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 secretary of the nomination committee on the following address: einar.blaauw at norskeskog.com.
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:
2024 - Richard Heiberg (chair of the nomination committee)
Richard Heiberg (born 1956) has the last 14 years been the CEO of Sparebank 1 Østlandet (previous Sparebanken Hedemark) in Norway.
He has previously held the position as Managing Director for Nordic Paper AS, and Managing Director for Forestia AS. Between 1985 and
1989 he was Finance Manager for the division Norske Skog Plater AS, were he was appointed Managing Director in 1989. Richard Heiberg
has significant board experience from the financial sector and from the paper industry. He graduated from Bedriftsøkonomisk Institutt
(B.I./ Norway) in 1979 as “Diplomøkonom” and has MBA-studies from University in Wisconsin in 1980. He does not hold or control any
shares and is considered an independent member of the nomination committee.
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.
2024 - Rune Smestad
Rune Smestad (born 1954) is currently the owner of his fully owned company Guru AS, but has previous been Managing Director for
Byggkjøp Norge AS, Nordek AS, Nordek Invest AS and House of Builders. He also has previous sales-experience from Ideal Wasa, HOFF/Norske Potetindustrier and Denofa, and board experience from the building industry. Rune Smestad has after his Examen Artium in 1974 studied at Grunerløkka Handelskole (1977-78) and parttime at Bedriftsøkonomisk Institutt (B.I.) 1978-80. He does not hold or control
any shares and is considered an independent member of the nomination committee.