Board of Directors

The Board of Directors works in accordance with the rules laid down by the laws of Norway.
The Board of Directors issues instructions for its own work.

 

Svein Harald Øygard

Chair

Svein Harald ØygardMr. Svein Harald Øygard (born 1960) has many years of experience from both the public and private sector. In 1985, he joined the Ministry of Finance where he held several positions, including State Secretary of Finance. Between 1995 and 2016, Mr. Øygard worked at McKinsey & Company. In 2009, he was called to serve as the Interim Central Bank Governor of the Icelandic Central Bank where he also headed the Bank restructuring Coordination Committee. Mr. Øygard later worked as Senior Partner Corporate Finance at Sparebank1 Markets, and as industry advisor until the beginning of 2021. Today, he is an independent advisor and holds board appointments in various international companies like DOF Group, TGS-NOPEC, Maha Energy AB, and Labrida and Akershus University Hospital. He has been involved in establishing Janeiro Energy, an investment company in renewable energy in Brazil. He has a degree in Economics (Cand. Oecon); Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Finance, Industrial Economics, Statistics and Econometrics. Mr. Øygard has been the Chair of the Board since 2021 and is re-elected for the period 2023-2025. He is an independent board member.

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Lars Boilesen

Director

Lars BoilesenMr. Lars Boilesen (born 1967) is the CEO of Napatech A/S. He was previously the CEO of Otello Corporation (formerly Opera Software ASA). He has previous experience in both sales and marketing from the Lego Group, Tandberg and Alcatel-Lucent. He is currently a board member at Airthings ASA. Mr. Boilesen holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Economics from Aarhus School of Business in Denmark and a Postgraduate Diploma from Kolding Business School. Mr. Boilesen has been a member of the board since 2021, and is re-elected for the period 2023-2025. He is an independent board member.

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Karina Deacon

Director

karina-deacon-styrebilde-small.jpgKarina Deacon (born 1969) is an experienced leader with a strong financial background. She has broad experience developed from management positions in multinational enterprises such as the Danish listed companies ISS A/S and Nilfisk A/S as well as from Saxo Bank A/S. From 2020 to 2024 she was the Group CFO of DFDS A/S. Mrs. Deacon currently serves as non-executive Director of the Board of Directors and Chair of the audit committee of VELUX A/S, as well as non-executive Director of the Board of Directors of Maersk Training A/S. She holds a Master of Economics and Business administration from the Aarhus Business School in Denmark. Mrs. Deacon is elected for the period 2024-2026 and is an independent board member.

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Stephen Kavanagh

Director

Stephen KavanaghStephen Kavanagh (born 1967) is a seasoned airline professional with over 35 years of industry experience. He started his career as a customer service agent at Aer Lingus and served in a number of executive management positions before retiring as its Chief Executive Officer in 2019. He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Directors of Oman Air, Oman Airports Management Company, aircraft lessor CDB Aviation and as advisory board member at AAP Aviation. He holds a Master of Business Studies and Bachelor of Commerce from University College Dublin. Mr. Kavanagh is elected for a period until 2025. He is an independent board member.

Kate Jane Sherry

Director

kate_sherry_small.jpgKatherine Jane Sherry (born 1980) is the Chief Commercial Officer at Edinburgh Airport. She joined Edinburgh Airport in 2020 as Aviation Director. Prior to this she held the positions of Director of Route Development and, initially, Head of Retail at Ryanair Group. She has also worked as a fresh and ambient food buyer at Tesco Group in the UK. Ms. Sherry holds the MCIPS (Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) qualification and a Masters of Science in Sports Management from University College Dublin. Ms. Sherry has been elected for the period 2023-2025 and is an independent board member.

Eric Holm

Director, employee representative

Eric Holm

Mr. Eric Holm (born 1967) joined Norwegian in March 2010 and is currently employed in Norwegian Cabin Services Norway AS. Mr. Holm holds a MA degree in International Security Studies from the University of Leicester. Mr. Holm has been Deputy Board Member at Norwegian Cabin Services Norway, Chairman at Parat Luftfart and Board Member (employee representative) at Lufthansa Service Group Norway. Mr. Holm has been a member of the board since 2019. Mr. Holm is re-elected for the period 2022-2024.

Katrine Gundersen

Director, employee representative

Sondre Gavir

Ms. Katrine Gundersen (born 1974) holds the position as Crew Tracker at Norwegian’s Integrated Operational Control Centre (IOCC). She started working in the airline industry in the late 1990s and has been with Norwegian since August 2002. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of BI. Ms. Gundersen was Deputy Director of Norwegian’s Board from 2016-2018 and was elected as Director in 2019. Ms. Gundersen is elected for the period 2022-2024.

Torstein Hiorth Soland

Director, employee representative

Torstein Hiorth SolandMr. Torstein Hiorth Soland (born 1987) joined Norwegian's Technical Operations Department in 2014. He holds a BSc in Aeronautical Engineering from Mälardalen University and a MSc in Wind Energy. In 2017, he transferred to the Network department within Commercial Department as Fleet Manager. Mr. Soland accepted the role as Vice President Fleet Strategy in 2019 and during the pandemic he was asked to take the role as Director of Lean. Mr. Soland was deputy member to the board 2019-2022. Mr. Soland is elected for the period 2022-2024.

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