Management
Geir Karlsen
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Geir Karlsen (born 1965) was appointed Chief Executive Officer in June 2021.
Mr. Karlsen has many years of experience within finance management. He held the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from April 2018 and served as Acting Chief Executive Officer from July 2018. He has extensive experience from listed companies within shipping and offshore. Mr. Karlsen has held various CFO positions at international companies such as Golden Ocean Group and Songa Offshore. Before Norwegian, he held the position of Group CFO at London-based Navig8 Group, the world's largest shipping pool and commercial management company. Mr. Karlsen has a degree in Business Administration from BI Norwegian Business School.
Hans-Jørgen Wibstad
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Hans-Jørgen Wibstad (born 1964) was appointed Chief Financial Officer in May 2022.
Mr. Wibstad has more than 20 years’ experience from various CFO and senior management roles within industry/engineering, shipbuilding, shipping and offshore. From 2019 until 2022 he was CFO in Multiconsult ASA and between 2012 and 2017 he was CFO in Kongsberg Gruppen ASA. Mr. Wibstad has broad experience from the financial markets, including having worked as a corporate banker for several years with Danske Bank, Credit Agricole and Nordea. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Colorado.
Henrik Fjeld
Chief Operation Officer (COO)
Henrik Fjeld (born 1976) was appointed Chief Operations Officer in May 2024.
Mr. Fjeld Mr. Fjeld has many years of experience in the aviation industry and management roles in the technical department. He started his career at Norwegian in 2008 as Structural Engineer, and from 2012 until 2017 he held the position as Engineering Manager. For three years Fjeld held the position as Vise President (VS) Technical Operations at SAS. In 2020, Mr. Fjeld came back to Norwegian acting as of Senior Vice President (SVP) Group Technical Operations, and in 2022 he became Senior Vice President (SVP) Aircraft Technical Operations. He holds a degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Scandinavian Academy of Aeronautics.
Guro H. Poulsen
Chief People Officer (CPO)
Guro H. Poulsen (born 1975) was appointed Chief People Officer in July 2020.
Ms. Poulsen is responsible for all aspects of HR functions, labour relations, as well as management of Norwegian's pilots and cabin crew. She has many years of experience in aviation, finance and management positions. She started in Norwegian in 2010 as a Financial Controller and later working as the Finance Manager for the crew holding company Norwegian Air Resources and as Senior Vice President (SVP) Crew Management. She has several years of experience working with large international companies, including Goodyear Dunlop and Wrigley as Business Controller. Ms. Poulsen holds a Master of Business Administration within Marketing from Griffith University in Australia and a Bachelor of Business Administration within Travel and Tourism Management from BI Norwegian Business School.
Knut Olav Irgens Høeg
Chief IT & Business Services Officer (CIBSO)
Knut Olav Irgens Høeg (born 1973) was appointed Chief IT & Business Services Officer in June 2020.
Mr. Høeg started his career at Norwegian in August 2019 as Senior Vice President (SVP) Procurement and has been acting in the role of Senior Vice President (SVP) IT and Customer Care since February 2020. Mr. Høeg has extensive experience in procurement and IT from several large operations, like Circle K, TINE, Storebrand and Skandia. He has also been a Management Consultant at Deloitte. Mr. Høeg has been driving several different Change and Cost-Out Projects and building up organisations. He has a Master of Science Degree in Economics from the BI Norwegian Business School and an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).
Anne-Sissel Skånvik
Chief Communications and Public Affairs Officer (CCPAO)
Anne-Sissel Skånvik (born 1959) was appointed Chief Communications and Public Affairs Officer in June 2020.
Ms. Skånvik has many years of experience in aviation and public relations. She is Chair of the Board of The Federation of Norwegian Aviation Industries (NHO luftfart). Ms. Skånvik started in Norwegian in 2009 as Chief Communications Officer and was appointed Chief Communications and Public Affairs Officer from 2020. Before starting her career at Norwegian, she held a position as Senior Vice President (SVP) at Telenor ASA from 2004 to 2008. Ms. Skånvik was the Deputy Director General in The Norwegian Ministry of Finance between 1996 and 2004 and has years of experience from Statistics Norway (SSB) and various media. Ms. Skånvik has a master’s degree in political science (Cand. Polit) from the University of Oslo, a degree in journalism from the Norwegian College of Journalism, and the Executive Management Course at Norwegian Defense University College.
Magnus Thome Maursund
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
Magnus Thome Maursund (born 1981) was appointed Chief Commercial Officer in October 2021.
Mr. Maursund is responsible for sales, distribution and revenue management, as well as route planning and development, and the loyalty program Norwegian Reward. He has held several management positions within the company. He started his career at Norwegian in 2007 and has experience in supply chain management, route planning, charters and partnerships. From 2015 Mr. Maursund managed the revenue management department, and from 2019 to 2021 he held the position of Senior Vice President (SVP) for the short-haul network in Norwegian. Maursund has an MSc in Economics from BI Norwegian Business School, with a specialisation in strategy.
Tore Jenssen
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Widerøe
Tore Jenssen (born 1978) was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Widerøe in July 2024.
Mr. Jenssen started in Norwegian in 2007 as cost controller for the technical department and has held several management positions in the company. In 2013 he became the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Norwegian’s fully owned asset company, Arctic Aviation Assets DAC (AAA). From 2015 to 2020 he was the CEO & Accountable Manager for Norwegian Air International Ltd (NAI) in Ireland. From 2019 to 2020 he was Chief Operating Officer (COO) and from 2020 he was the Senior Vice President (SVP) Arctic Aviation Assets DAC. In 2023 he was appointed Chief Asset Officer (CAO). Before Mr. Jenssen started his career at Norwegian, he worked for Grilstad. Mr. Jenssen has a MSc in Business from Bodø Graduate School of Business.