Management

Rolf Barmen, born in 1964, is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Group. Mr. Barmen has been the CEO since 2013 and also became the chairman of Trondheim Kraft AS at that time. He has extensive experience as a chief executive officer within the telecommunications industry including with Telering AS from 1999 until 2008, Chess Communication from 2008 until 2011 and NextGenTel from 2011 until 2013. Furthermore, he has experience as regional director at Telenor Telehus and operations manager at Ikea Bergen, as well as the Chairman of Sportsklubben Brann.

Mr. Barmen holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (siviløkonom) from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Henning Nordgulen, born in 1965, is the Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Group. Mr. Nordgulen commenced employment with Elmera Group in 2022. He was previously CFO at Sbanken ASA from 2015 and prior to that CFO at Bergen Group ASA. In addition to that, he has held the position Director of Business at Sparebanken Vest.

Mr. Nordgulen holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Norwegian Business School (BI), and has additional education from IMF in Lausanne.

Solfrid Fluge Andersen, born 1976, was employed at Fjordkraft in 2010 as Accounting Manager. In 2014, she left the company and joined Falck Nutec as CFO. In 2015 she returned to Fjordkraft in the role of Business Developer. In the period 2015 to 2019, she had several different management positions within the Customer Delivery division and in the Power Trading department, before she was appointed Executive Vice-President and Head of Operations Division in June 2019, and Head of Power markets and energy supply from December 2023. Ms. Andersen also has relevant experience from Bergen Energi (Kinect) as Team Manager for Cost Management before she was employed by Fjordkraft.

Ms. Andersen holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (siviløkonom) from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and a diploma i Hospitality Management from the International College of Tourism & Hotel Management in Sydney, Australia.

Arnstein Flaskerud, born in 1963, is the Company's Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Head of Strategy, Innovation, Sustainability, Mergers and Acquisitions. Mr. Flaskerud has more than 30 years’ experience in the electric power industry. He commenced employment with Fjordkraft in 2001 as the Director of Corporate Clients. Mr. Flaskerud was a strategic business developer in 2010, Director of the Strategy department in 2013, market manager for BKK Kraftsalg AS from 1997 until 2001 and market manager at Bergen Lysverker from 1992 until 1996. Mr. Flaskerud was an engineer at Samkjøring av Kraftverkene in Norway for six years prior to 1992. In 2013, Flaskerud received the industry price for “Influencer of the Year” for his work with common invoicing and the “Supplier-centric Model". Furthermore, Mr. Flaskerud is a Norwegian representative at Eurelectric, an EU organization for the power industry.

Mr. Flaskerud holds a degree in Engineering, in Electric Power Engineering from Bergen University College (HiB) in addition to an Executive Master of Management degree from the Norwegian Business School (BI).

Roger Finnanger, born in 1981, joined Fjordkraft in 2011 as a key account manager. In 2012, Mr. Finnanger became the Sales Manager SME. He has headed the business market venture in the position of Director Business since 2014. In February 2019, Fjordkraft established a separate division for the business market and Mr. Finnanger assumed the position of Executive Vice-President Business. Mr. Finnanger has a background from Coca-Cola Enterprises where he worked for 10 years in a number of positions within sales, management and personnel development.

Roger Finnanger took a basic course in business economics at the Norwegian Business School (BI). 

Per Heiberg-Andersen, born in 1970, is Executive Vice-President responsible for the Nordic expansion. Prior to this role, Mr. Heiberg-Andersen was CEO at AllRate, a subsidiary of the Elmera Group.

Mr. Heiberg-Andersen has had a long career in telecoms and IT, and held positions as Regional Manager Western Norway at Telenor, as well as Vice President of both B2B and Consumer Divisions at NextGenTel (a Telia subsidiary). Mr. Heiberg-Andersen has also been a consultant (Director) at KPMG, with many projects in the electric power industry.

Mr. Heiberg-Andersen holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (siviløkonom) as well as a CEMS Master from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and the University of Cologne, Germany.

Solfrid Kongshaug Aase, born in 1969, is the Company's Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Head of Alliance. Ms. Aase has more than 20 years' experience in the electric power industry. She has held several managerial positions at BKK AS and Fjordkraft in the fields of business development, sales and portfolio services. At Fjordkraft, Ms. Aase has, among other positions, worked as business manager from 2001 until 2006, as market manager for major customers from 2006 until 2008, was appointed Director of Customer Service in 2015 before she was appointed Head of Company Projects in 2017. In 2019 she was appointed Head of Alliance.

Ms. Aase holds a cand.polit. degree in Economics from the Univeristy of Bergen (UiB).

Magnar Øyhovden, born in 1968, is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fjordkraft AS. Mr. Øyhovden has been the CEO since august 2022. He has extended experience within the finance industry as CEO of Sbanken ASA (previously Skandiabanken) from 2000 until 2019. From 2020 until 2022 Mr. Øyhovden was the Group Director of Media Bergen AS.

Mr. Øyhovden is an Economist with a degree from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Kari Marvik, born 1970, was employed at Fjordkraft in 2021 as Director Cross Border Development. She has also held other management positions in Fjordkraft AS/Elmera Group ASA as Manager Operational Excellence and Head of IT and projects. Before entering the Elmera Group Mrs. Marvik came from a position as Research director at NORCE and Vice president of Science and Technology at Christian Michelsen Research where she was responsible for industrial research projects towards sectors like Energy, Renewables, Marine and Aquaculture. She also has relevant IT experience from the telecom sector, where she has had different management positions in companies like Telenor and Nextgentel.  

Mrs. Marvik holds a cand. scient degree from the University of Bergen.  

Jeanne Katralen Tjomsland, born in 1965, is the Company's Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Head of HR & Communications. Ms. Tjomsland has over 25 years' experience within the field of communication. She commenced employment with Fjordkraft as Communications manager in 2002, was appointed Director of Human Resources and Security in 2010 (which from 2015 also included a communications role). Jeanne Tjomsland was EVP, CHRO&CCO (Chief communications Officer) in Fjordkraft Holding ASA until August 2022. She then held the position as CHRO, CCO for the Elmera Group in Fjordkraft AS until December 2023, becoming CHRO&CCO in Elmera Group ASA. Ms. Tjomsland was a senior public relations consultant and Deputy Manager at Consilio Kommunikasjon AS from 1997 until 2001.

Ms. Tjomsland holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (siviløkonom) from Universitetet i Agder (UiA) and an Executive Master of Management degree from the Norwegian Business School (BI).