Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Johan Fr. Odfjell (Chairman of the Board)
Johan Fr. Odfjell (born 1948) was elected to the Board in the autumn of 2000 and became
Chairman of the Board in December 2003. He is the chairman of the board/director of limited
companies and foundations in the industrial, research and culture sectors. Odfjell was CEO of the
Vesta Group until 1994 and has since worked as an investor and advisor. He has a Master’s degree
in Business and Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
(NHH) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Victor D. Norman
Victor D. Norman (born 1946) was elected to the Board in 2004. Norman is a professor of
economics at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH). He was the
principal of this university from 1999 to 2001 and Norway’s Minister of Labour and Administration
from 2001 to 2004.
Harald Norvik
Harald Norvik (born 1946) was the chairman of the board of the Ulltveit-Moe Group from 2000 to
2003, and was re-elected to Umoe’s board in 2006. Norvik has had a long, varied career in politics
and public enterprises, as well as in Norwegian society and industry. He was a key member of the
Aker Group’s executive management during the important reorganisation of this group in 1981-1986, and was Statoil’s CEO from 1987-1999. Norvik has held a number of directorships in
Norwegian cornerstone companies. He is now a partner in ECON and a strategic adviser to
EconPöyry. He is the chairman of the boards of Telenor ASA and Aschehoug ASA, and a director of
PGS and ConocoPhillips Inc. Norvik has a Master’s degree in Business and Economics from the
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH).
Ragnhild Kierulf Ulltveit-Moe
Ragnhild Kierulf Ulltveit-Moe (born 1982) was elected to the Board in June 2001. She has a combined Bachelor’s degree in Comparative Politics from the University of Bergen and Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) and has for the past year been part of the United Nations Development Programme’s Economics Development Team in China.
Jens Ulltveit-Moe
Jens Ulltveit-Moe (born 1942) is the Group’s President and Chief Executive Officer
and, together with his family, he owns 99 per cent of the business. He has a Master’s
degree in Business and Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and
Business Administration (NHH) and a Master’s degree in International Affairs from
Colombia University. After completing his education, he worked for McKinsey in New
York and London before becoming managing director of Asterix Shipping, a tankerowning
company in London, in 1973. He was headhunted to the failing company Knut
Knutsen OAS in 1980.
In 1984, he established the company that is now called Umoe AS. That same year,
shipping operations were resumed in Knutsen OAS Shipping, and in 1986 he acquired
Harding Safety AS, which was in receivership. He has since been an active, long-term
owner and developer of a number of companies.
He plays an active role in Norwegian society and is a former president of both the
Norwegian Shipowners’ Association and the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise.
Ulltveit-Moe is the Chairman of the board of
Kverneland ASA.