Board of Directors

Rúni M. Hansen
Chairman of the Board

Born 1967. Faroese citizen. Joined the Board in 2009 and has been Chairman since. Term of office expires in 2020. Is considered to be independent. Executive chairman of the industry holding company Tjaldur. Member of the audit committee.

Education:

MSc. in Economics and Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School. Postgraduate, Lancaster University.

Number of shares held in Bakkafrost:

Holds 10,761 shares at year-end 2022.

Mr. Hansen is member of The UN Global Compact´s Platform for Sustainable Ocean Business. He was a member of the World Economic Forum´s Agenda Council on the Arctic in the Period 2012-2016. Mr. Hansen has extensive experience in the international oil and gas industry. He was among other member of Equinor´s Exploration Executive team. During his time in Equinor (former Statoil) he has been based in London, Copenhagen, Oslo and The Faroe Islands. Prior to Equinor (Statoil) he was in the seafood and shipping industry.

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Teitur Samuelsen
Board member

Born 1972. Faroese citizen. Joined the Board in 2016. Term of office expires in 2020. Is considered to be independent. Managing Director at P/F Eystur- og Sandoyartunlar. Member of the audit committee and the remuneration committee.

Education:

MSc. in Business Economics & Auditing, Copenhagen Business School.

Number of shares in Bakkafrost:

Holds 100 shares – no change in portfolio in 2022.

Mr. Samuelsen has an extensive experience from accounting and finance. He has worked at KMPG and Dong E/P in Denmark and has been CFO at Atlantic Petroleum (2005-2009) and Bakkafrost (2009-2014). Mr Samuelsen is presently a member of the Board of Directors at Betri Trygging and P/F Tunnil.

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Annika Frederiksberg
Board Member

Born 1971. Faroese citizen. Joined the Board in 2008. Term of office expires in 2020. Is not considered to be independent. Sales Manager at Bakkafrost.

Education:

Basic Vocational Course, Commercial Line, Faroese Business School.

Number of shares in Bakkafrost:

Holds directly and indirectly 16,413 shares at year-end 2022 – change in portfolio in 2022: +163 shares.

Mrs. Frederiksberg has extensive experience in the salmon industry and sales. She has been part of Bakkafrost’s administration team and sales team for over 25 years.

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Øystein Sandvik
Board member

Born 1948. Norwegian citizen. Joined the Board in 2013. Term of office expires in 2020. Is considered to be independent. Member of the audit committee and  the remuneration committee.

Education:

Bank Economist.

Number of shares in Bakkafrost:

Holds no shares at year-end 2022 – no change in portfolio in 2022.

Mr. Sandvik has extensive experience from the finance sector and seafood. He has held several positions at Nordea Bank Norge within fish farming and fishery. Mr. Sandvik is presently a member of the Board of Directors of Coldwater Prawns of Norway AS and in Drevik International AS.

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Einar Wathne
Board member

Born 1961. Norwegian citizen. Joined the Board in 2019. Term of office expires in 2020. Is considered to be independent. Member of the remuneration committee.

Education:

Master in Animal Nutrition at NMBU. Ph.D. in Aquaculture, NMBU. MBA, Handelshøyskolen BI.

Number of shares in Bakkafrost:

Holds no shares at year-end 2022 – no change in portfolio in 2022.

Mr. Wathne has extensive experience from seafood business and has held positions as CEO in Cargill and EWOS.

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Guðrið Højgaard
Board Member

Born 1972. Faroese citizen. Joined the board in 2022. Term of office expires in 2023. Is considered to be independent. She is currently CEO of Visit Faroe Islands and previously Marketing Director of Visit Stockholm.

Education:

MSc. in Business Administration & International Marketing, Copenhagen Business School and Stockholm University.

Number of shares held in Bakkafrost:

Holds no shares.

Mrs. Højgaard has extensive experience from international marketing and branding. She has worked in the travel and tourism industry in Sweden, Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Mrs. Højgaard is presently a member of the Board of Directors at P/F Postverk Føroya and The Faroese Business Development Fund (Framtak).

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