Board & Management

Members of the board of directors are appointed by the general meeting for a period of two years unless otherwise decided by the general meeting

Board of directors

Gunnar Syvertsen

Chairman of the board

Gunnar Syvertsen

Chairman of the board

Gunnar Syvertsen is the chairman of the board of directors, and has been a member of the board of BEWI since 2014 with the position of chairman since 2018. Syvertsen has served as CEO of Heidelberg Cement Northern Europe AB, a regional division of HeidelbergCement AG, one of the largest building materials companies in the world, listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Other current assignments include Frøya Invest AS (chairman), Gis AS (chairman), Bewi Holding AS (chairman) and Topaas og Haug AS Entreprenørforretning (board member).

Elected: 2020
Born: 1954
Shares per 20.10.22: 161,681*

*Gunnar is the chairman of BEWI Invest AS, an investment company controlled by the Bekken family, owning 97,958,328 shares on 20 October 2022

Kristina Schauman

Board member

Kristina Schauman

Board member

Kristina Schauman is a member of the board of director, and has been on the board of BEWI since 2016. Schauman has previous experience as CFO of Nasdaq OMX, Apoteket AB and Carnegie Investment Bank AB, as well as various positions in companies such as Stora AB, ABB and Investor. She also has experience as a board member of several companies and is a current member of the board of Nordic Entertainment Group AB, Åf Pöyry AB and BillerudKorsnäs Aktiebolag, both listed on Nasdaq Stockholm large cap. Schauman holds a degree in Accounting, Financial Management and International Business from Stockholm School of Economics. Other current assignments include Calea AB (board member, CEO), REEDA Capital Management AB (board member), Diaverum AB (board member) and Coor Service Management Holding AB (board member).

Elected: 2020
Born: 1965
Shares per 20.10.22: 193,452

Andreas M. Akselsen

Board member

Andreas M. Akselsen

Board member

Andreas M. Akselsen has been a member of the board of directors since October 2022. Akselsen has experience from various positions in Jackon Holding from 2004, including M&A, strategy and business development, restructuring and financing. From 2018, Akselsen worked as a consultant for Jackon, in addition to other assignments within real estate, early phase investment and restructuring projects. Akselsen has been on the board of directors of the Jackon Group since 2000 and has held several board assignments both in Jackon subsidiaries and in other companies.

Akselsen holds a degree in Master of Science in Business Administration from BI Norwegian School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering.

Elected: 2022
Born: 1977
Shares per 20.10.22: 32,070,000*

*the shares are held through the investment company HAAS AS, owned by the Akselsen family.

Anne-Lise Aukner

Board member

Anne-Lise Aukner

Board member

Anne-Lise Aukner has a law degree from the University of Oslo. She was the managing director and CEO of
Nexans Norway from 2002 and also managing director and CEO of Nexans Sweden from 2018, until she retired in 2019. She has long experience in management of technology and knowledge based companies and management of industrial companies. She has over the years had several external roles in listed companies and interest organizations such as board member, and later deputy chairman and leader of the audit committee, of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (2009 – 2015), board member ISCO Group (2012 – 2014), board member, and later leader of the audit committee of EDB/EDB Ergogroup ASA (2006 – 2012), board member TBL/Norsk Industri (2002-2012), board member NHO (2006 – 2010), board member NEMKO (2005 – 2007) and board member INTPOW (2008 – 2012).

Elected: 2020
Born: 1956
Shares per 20.10.2022: 0

Rik Dobbelaere

Board Member

Rik Dobbelaere

Board Member

Rik Dobbelaere is a member of the board of BEWI ASA: He was the CEO of the company from 2018 to 2020, and the CEO of Synbra Holding B.V. prior to the merger with BEWI. Dobbelaere has held senior positions in global industry companies, including responsibility for the service division at Bombardier, Operations Director Europe for Bombardier’s Transportation Division, and Head of Intercity and High Speed Trains at Raychem Corporation, a manufacturer of  polymer components for industrial customers.

Education: M.Sc. Engineering and MBA from Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium.

