Board & Management

Gunnar Syvertsen is the chairman of the board of directors, and has been a member of the board of BEWI since 2014 with the position of chairman since 2018. Syvertsen has served as CEO of Heidelberg Cement Northern Europe AB, a regional division of HeidelbergCement AG, one of the largest building materials companies in the world, listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Other current assignments include Frøya Invest AS (chairman), Gis AS (chairman), Bewi Holding AS (chairman) and Topaas og Haug AS Entreprenørforretning (board member).

Elected: 2020
Born: 1954
Shares per 20.10.22: 161,681*

*Gunnar is the chairman of BEWI Invest AS, an investment company controlled by the Bekken family, owning 97,958,328 shares on 20 October 2022

Kristina Schauman is a member of the board of director, and has been on the board of BEWI since 2016. Schauman has previous experience as CFO of Nasdaq OMX, Apoteket AB and Carnegie Investment Bank AB, as well as various positions in companies such as Stora AB, ABB and Investor. She also has experience as a board member of several companies and is a current member of the board of Nordic Entertainment Group AB, Åf Pöyry AB and BillerudKorsnäs Aktiebolag, both listed on Nasdaq Stockholm large cap. Schauman holds a degree in Accounting, Financial Management and International Business from Stockholm School of Economics. Other current assignments include Calea AB (board member, CEO), REEDA Capital Management AB (board member), Diaverum AB (board member) and Coor Service Management Holding AB (board member).

Elected: 2020
Born: 1965
Shares per 20.10.22: 193,452

Andreas M. Akselsen has been a member of the board of directors since October 2022. Akselsen has experience from various positions in Jackon Holding from 2004, including M&A, strategy and business development, restructuring and financing. From 2018, Akselsen worked as a consultant for Jackon, in addition to other assignments within real estate, early phase investment and restructuring projects. Akselsen has been on the board of directors of the Jackon Group since 2000 and has held several board assignments both in Jackon subsidiaries and in other companies.

Akselsen holds a degree in Master of Science in Business Administration from BI Norwegian School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering.

Elected: 2022
Born: 1977
Shares per 20.10.22: 32,070,000*

*the shares are held through the investment company HAAS AS, owned by the Akselsen family.

Anne-Lise Aukner has a law degree from the University of Oslo. She was the managing director and CEO of
Nexans Norway from 2002 and also managing director and CEO of Nexans Sweden from 2018, until she retired in 2019. She has long experience in management of technology and knowledge based companies and management of industrial companies. She has over the years had several external roles in listed companies and interest organizations such as board member, and later deputy chairman and leader of the audit committee, of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (2009 – 2015), board member ISCO Group (2012 – 2014), board member, and later leader of the audit committee of EDB/EDB Ergogroup ASA (2006 – 2012), board member TBL/Norsk Industri (2002-2012), board member NHO (2006 – 2010), board member NEMKO (2005 – 2007) and board member INTPOW (2008 – 2012).

Elected: 2020
Born: 1956
Shares per 20.10.2022: 0

Rik Dobbelaere is a member of the board of BEWI ASA: He was the CEO of the company from 2018 to 2020, and the CEO of Synbra Holding B.V. prior to the merger with BEWI. Dobbelaere has held senior positions in global industry companies, including responsibility for the service division at Bombardier, Operations Director Europe for Bombardier’s Transportation Division, and Head of Intercity and High Speed Trains at Raychem Corporation, a manufacturer of  polymer components for industrial customers.

Education: M.Sc. Engineering and MBA from Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium.

Elected: 2021
Born: 1954
Shares per 20.10.22: 98,497