Nomination committee in Norske Skog ASA
Shareholders are welcome to provide the nomination committee with their considerations and comments regarding the governing bodies of Norske Skog ASA at any time.
Input to the nomination committee should be sent by e-mail to the chair of the nomination committee on the following address: nygaard@iscogroup.no.
In order to provide the nomination committee with sufficient time to take input from shareholders into consideration prior to annual general meetings, the Nomination committee kindly requests that input is submitted no later than 1 March in the relevant year.
The nomination committee consists of the following members:
2020- Yngve Nygaard (chair of the nomination committee)
Yngve Nygaard was elected as a member of the nomination committee at the annual general meeting in 2020 and as chair of the committee at the annual general meeting in 2022. Mr Nygaard is a partner of ISCO Group AS, an executive search and advisory firm based in Oslo, Norway. Mr Nygaard has completed a number of executive recruitments, including board members, CEOs and other corporate management positions for stock exchange listed companies within various sectors. He regularly acts as an advisor for both foreign and domestic companies in matters related to management, and has extensive experience with strategic and organisation development. Before joining ISCO Group AS, Mr Nygaard was a partner and managing partner of another leading executive search firm, and prior to that he has held the position as head of Mercedes Benz in Norway, President of Tandberg for Europe/EMEA, as well as leading positions in FMCG, Asics and SCA. Mr Nygaard graduated with a degree in economics / MScBA from Örebro universitet, Sweden, in 1986.
Shares in Norske Skog ASA: Owns and/or controls 0 shares.
2023- Gert Steens
Gert Steens was elected as a member of the nomination committee at the annual general meeting in 2023. He is currently Head of Research for SSVL S.A.M. Monaco. SSVL is the investment advisor of the Sterling Active Fund, investing in a concentrated portfolio of European mid-and small-cap companies. Mr Steens has previously held the positions Business Development and Investor Realations for Royal Ten Cate in the Netherlands, and Investment Manager for Cyrte Investment (Talpa Capital) in the Netherlands. For more than 10 years he worked for UBS (SG Warburg) in London and Amsterdam with research and sales of equities, and was appointed Managing Director in 2000. He also worked for Banque Nationale de Paris BNP in Amsterdam and London with Corporate Banking as Head of Credit Department and Equities Analyst. Mr Steens holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from Nyenrode Business School in Breukelen, The Netherlands.
* Gerard (Gert) R. M. Steens does not hold or control any shares personally, but is Head of Research for SSVL S.A.M. Monaco, the investment advisor of the Sterling Active Fund, which holds 4,694,000 shares.
2023- Terje Sagbakken
Terje Sagbakken was elected as a member of the nomination committee at the annual general meeting in 2023. He is currently the Managing Director of Hydal Aluminium Profiler AS in Raufoss, Norway. Mr Sagbakken has previously held the position as Managing Director of Forestia AS, the largest subsidiary of Byggma ASA. Mr Sagbakken is at present a board member in Byggma ASA. Terje Sagbakken worked for more than 14 years for Kongsberg Automotive AS as Plant Manager, Production Manager and Logistic Manager. Before that, he was Head of Production for Raufoss United AS in Norway. Mr Sagbakken holds a Bachelor Degree in Wood Technology from Ingeniørhøgskolen Gjøvik in Norway, and a Master Degree in Sustainable Production from NTNU (Norges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitet).
* Terje Sagbakken is a board member of Byggma ASA, which is ultimately controlled by the CEO of Norske Skog ASA, Geir Drangsland.