BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

LAURENCE WARD ODFJELL

Chairman of the Board since 4 May 2010

Laurence Ward Odfjell (1965) is a member of the founding family of the Company and former President of Odfjell Terminals BV. He served as board member from 2004 to 2007 after working for the Odfjell family’s private terminals in South America. In 2010 he succeeded his father Dan as Executive Chairman of Odfjell SE. He holds a Master in Architecture from Yale University. Norwegian citizen. Controls 25,966,492 A-shares and 3,999,393 B-shares (incl. related parties). No options.

CHRISTINE RØDSÆTHER

Board member since 4 May 2010

Christine Rødsæther (1964) is a partner in Simonsen Vogt Wiig law firm, with international shipping and offshore related transactions and restructurings, banking and financing as professional practice areas. She has previously been a partner in Andersen Legal ANS and lawyer at Wikborg, Rein & Co. She has extensive board experience, and is at present at the board of Tide ASA in addition to Odfjell SE. She is a member of MARUT, the strategic advisory board to the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries for maritime development. She holds a cand. jur (master) degree from the University of Bergen, and a Master of Law (LLM) from Mc George School of Law, California. Norwegian citizen. Independent board member, owns no shares or options.

JANNICKE NILSSON

Board member since 8 May 2012

Jannicke Nilson (1965) is Executive Vice President Chief Operation Officer at Statoil. She has previously held different management positions within Statoil, and a number of central management positions in the upstream oil and gas industry. She holds a Master of Science in cybernetics and process automation from the University of Stavanger. Norwegian citizen. Independent board member, owns no shares or options.

ÅKE GREGERTSEN

Board member since 6 May 2013

Åke Gregertsen (1955) has previously held several positions in Odfjell, incl. President of Odfjell Terminals Houston from 1996 to 2001, and SVP at Odfjell Terminals from 2001 to 2002. He has been a consultant for Odfjell Terminals BV, and was appointed Interim President for Odfjell Terminals BV in 2012. He was CEO of Star Shipping from 2002 to 2008 and for Jebsen Management A/S from 2009 to 2011. Gregertsen holds a Master of Science and CPA degree from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). Norwegian citizen. Independent board member, owns 3,000 A-shares and 28,332 B-shares. No options. 

ANNETTE MALM JUSTAD

Board member since 12 November 2014

Annette Malm Justad (1958) is Ass. Partner at Recore Norway, and has previously held management positions in Norsk Hydro, Norgas Carriers, Yara International and Eitzen Maritime Services. She has extensive board experience from companies such as Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompany, American Shipping Company, Awilco and Petroleum Geo-Services. She holds a Master in chemical engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and MIT Sloan School of Management. Norwegian citizen. Owns no shares or options. 

KLAUS NYBORG

Board member since 9 December 2015

Klaus Nyborg (1963) has previously held various management positions in the A.P. Møller/Maersk Group, Torm AS, Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd and DS Norden AS. For Norden AS, he has been a member of the board since 2012, and chairman since 2015. He is also board director for several companies, incl. United Shipping & Trading A/S, and DFDS A/S. He holds a M.Sc. in economics and law from Copenhagen Business School, and management degrees from London Business School and IMD. Danish citizen. Owns no shares or options.

HANS SMITS

Board member since 9 May 2016

Hans Smits (1950) is President/CEO of Jansen de Jong Groep. Previous positions include President/CEO of Port of Rotterdam Authority and of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, and he has held various administrative and management positions associated to the Dutch Ministries. He is also chairman of the Supervisory Board of KLM Nederland B.V., chairman of the Supervisory Board of Erasmus University Rotterdam, and board member of the Air France-KLM Group. He holds a degree in civil engineering from the technical University of Delft, and an MBA from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Dutch citizen. Owns no shares or options.