Executive Officers

Gunnar Eliassen, 35
Chief Executive Officer

Gunnar Eliassen has been part of the Seatankers Group since January 2016 and currently serves as a Director of KLX Energy Services, Golden Close Maritime, Seadrill Ltd and NorAm Drilling Company AS. Previously, he was a Partner at Pareto Securities in New York and Oslo, and served on the board of Aquadrill LLC (formerly known as Seadrill Partners LLC). Mr. Eliassen holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the Norwegian School of Economics.

Jan Erik Klepsland, 35
Chief Financial Officer

Jan Erik Klepsland has served as Investment Director at Seatankers since 2020, with focus across the broader energy sector and currently serves on the board of directors of Archer Limited. Prior to that, he was a partner at ABG Sundal Collier, and a Director at Nordea, focusing on shipping, oil services and restructuring. Mr. Klepsland holds a Master’s degree in Finance from the Norwegian School of Economics.

Board of Directors

John Fredriksen, 77
Director Nominee (Chairman)

John Fredriksen is a Norwegian-born Cypriot businessman who began his career in shipping and energy. Mr. Fredriksen is a Director of Golden Ocean Limited and is also Chairman, President and a Director of Frontline. Born in 1944 and with a career spanning over fifty years, Mr. Fredriksen acts as our Chairman because of his deep understanding of, and exposure to, energy, shipping and offshore. At present his overall investment portfolio is well diversified with exposure to several sectors including aquaculture, real estate and financial services.

Ole-Eirik Lerøy, 61
Director Nominee

Ole-Eirik Lerøy is also the Chairman of Mowi ASA and has been a director since 2009. Additionally, he is a managing director at Framar AS, a private investment and consulting firm owned by Mr. Lerøy and his family which provides strategic consultancy services to the seafood and related industries. Mr. Lerøy has extensive experience, having previously served as Chairman of the Board of the Bergen Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Board of the International Groundfish Forum, Vice Chairman of the DNB Supervisory Board, Chairman of the Norwegian Seafood Federation and Chairman of the Board of the Norwegian Seafood Export Council. Mr. Lerøy was also the CEO of Lerøy Seafood Group ASA for 18 years and was educated at the Norwegian School of Management.

Cato Stonex, 57
Director Nominee

Cato Stonex has had a long career in fund management, initially with J Rothschild Investment Management. He was a founder partner of institutional equity portfolio firm Taube Hodson Stonex, where he spent 20 years, after which he established Partners Investment Company. He is a founder and director of Obotritia and has been a director of Axiare and Arima since 2016. Mr. Stonex holds a degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he served as a Governor and is now an Emeritus Governor. He has chaired LSE’s Development Committee, and is now an advisor to the Endowment Investment Committee.

James O’Shaughnessy, 57
Director

James O’Shaughnessy serves as a director at Archer Limited, Frontline Ltd, Golden Ocean Group Ltd, and Ship Finance Ltd, and he has served as chairman of the audit committee for each of these companies since 2018. Mr. O’Shaughnessy also serves as a director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Avance Gas Holding Ltd., Coralisle Group, and Catalina General Insurance, and sits on various board committees including audit, risk and compensation committees. Prior to joining Archer, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Axis Capital Holdings Limited from 2012 to 2019. Prior to that, he served as Group CFO and Bermuda CFO of Flagstone Reinsurance, Chief Accounting Officer and Senior VP of Scottish Re Group, and as CFO and Senior VP of XL Re Ltd. at XL Group plc. Mr. O’Shaughnessy holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Cork, Ireland, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland and an Associate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of the United Kingdom.

Tore Myrholt, 64
Director Nominee

Tore Myrhol serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board at Seatankers Consultancy Services, Chairman of the board of Antler, Trioworld, and Enodden and as a board member of Viking Cruises, OQ, Wrist Ship Supply and Arundo Analytics. Previously, Mr. Myrholt was Former Chairman McKinsey EMEA at McKinsey & Company and Founder and CEO of TM Partnership. Mr. Myrholt obtained an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a degree in International Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics. Mr. Myrholt has served as a director of numerous boards of international companies over the last five years, of which M&A has been a central theme.

Annika Sigfrid, 47
Director Nominee

Annika Sigfrid has a broad network of local and international institutions and companies in the Nordics across the financial sector. Previously, Mrs. Sigfrid was Global Head of equity capital markets at Nordea Bank and has more than 20 years of experience from leading investment banks in London and the Nordics, including ABG Sundal Collier, Carnegie, Merrill Lynch and Handelsbanken. Additionally, Ms. Sigfrid serves as board member of Creaspac AB.