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 31.12.21: 317,559*

*Gunnar is the chairman of BEWI Invest AS, an investment company controlled by the Bekken family, owning 97,642,450 shares on 31 December 2021, including shares held by EBE Eiendom and shares held on a forward contract.

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 31.12.21: 193,452

Stig Wærnes is a member of the board of BEWI. He is the chairman of the board in various companies, including Overaae Holding AS, Sw Invest AS (where he is also the CEO), KMC Properties ASA and EBE Eiendom AS. He is board member of Snewær AS and Warnes Invest AS. He is also the CEO of BEWI Holding AS. Wærnes has extended experience from auditing, advisory and various director and board positions and as regional managing partner and Deputy Chairman of BDO AS. Until 2011 he was chairman and managing partner of Inter Revisjon/Praxity (int). Wærnes holds a degree in auditing and accounting from NTNU business school.

Elected: 2020
Born: 1968
Shares per 31.12.21: 0*

*Stig is the CEO of BEWI Invest AS, BEWI Invest AS, an investment company controlled by the Bekken family, owning 97,642,450 shares on 31 December 2021, including shares held by EBE Eiendom and shares held on a forward contract.

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 31.12.2021: 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 31.12.21: 98,497