Team
Board of Directors
Erik Sneve
Executive Chairman
CEO of Magnora ASA, which he has led the last seven years with total shareholder return of around 30 per cent annually. Broad experience from positions in the investment industry and renewable industry in Norway and abroad the last 25 years. He has worked as an analyst, consultant and investment director in companies such as Fram, EY, DNB Markets, and more. Recent years he has led the development and sale of e.g. Evolar to First Solar and Helios Nordic Energy to Vinci.
Mr. Sneve holds a B.Sc. in Finance from Arizona State University with Summa Cum Laude (Dean’s List).
Lars Schedin
CEO of Granode Materials. Previously CEO and co-founder of EcoDataCenter, a leader in sustainable infrastructure and AI-optimised data processing. He has held leadership, operational and financial roles in H.I.G. Capital, Empower Group, Zodiak, Electrolux, and If P&C, among others. He has extensive board and advisor experience and is Chairman of the Board of the investment company Malfors Promotor.
Mr. Schedin holds a degree in Accounting and Finance from Linköping University and an Executive MBA in International Management from Uppsala University.
Lars-Erik Sjöberg
Senior Adviser at Carnegie Investment Bank. More than 35 years of experience from investment banking, capital markets and board work, with a particular focus on Swedish corporate finance and real estate. He is Chairman of Profura AB and holds board positions in a number of companies. He has previously served as Chairman of Djurgården Fotboll and as board member of LBS, Lule Building System AB.
Mr. Sjöberg holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Stockholm University.
Wendy Lam
CEO of Capsol Techologies ASA. Experienced leader with technology background with more than 20 years from major international and listed industrial companies, including Baker Hughes, Rolls-Royce, and GE. She has a track record of driving growth, developing strategic partnerships, and commercializing new technologies worldwide.
Ms. Lam holds a mechanical and industrial engineering degree from the Universities of Waterloo and Toronto and an MBA from INSEAD / Wharton.
Adele Norman Pran
Broad experience from board work, finance, accounting, governance and capital markets. Her principal occupation is as a non-executive director and through consulting assignments. She holds several board positions, including as chair of Zalaris ASA and board members in ABG Sundal Collier ASA, HitecVision, B2 Impact ASA, Argentum Asset Management AS, Akershus Eiendom AS, and more. She has previously served as board member in Yara International ASA and Better Energy A/S.
Ms. Pran holds a Master of Law from the University of Oslo and a Master of Audit and Accounting from the Norwegian School of Economics.
Management and expertise
Morten Strømgren
Interim CEO
Mr. Strømgren has broad management and transactions experience from 16 years as Director in the Norway’s state-ownership unit, following up investments in 20+ companies (Statkraft, Norsk Hydro, Argentum, etc.). In periods he was acting Director General and Secretary General in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. Previously he was 5 years at Arkwright in Oslo and Stockholm working with M&A and corporate development.
Mr. Strømgren holds a MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from NTNU and an Executive MBA in Finance (including AFA – Certified European Financial Analyst) from NHH.
Bård Olsen
CFO
Mr. Olsen has been the CFO of Magnora ASA since 2019. He has considerable experience from various controller, external auditor, and internal auditor positions in the US. Before joining Magnora, he was Vice President of Global Compliance in MHWirth, a drilling equipment company within the Aker Group, and held over 9 years various positions within the group, including Head of Internal Audit at Aker Solutions. He has also worked at EY in the risk and internal control advisory role for banks and financial institutions in Oslo, Norway.
Mr. Olsen holds a BS in Finance and an MBA from Arizona State University.
Eirik Blix
CTO
Mr. Blix is CEO and Owner at Blix Solutions AS, since 2008. He founded Blix Data Center AS in 2019. Mr. Blix is also co-owner and Board member in Storespeed AS where Magnora owns 75%. He has board experience and strong capabilities on project origination and development, and data center operations.
Mr. Blix is educated engineer, plus Computer Science at the University of Oslo.
Kjetil Fladmark Larsen
Stein Bjørnstad
Origination/sourcing
Mr. Bjørnstad has a broad background spanning research, advisory and communication – mainly from consulting solving hard-to-generalise problems for a variety of clients. As a former Director with Deloitte, he is an experienced strategy advisor with an extensive portfolio of M&A and analytics assignments mainly with public sector and energy clients. He has helped run two technology driven start-ups and served as an advisor to a large number of early-stage companies.
Mr. Bjørnstad holds a PhD in Economics from BI Norwegian Business School.
Hannah Høydal
Strategy, M&A
Ms. Høydal has experience as Investment Manager in Magnora ASA and previously from management consulting at Arkwright, advising private equity firms and large industrial clients across domestic and international markets. Her work has focused on project origination and development, strategy, and post-acquisition value creation and sales. She also has experience from Clarksons Platou and Start-Up Lab in London.
Ms. Høydal holds an MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from NTNU and spent one of her educational years at Universitat Politècnica de València.
Trond Gärtner
Project development
Mr. Gärtner is SVP at Magnora and works on project development. Previously he was in Statkraft where he gained more than 15 years of experience from management positions including Vice President for Onshore Wind Power Development and Vice President for Technical Management in the Project Delivery Unit. He started his career as a consultant in the field of renewable energy, energy efficiency and H2 in KanEnergi and SWECO.
Mr. Gärtner holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from NTNU and an Executive Master in Energy Management from the Norwegian School of Management (BI), IFP School and ESCP Business School (Paris).
Espen Erdal
Project development
Mr. Erdal is SVP at Magnora and works mainly on project origination, development and sales. He also has a background DNV within Renewables Advisory in Oslo. Prior to his time at DNV, Erdal worked 4 years at Dr. Ing. A. Aas-Jakobsen, one of the major structural engineering consultants in Norway.
Mr. Erdal holds a Master of Science degree from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) with a combination of the fields of structural engineering and renewable energy. As part of this degree he spent one year at the University of California, Berkeley.
Emilie Brackman
Project development
Ms. Brackman i VP in Magnora and has a background also from DNV with the renewable advisory team located in Oslo. Since 2018, she has focused on the wind energy market, analyses and project development. She has also worked with structural analysis of offshore floaters and mooring, inspections of ships and offshore structures.
Ms. Brackman holds a Master of Science degree in Naval Architecture from Newcastle University in the UK, and a bachelor’s of degree in Mechanical Engineering from l’Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) de Toulouse in France.
Erling Magnus Solheim
CEO Storespeed AS
Mr. Solheim has a broad background from Magnora ASA and also previously as company builder and entrepreneur. Having co-founded three ventures over 12 years, he developed a broad and deep business acumen with capabilities from hands-on operations to strategic fundraising.
Mr. Solheim holds a Master of Science degree from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) with a combination of engineering cybernetics and entrepreneurial management (NTNU’s School of Entrepreneurship).
Markus Aasen
Punky Ring
Group Controller
Ms. Ring is Group Controller at Magnora ASA, since early 2024. She has prior experience with auditing from KPMG South Africa and PwC UK, and group controlling from Cloudberry Clean Energy.
Ms. Ring holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Accounting and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Cape Town.
Kaja Kraft
Group Accountant
Ms. Kraft is Group Accountant at Magnora ASA. Previously she worked 9 years with financial management at ABG Sundal Collier.
Ms. Kraft holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and auditing from BI Norwegian Business School and a Master of Science in Bioscience from the University of Oslo.