Oslo Børs Senior Management

CEO

Øivind Amundsen took up his position as Chief Executive Officer of Oslo Børs on 1 February 2020. He came to Oslo Børs in 2010 as head of the legal departement. He has former positions as partner in the lawfirm Selmer working with Public Equity Capital Transactions and Executive Vice President Corporate Affairs in KLP. Prior to this he worked, among others, several years as lawyer in the legal department with Oslo Børs. Amundsen is Cand. jur from the University in Bergen, Authorized Financial Analyst from The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in addition to higher officer from the Norwegian Naval Academy.

EVP Secondary Market

Tom Kristoffersen is responsible for the secondary market at Oslo Børs. He joined Oslo Børs 1 November 2013 from ØKOKRIM (The Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime), where he was a special investigator. Tom Kristoffersen previously worked at Carnegie for over 18 years, mainly as the COO. Prior to this, he worked at Christiania Bank (Nordea) for 15 years, where he was mainly involved with the securities market. In addition, he has held a number of appointments related to the securities market over many years. Tom Kristoffersen is an authorised securities broker, and also has qualifications in banking.

EVP Primary Market & International Listings

Eirik Høiby Ausland is responsible for the primary market at Oslo Børs. Since 2008 he has held various roles in the bond and stock markets at Oslo Børs, most recently as responsible for the shipping sector and new client relationships. Ausland holds a MSc in Finance from University of Essex. He is also a NFF Fixed Income Analyst and a Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA) from NHH.

Head of Legal and Regulation

Kjell Vidjeland is head of the legal department. He has been with Oslo Børs since 2010. He has previously worked as an attorney with the lawfirms BA-HR and Allen & Overy London, specialising in capital market transactions and regulations of financial markets. Vidjeland has legal education from University of Oslo (cand.jur) and from London School of Economics (LLM).

HR Director

Siri Bjørnsen joined Euronext (Oslo Børs & Euronext Securities/VPS) in June 2022. Siri has worked in HR throughout her career, starting up in the IT industry with Dell, moving to FMCG with PepsiCo and latest insurance industry at Codan, a part of RSA Insurance Group. She has strategic and operational experience and solid business acumen. She is known as a solution-oriented team player with a passion for people, cross-functional collaboration and engagement.

Siri has a Bachelor in Marketing from BI Norwegian Business School/NMH.

Head of Risk, Compliance and Market Surveillance

Geir Ankarstrand took up the position as Head of Risk, Compliance and Market Surveillance at Oslo Børs in October 2022 after serving at The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway at the Capital Market Supervision department. Prior to this he worked several years at the Listing department and the Market Surveillance team at Oslo Børs. In addition he has experience from NBIM, Økokrim, PwC and has served for 10 years as an army officer. Geir holds a master's degree in finance, is an Authorized Financial Analyst and an graduation from the military army academy in Norway.

IT Manager

Head of Oslo Corporate Actions

On leave

Communications Manager

Cathrine Lorvik Segerlund is responsible for communications and events at Oslo Børs, and part of Euronext’s press team. She joined the company in August 2021, after holding a similar position at Swedbank Norway. Prior to this she worked as Senior Communications Officer at Kommunalbanken and was for a longer period advisor and senior project manager at Geelmuyden Kiese. Cathrine holds a master’s degree in Strategic Communications from Lund University.