Heavyweights elected to NBAS-board

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Laurence Odfjell was among the heavyweights joining the NBAS board when NBAS hosted its Annual General Meeting at Techlab by Innovation Norway on 30 March. The AGM ensured continuity in the central leadership.  President Leonard Stornes was re-elected for two years, together with Treasurer Torgeir Willumsen and board member Ronny Waage.

In addition, the AGM elected heavyweights within a circular economy, maritime sector, tech, venture capital, and marketing.

Laurence Odfjell

Laurence Odfjell

Laurence Ward Odfjell is Executive Chairman of Odfjell SE. The Odfjell Group is a leading player in the global market for seaborne transportation and storage of chemicals and other specialty bulk liquids.

Bing Zhao

Bing Zhao

Bing Zhao heads Tomra’s business in Asia, the leading player in the circular economy. She brings diverse experience from the environmental and finance industry and across geographies with her multicultural background as a Norwegian-Chinese.

William Klippgen

William Klippgen

William Klippgen is Managing Partner, Co-Founder at Cocoon Capital. Cocoon is a Singapore-based early-stage venture firm investing in Southeast Asia’s smartest B2B e-commerce, fintech, SaaS & deep tech founders. The aim is to move them quickly to Series A and beyond.

Marie Petterseon

Marie Pettersson

Marie Pettersson has over 20 years of experience in the IT/Telecom industry, holding strategic positions in Sales and Marketing. Today she is leading the expansion of traceability- and product digitization software company Kezzler in the Asia Pacific.

Food Sponsor

Thank you to PinkFish, who sponsored the food for NBAS 2022 AGM.

See full NBAS Board 2022 below

Christian Gleditsch, Ine Jacobsen, Rigmor Berthier, and Karoline Rigault were thanked for their years of excellent service to the board.

A few highlights from the event:

Full NBAS Board 2022

PresidentLeonard StornesNHST Media Group
Honorary SecretaryPaul KastmannInnovation Norway
Honorary TreasurerTorgeir WillumsenSimonsen Vogt Wiig
Board MemberH.E. Eivind S. HommeAmbassador
Board memberCristina Saenz de Santa MariaDNV
Board memberErik IngvoldstadEedenBull
Board memberLaurence OdfjellOdfjell S.E
Board memberMagnus GrimelandAntler
Board memberMarie PetterssonKezzler
Board memberBing ZhaoTomra
Board memberJan Fredrik SkjeltorpDNB
Board memberWilliam KlippgenCocoon Capital
Board memberOlav NortunThome
Board memberRonny WaageScanreach
Board memberMagne HovdenEquinor