Board/Management Information • May 23, 2017
Board/Management Information
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Appointment of new CEO of Hunter Group ASA, new chairman of Dwellop AS and a related party transaction
The board of directors of Hunter Group ASA ("Hunter Group" or the "Company") has
appointed Mr. Vegard Urnes as new interim Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of
Hunter Group. To this effect, the Company has entered into a consultancy
agreement with Middelborg AS, where Mr. Urnes is employed as Investment Manager.
His employment as CEO in Hunter Group takes effect immediately.
Mr. Urnes has over 15 years of experience from corporate finance, with main
focus on the oil service sector. Mr. Urnes has previously worked with corporate
finance at Goldman Sachs, ProCorp and NRP Securities, before he founded Navis
Finance in 2013, a M&A boutique with focus on alternative capital to the oil
service and shipping sectors. Mr. Urnes holds a four year programme in economics
and business administration consisting of three years at bachelor/undergraduate
level and one year at master/graduate level ("Siv Øk") from the Norwegian School
of Management (BI) and is a Certified European Financial Analyst from the
Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).
Further, the Company has entered into a consultancy agreement with Mr. Eirik
Bergsvik where Mr. Bergsvik shall provide the Company with general assistance
related to business development and related commercial aspects related to the
wholly owned subsidiary Dwellop AS as well as other parts of the Company. Mr.
Bergsvik will also take on the position as chairman of the board of directors of
Dwellop AS.
Mr. Bergsvik has held a number of leading positions within the oil service
industry, most recently as CEO of Interwell AS (2011 - 2016), board member at
MHWirth and as Managing Director of National Oilwell Varco Norway AS (2006 -
2011).
The Company has further entered into a consultancy agreement with Middelborg AS,
pursuant to which Mr. Kristian Gjertsen Lundkvist shall act as transaction
advisor to the Company. The consultancy agreement has been entered into at
market terms, with inter alia a success fee payable for transactions resulting
from Mr. Lundkvist's services.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5
-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
Oslo, 23 May 2017
For further information, please contact:
Vegard Urnes, CEO of Hunter Group ASA, at +47 905 85 432
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