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Rune Gjessing

Senior vice president Asia, Australasia and South America

Rune Gjessing is responsible for the business units Singburi in Thailand, Albury and Boyer in Australia, Tasman in New Zealand, Pisa in Brazil and Bio Bio in Chile. Rune Gjessing is in addition chairman in the subsuduary Xynergo AS.

• With Norske Skog since 2002, Bachelor of Science (wood science), University of British Columbia, Canada.
• MBA in finance and marketing, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
• Chartered Financial Analyst, finance and market analyst in Simons Consulting Group, Vancouver BC, 1992-1999.
• Share analyst for paper and forest products, National Bank Financial, Vancouver BC, 1999-2002.
• Director of investor relations & group secretary, Norske Skog, 2002-2006.
• Director of control functions,  Norske Skog, March 2006-August 2006.
• Director of strategic business analysis, Norske Skog, August 2006-November 2007.
• Senior vice president strategy, Norske Skog since 2007.