Elected: 2021
Born: 1954
Shares per 20.10.22: 98,497

Executive management

Christian Bekken

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Christian Bekken

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Christian Bekken has been the CEO of BEWI ASA since the company was listed in 2020. Bekken is a member of the Bekken family, the majority shareholder of BEWI ASA, and has held various positions within BEWI since 2002.

Bekken has an upper secondary general degree in economics and business administration.

Employed: 2002
Born: 1982
Nationality: Norwegian
Shares per 20.10.22: 25,952*
Options per 20.10.22: 200,000

*Christian Bekken is a member of the Bekken family, the majority owner of BEWI Invest AS. As per 20 October 2022, BEWI Invest held 97,958,328 shares, representing 51.19 per cent of the outstanding shares in BEWI

Marie Danielsson

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Marie Danielsson

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Marie Danielsson has been CFO in BEWI since 2015. Danielsson has previous positions as approved/authorised public accountant at KPMG AB and vice president Financial Control and Taxes at Haldex AB (publ).

Danielsson holds a master’s degree in economics from Stockholm University in Sweden.

Employed: 2015
Born: 1975
Nationality: Swedish
Shares per 20.10.22: 185,452
Options per 20.10.22: 250,000

 

Jonas Siljeskär

Chief Operations Officer (COO) and Vice CEO

Jonas Siljeskär

Chief Operations Officer (COO) and Vice CEO

Jonas Siljeskär has held various positions in BEWI since 2010. Prior to joining BEWI, he was production manager of Thermisol AB and director of production at Tomoku Hus AB. Siljeskär is managing director and a member of the board of directors in several subsidiaries in the Group.

Siljeskär holds a degree in engineering from Dalarna University in Sweden and a degree in lean management from Toyota Nagoya.

Employed: 2010
Born: 1972
Nationality: Swedish
Shares per 20.10.22:
124,126
Options per 20.10.22: 200,000

Roger Olofsson

Group HR director

Roger Olofsson

Group HR director

Roger Olofsson has been the Group HR director of BEWI since 2019. Olofsson has 30 years experience within human resource and leadership development. Prior to joining BEWI, he was SVP human resources at Scandic Hotels, and he has had previous senior HR roles at ABB, GE Healthcare and Loomis.

Olofsson has a Bachelor of Science in human resource development and labor relations from the Umeå University in Sweden.

Employed: 2019
Born: 1964
Nationality: Swedish
Shares per 20.10.22: 5,952
Options per 20.10.22: 125,000

Charlotte Knudsen

Director of IR and Communications

Charlotte Knudsen

Director of IR and Communications

Charlotte Knudsen has been Director of IR and communications in BEWI since 2018. Knudsen has more than 20 years experience from working with IR and communications in various listed companies.

Knudsen holds a masters degree in economics and business administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Employed: 2020
Born: 1973
Nationality: Norwegian
Shares per 20.10.22: 33,681
Options per 20.10.22: 100,000

Petra Brantmark

General Counsel

Petra Brantmark

General Counsel

Brantmark has been General Counsel in BEWI since 2020. Brantmark has previous positions as Senior Legal Counsel at Swedfund International AB and as Associate at Linklaters Law Firm.

Brantmark holds a Master of Laws from Uppsala University in Sweden.

Employed: 2020
Born: 1981
Nationality: Swedish
Shares per 20.10.22: 8902
Options per 20.10.22: 100 000

Members of the Board of Directors are appointed by the general meeting for a period of two years unless otherwise is decided by the general meeting. According to the Company’s Articles of Association, the Board of Directors shall consist of a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of eight (8) members. The composition of the Board of Directors is in compliance with the independence requirements of the Norwegian corporate governance Code, meaning that:

  • The majority of the shareholder elected members of the Board are independent of the Company and the Management.
  • At least two of the shareholder-elected members of the Board independent of the Company and the Management are also independent of the Company’s major shareholders (shareholders controlling, directly or indirectly, at least ten per cent of the Securities or votes in the Company).