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Øyvind Eriksen is the President and CEO of Aker ASA and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cognite. He joined Norwegian law firm BAHR in 1990, where he became a partner in 1996 and a director and chairman in 2003. As a corporate attorney he has worked on strategic and operational development, mergers and acquisitions, and negotiations.

Eriksen has held several board positions in different industries, including shipping, finance, asset management, offshore drilling, fisheries, media, trade, and industry. Eriksen is currently chairman of the board in Aker BP ASA, Cognite AS, Aker Capital AS, Aker Holding AS, Aker Horizons AS, Aker Property Group AS, C4IR Ocean, and REV Ocean AS. He is a board member of several companies, including Aker BioMarine ASA, Aker Energy AS, Aker Carbon Capture AS, The Resource Group TRG AS, TRG Holding AS, and the Norwegian Cancer Society.

Eriksen is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution global network advisory board. *While Eriksen holds no shares or share options in Aker Solutions directly, he has an ownership interest through his holding of 219,072 shares in Aker ASA and 0.20% of the shares in TRG Holding AS through a privately owned company. He has been elected for the period 2021-2023. Eriksen has a law degree from the University of Oslo.