Board of directors

Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School (1989). MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration NHH (1976) and law studies.

Board member since 2007 and board chair since 2013.

Member of the remuneration committee since 2012 and committee chair since 2013.

Own business.

Experience as CEO of EWOS Group and head of Cermaq’s fish food division. CEO of NorAqua, finance director and group CEO of the Glamox Group. Board chair of the Nordlaks aquaculture group, Axio and Norsk Landbrukskjemi.

Attended 22 of 22 board meetings in 2023.

Holds 130,000 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Master of Business Administration from NHH (2003), Certified European Financial Analyst (AFA) NHH (2003). State authorised public accountant (1994) and business economist NHH (1991). Master of Accounting NHH (1992).

Board member since 2019. Head of the internal audit committee, member of the risk committee since 2019.

Group CEO at Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk (NTE).

Experience from accounting and advisory services, partner at EY Transaction Advisory Services, CFO at NTE.

Chair of NTE Energi AS, NTE Marked AS, NTE Elektro AS and NTE Telekom AS.

Attended 21 of 22 board meetings in 2023.

Holds 35,000 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Business economist from the BI Norwegian School of Management (1994).

Board member since 2018. Member of the audit and risk committee as from 2018.

Self-employed.

Fifteen years’ experience from IT and payment systems through various management positions with the Norwegian banks’ payment and clearing house (BBS) and Nets. CEO at Nets from 2011 to 2014.

Board chair at Maritech Systems AS, WebMed AS and group.ONE. Board member of Wordline SA. Industry adviser to Ferd AS.

Attended 19 of 22 board meetings in 2023.

Holds 5,600 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Master of Finance from BI and law studies at the University of Oslo. 

Member of the board since March 2024. 

Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer i SqualeAQ Group, experience from leading positions in Mestergruppen, Morris AS and Norrøna sport AS. She has held a number of board positions.

Business graduate from BI Norwegian Business School (1990) and training in municipal administration from the Norwegian Municipal and Social College (1983).

Board member as from 2023, chair of the risk committee and member of the internal audit committee from the same point in time.

Director of Thomas Angell Stiftelser. Experience as director of the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority. Several public sector positions, most recently as chief executive of Trondheim Municipality, and as director at Sør-Trøndelag county authority.

Board chair of Trondheim Spektrum, board member of the Olavsfestdagene festival and board member of E.C. Dahls stiftelse.

Attended 12 of 17 possible board meetings in 2023.

Holds 300 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Master of Science from the Norwegian Institute of Technology NTH (1987). Mechanical engineer from Ålesund Engineering College (1982).

Board member as from 2023.

Extensive prior experience from various roles with AS Volda Mekaniske Verksted/Scana Volda, including 11 years as managing director of Scana Volda AS. Managing director of Ulstein Verft AS in the period 2013-2019, subsequently CEO of A-K maskiner. Currently senior vice president at Vard Group AS.

Deputy board chair of SpareBank 1 Søre Sunnmøre in the period 2008-2014 and alternate member in the period 2022-2023.

Extensive board experience with a number of companies in Norway and elsewhere.

Attended 14 of 17 possible board meetings in 2023.

Holds 300 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

MBA from the University of Newcastle (2003). Engineer from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU, 1998).

Board member since 2022.

CEO at Lighthouse8.

Background as managing director of Global Media, Bigmouthmedia and LBi.

Chairman of Lighthouse8 AS, Lighthouse8 Pte Ltd, Lighthouse8 Pty Ltd and Lighthouse8 Ltd. Previously chair and board member of several companies in and outside Norway.

Attended 20 of 22 board meetings in 2023.

Holds no ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Graduate in IT Management from Sør-Trøndelag University College (HiST) and in Project Management from BI Norwegian Business School.

Board member since 2019. Board member of the Finance Sector Union, region Trøndelag, as from 2020. Regularly attending deputy representative to the national executive of the Finance Sector Union.

Chief union representative as from 2019.

Previously employee representative on the supervisory board. Previously specialist-in-charge / service desk manager in the technology, operations and security areas. Employed by SpareBank 1 SMN since 1982 in various positions and functions.

Attended 21 of 22 board meetings in 2023.

Holds 10,913 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Bankakademiet stage 1 and Insurance.

Board member since 2019.

Deputy head of the Finance Sector Union’s branch at SpareBank 1 SMN from 2019. Employed at Vår Bank & Forsikring (part of SpareBank 1 SMN from 2000) from 1998 to 2001, and at TietoEvry from 2001 to 2006. Has held various functions at SpareBank 1 SMN since 2006, in recent years as brand manager (payments) and staff representative on various committees.

Four years’ experience as pre-school director at Saxenborg Barnehage. Board position at Strindheim Håndball since 2015.

Attended 21 of 22 board meetings in 2023.

Holds 1,082 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Corporate adviser at SpareBank 1 SMN, previously chief union representative and board member at SpareBank 1 Søre Sunnmøre.

Attended 14 of 17 possible board meetings in 2023.

Holds 140 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).