Board of Directors

Trond Berger
Chairman of the Board
Berger is the Chief Executive Officer In Blommenholm Industrier, a family office, COB in Yara ASA and COB in Bertel O. Steen Holding AS. He is the CFO and has been an EVP of Schibsted ASA for more than 20 years, CFO and EVP in Nycomed ASA, and partner in Arthur Andersen & Co.
Mona C. Bugge
Mona started her career in Jøtunfinans in Oslo 1984-1987 and thereafter Astor Corporate 1987-1991. In 1991 she joined Orkla Finans which was later merged into SEB Enskilda in 2000 working in the corporate finance department. From the foundation of Arctic Securities in 2007 she has been a partner working in the corporate finance department as Co-Head of the real estate team. In the last couple of years she has focused on the intersection between real estate, renewable energy and sustainability. Mona holds a BSc in General Business and Economics from Berry College, Georgia and an MBA-Finance from University of Denver, Colorado.

Petter Bakken
Petter started his career in SEB in Frankfurt from 1987- 1990, thereafter from 1991 till 2007 in Orkla Finans, merged into SEB Enskilda in 2000. He was head of corporate finance in Norway from 1994- 2007. He is a founding partner of Arctic Securities, and since the foundation in 2007 he has worked in the corporate finance department both as an client executive in addition to various management positions. Today he is the overall responsible for Corporate Finance. Petter holds a Diplom Kaufmann degree from Univerität Mannheim in Germany (1982-1987).

Børre Grønningsæter
Grønningsæter holds a degree in Building and Construction from Gothenburg Technical Institute (1991), and a Bachelor's degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, NHH (1994). He started working as a stockbroker in 1994 for Saga Securities AS in Oslo (now Danske Securities ASA), and became a partner in 1995. In 1998 he joined RASMUSSENGRUPPEN AS in Kristiansand as a Portfolio Manager, and has since 2006 held the position as Investment Manager. Grønningsæter is also the Managing Director of PORTIA AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of RASMUSSENGRUPPEN AS.

Cathrine Foyn
Cathrine is portfolio manager, fixed income, and partner in Arctic Asset Management. She has experience from financial markets since 1991. She has previously worked as Chief Investment Officer at Protector Forsikring (2015-2017). Cathrine has also experience from Arctic Asset Management (2010-2015), Alfred Berg, Braathens Safe, Christiania Fonds and Oslo Stock Exchange. She is educated at BI Norwegian Business School and is an Interest Rate Analyst (NFF).