services with Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young. Mr. Foss has been the Chief Financial Officer of Norwegian since he joined the company in its start up year in 2002. Foss is a member of the Board of Directors of Norwegian Finance Holding ASA (Bank Norwegian).

Asgeir Nyseth, Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Nyseth conducted officer training school and technical education at the Norwegian Air Force. Mr. Nyseth has extensive experience as an aeronautics engineer from both Lufttransport and Scandinavian Airlines. He was the technical director of Lufttransport for a period of three years and was made the CEO of Lufttransport in 2000. Nyseth started as Norwegians Chief Operational Officer in 2006.

Hans Petter Aanby, Chief IT Officer
Mr. Aanby holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Oslo with further studies at the Norwegian School of Information Technology, NITH . Mr. Aanby has eight years experience from Scandinavian Airlines, including three years as head of Corporate IT and five years as project manager. He also has experience as an IT consultant on system development. Hans Petter Aanby has been head of IT at Norwegian since May 2003.

Daniel A. Skjeldam, Chief Commercial Officer
Mr. Skjeldam holds a degree in Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Daniel was part of the start-up team of Norwegian in 2002 and has held various positions within the company such as Product Manager, Director of Station Services and Director of Network and Revenue before entering the position as Chief Commercial Officer in October 2007. Before joining Norwegian, Skjeldam worked as a business consultant and also as an Officer in the Norwegian Army.

Gunnar Martinsen, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development
Gunnar Martinsen was part of the start up team of Norwegian in 1993 and joined Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA in 2002 as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development. In this position he is responsible for the human resources practices, policies and operations of the organization. Mr. Martinsen has extensive experience from organizational development and human resources from several industries, among others as a management consultant. Prior to his position in Norwegian, he has held HR leadership roles in different companies, such as Alcatel STK, Busy Bee of Norway, Eurest and Radisson SAS. He has a degree from the BI Norwegian School of Management. Mr. Martinsen is also a member of the Supervisory Council in Bank Norwegian.

Anne-Sissel Skånvik,
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications
Anne-Sissel Skånvik has more than 30 years of experience working with corporate communications and journalism. She has a Masters degree in political science (”Cand. Polit”) from the University of Oslo and has also a degree in journalism. Skånvik was the Deputy Director General in The Ministry of Finance between1996 - 2004 and has worked as a journalist for many years for various Norwegian newspapers. Skånvik joined Norwegian in 2009 and came to Norwegian from a position as Senior Vice President in Telenor ASA, where she was responsible for corporate communications and governmental relations.

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