Board of Directors
Rikard Appelgren
Chair of the Board
Rikard Appelgren has a Master’s degree from Chalmers (Gothenburg, 1988) and has a background from consulting engineering business in Sweden. He had a career in J&W (who became WSP) and was CEO of WSP Sweden in the period 2002 - 2014. He was also in charge of WSP Europe as COO and member of the global group management. His experience includes good insight into the challenges that accompany growth through acquisitions and turnarounds. Rikard Appelgren has extensive board experience and currently has key roles in several smaller businesses where he is partly owner.
Rikard Appelgren is independent of the company’s executive personnel, material business contacts and main shareholder(s).
He holds 45 000 shares and 0 options in Multiconsult as of 1 November 2023.Hanne Rønneberg
Director
Hanne Rønneberg has a Master’s degree in engineering from NTNU (1983) and has been in the construction industry throughout her career and knows the industry well from various positions. First within development and management in the concrete industry, followed by ten years in management positions of both line and staff in Skanska. For the past eight years, she has been Executive Vice President in SINTEF and SINTEF Building and Infrastructure institute. Her experience includes improvement processes.
Hanne Rønneberg is independent of the company’s executive personnel, material business contacts and main shareholder(s).
Rønneberg holds 3 440 shares and 0 options in Multiconsult as of 19 December 2022.Tove Raanes
Director
Tove Raanes has a master degree in finance with a background from consulting and investment activities. She has extensive experience from boards and board committees.
Tove Raanes represents expertise in finance and analysis and covers capital allocation, transactions etc.
Raanes is independent of Multiconsult ASA's executive management and significant business relationships.
She holds 413 shares in Multiconsult. Tove Raanes, through Trane AS, holds 4 900 shares in Multiconsult. Raanes owns 100 per cent of the shares in Trane AS. In total, as of 31 December 2023, she holds 5 313 shares and 0 options in Multiconsult.
Sverre Hurum
Director
Sverre Hurum is an industrial economist (Diploma Wirtschaftsingenieur from Karlsruhe) and has since 2002 led the development of the IT consulting company Bouvet. He represents a comprehensive experience in leading and developing a listed knowledge based company and has valuable experience related to digitisation strategies in such companies.
Sverre Hurum is independent of the company’s executive personnel, material business contacts and main shareholder(s).
Sverre Hurum holds 21 000 shares in Multiconsult ASA as of 11 November 2021. In addition, Havgatt AS holds 866 shares in Multiconsult. Mr. Hurum owns 50% of the shares in Havgatt AS, the remaining 50% is owned by a related party to Mr. Hurum.
Tore Sjursen
Director (photo: Aker Energy)
Tore Sjursen is a civil engineer and has since 2019 worked as an independent consultant and adviser. He has substantial industrial competence within project based business. He has extensive experience from project and line manager positions and as an advisor to the group management, all in the Kværner and Aker companies. From these positions, he has gained a comprehensive insight into, and understanding of, the business of an international knowledge company where the implementation of complex projects and risks associated with various forms of contract are central.
Tore Sjursen is independent of the company’s executive personnel, material business contacts and main shareholder(s).
Tore Sjursen, through Bonao Invest AS, holds 1800 shares in Multiconsult as of 10 May 2024. Mr. Sjursen owns 100 per cent of the shares in Bonao Invest AS.
Karine Gjersø
Director | Employee elected
Karine Gjersø joined Multiconsult in 2017. She holds a Master of Science in construction and environmental engineering from NTNU. She has earlier been the leader of Must - Multiconsult for students. Gjersø is Multiconsult's representative and chairman of the board in URIF (Young in the Association of Consulting Engineers).
Karine Gjerø is elected as an employee representative for the period 2023-2025.
Gjersø holds 3 993 shares and 0 options in Multiconsult as of 11 December 2023.
Gunnar Vatnar
Director | Employee elected
Gunnar Vatnar joined Link Arkitektur in 2016. He has has a Master in Landscape Architecture from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp (2007). Vatnar has extensive experience with site development, landscape analysis and detailed engineering.
He is elected as an employee representative for the period 2023-2025.
Vatnar holds 940 shares and 0 options in Multiconsult as of 12 February 2024.
Torben Wedervang
Director | Employee elected
Torben Wedervang has Master of Science in Technical Geology from NTNU and has experience from assignment management in interdisciplinary projects. Mr. Wedervang has extensive experience as a shop steward and was the leader of Tekna's corporate group in Multiconsult Norge AS from 2015-2018.
He is elected as an employee representative for the period 2023-2025.
Mr. Wedervang holds 6 443 shares and 0 options in Multiconsult as of 11 December 2023.