Board and Management

Kjell Inge Røkke (born 1958) is the main owner of Aker ASA and has been a driving force in Aker’s development since the 1990s. Mr. Røkke began his business career with the purchase of a 69-foot trawler in the United States in 1982 and gradually built a leading global fisheries company. In 1996, the Røkke-controlled company RGI purchased enough Aker shares to become the company’s largest shareholder, and later merged RGI with Aker.

Mr. Røkke serves as chair of The Resource Group TRG AS, TRG Holding AS, and Aker ASA, and is also director of several Aker companies.

As of 31 December 2025, Mr. Røkke controls 50 673 577 shares (68.2 per cent) in Aker ASA through his investment company TRG AS and its subsidiaries, and has no stock options. Mr. Røkke is a Norwegian citizen and resides in Switzerland. He has been elected for the period 2024–2026.

Frank O. Reite (born 1970) joined Aker in 1995 and served as CFO in Aker ASA from 2015 until 2019. He is currently working as an advisor. He holds a B.A. in business administration from BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo. Prior to his role as Aker’s CFO, Mr. Reite held the position as President & CEO of Akastor, and has previously also held a variety of executive positions in the Aker group, including overseeing and developing Aker’s investments in Converto Capital Fund AS, Havfisk ASA, Norway Seafoods AS and Aker Yards ASA. Mr. Reite also has experience from banking and served as Operating Director at Paine & Partners, a New York-based private equity firm. Mr. Reite is currently chair of Akastor ASA, Solstad Maritime Holding AS, Converto AS, Norron AB, and, among others, director of Solstad Offshore ASA and Aker BioMarine ASA. In addition to serving as deputy chair, Mr. Reite is the head of the Audit Committee at Aker ASA.

As of 31 December 2025, Mr. Reite holds 74 182 shares in Aker ASA through his privately owned company Fausken Invest AS, and has no stock options. Mr. Reite has been the Aker ASA’s deputy chair since April 2021. Mr. Reite is a Norwegian citizen. He has been elected for the period 2025-2027.

Kristin Krohn Devold (born 1961) was a Member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Conservative Party from 1993 to 2005. She was Minister of Defense from 2001 to 2005. Ms. Krohn Devold is currently the chief executive officer of the Norwegian Hospitality Association (NHO Reiseliv) and serves as director of several companies, including Aker ASA and Lea Bank ASA. She is also deputy chair of the Norwegian Parliamentary Oversight Committee on intelligence and security services (EOS Committee). Ms. Krohn Devold has an MSc degree from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Bergen.

Ms. Krohn Devold serves as an independent director. As of 31 December 2025, Ms. Krohn Devold holds 590 shares in Aker ASA, and has no stock options. Ms. Krohn Devold is a Norwegian citizen. She has been elected for the period 2025-2026.

Karen Simon (born 1959) is an experienced director serving on the boards of Aker ASA, Crescent Energy, Bullish, and Energean plc, where she is chair. She is also active in several philanthropic entities and sits on the Board of Trustees for the Institute of Shipboard Education/Semester at Sea, and chairs the Dean’s Committee for the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona and the Executive Advisory Council for the Bush Institute in Dallas. In June 2025, she also assumed the role of chair of REV Ocean AS.

Ms. Simon spent her executive career at JPMorgan, where she retired in 2019 as Vice Chair of Investment Banking. She has 35 years of corporate finance experience across debt and equity underwriting, M&A, and executive management roles in London and New York.

Ms. Simon serves as an independent director. As of 31 December 2025, she holds no shares in Aker ASA and has no stock options. Ms. Simon resides in Dallas, Texas, is a dual UK and US citizen, and has been elected for the period 2025–2026.

Ståle K. Johansen (born 1968) took over the role as head of the employee representative committee in Aker ASA in 2023, and was elected by the employees to the board of directors the same year. Mr. Johansen has been a full-time group union representative at Aker Solutions Verdal since 2004, where he has been employed since 1986. He is also the Chair of the Global Works Council in Aker. Mr. Johansen is a trained welder and sheet metal worker.

As of 31 December 2025, Mr. Johansen holds no shares in Aker ASA, and has no stock options. He is a Norwegian citizen. Mr. Johansen has been elected for the period 2025-2027.

Sofie Valdersnes (born 1985) was employed by Aker BP in 2018 as a process operator on the Ula platform. Since then, she has worked as the Operation Manager for Subsea Hub and as the Onshore Operations Manager at Ula until she recently transitioned into the role of a full-time representative. She is a certified process technician and holds a Bachelor in economics and management from BI Norwegian Business School.

As of 31 December 2025, Ms. Valdersnes holds no shares in Aker ASA and has no stock options. Ms. Valdersnes is a Norwegian citizen. She has been elected for the period 2025-2027.

Caroline Hellemsvik (born 1982) is employed as a Senior Instrument Engineer at Aker Solutions in Trondheim. She has been employed at Aker Solutions since 2010 and has worked at the company’s locations in Trondheim and at Fornebu. Ms. Hellemsvik has been group union representative for unions outside LO in Aker companies since 2023 and is a former member of the tariff committee for the private sector at NITO Trøndelag sør and NITO Oslo and Akershus. She holds a degree in automation engineering.

As of 31 December 2025, Ms. Hellemsvik owns no shares in Aker ASA and has no stock options. She is a Norwegian citizen and has been elected for the period 2025–2027.