Management

Øyvind Eriksen 
President & CEO

Øyvind Eriksen (born 1964) joined Aker 1 January 2009. Mr. Eriksen holds a law degree from the University of Oslo. He joined the Norwegian law firm BA-HR in 1990, where he became a partner in 1996 and a board member/chairman from 2003. At BA-HR, Mr. Eriksen worked closely with Aker and Aker’s main shareholder, Kjell Inge Røkke. Mr Eriksen is chairman of Aker Solutions ASA and Aker Holding AS, and a board member of several companies, including Aker Clean Carbon AS, The Resource Group TRG AS, TRG Holding AS and Reitangruppen AS. As of 31 December 2009 Mr. Eriksen holds no shares in Aker ASA, and has no stock options. Mr. Eriksen is a Norwegian citizen.

Trond Brandsrud 
CFO

Trond Brandsrud (born 1958) joined Aker ASA in April 2010 after three years as CFO in Seadrill Limited. Prior to joining Seadrill in 2007, Mr. Brandsrud worked for Royal Dutch Shell for more than 20 years. At Shell, he held several key finance positions in Norway as well as internationally. He also has extensive experience from major offshore field development projects and held several senior management roles in Shell’s upstream and downstream sectors. Mr. Brandsrud has a MSc degree from the Norwegian School of Business Administration (NHH) and is a Norwegian citizen. He holds 10,000 shares in Aker ASA and has no stock options.