Nekkar — Board/Management Information 2022

Jan 26, 2022

Nekkar ASA: CEO appointed

Nekkar ASA: CEO appointed

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26 January 2022 - Nekkar ASA (Nekkar) has appointed Ole Falk Hansen as chief

executive officer (CEO) of the company from 1 July 2022. He will succeed interim

CEO, Preben Liltved, who will take on a role as EVP Operations in Nekkar.

"We are pleased that Ole has accepted the role as CEO, and I must confess that

we have tried bringing him on board for some time. Ole brings on valuable skills

and experience within management, finance, strategy and business development.

Furthermore, he has solid understanding of the ocean-based industry domain that

is core to Nekkar's business offering," says Trym Skeie, chairman of Nekkar's

board of directors.

Ole Falk Hansen joins Nekkar after nearly five years as CEO in Beckman - a

market leading backpack company headquartered in Kristiansand, Norway, exporting

to 20 countries. Prior to this, Falk Hansen was CFO at MHWirth (now HMH), an

international drilling technology company, and at Aker Solutions, where he held

the role as Head of Strategy and M&A for the drilling business domain. Ole also

has several years' experience as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. He is a

member of Baneservice AS and Northern Ocean ASA's board of directors. He holds a

master's degree in finance from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

"I am looking forward to taking part of Nekkar's strategic journey going forward

based on the solid industrial position of Syncrolift, and the very promising

progress of the tech-enabled development projects. Hence, providing sustainable

innovative solutions to existing and new industries built on great expertise and

a world class industry cluster, really motivates me," says Ole Falk Hansen.

Ole Falk Hansen will succeed interim CEO, Preben Liltved, who has served as CEO

since October 2020. Ole Falk Hansen will join Nekkar on 1st of July 2022. Preben

Liltved will serve as interim CEO until then, and will thereafter continue in

the role of EVP Operations of Nekkar.

"Preben is doing an excellent job in leading Nekkar. Both the top and bottom

line have developed favourably on his watch. The order backlog is solid, and the

three strategic development projects within Aquaculture, Renewables and Digital

- the Starfish closed fish cage, the SkyWalker wind turbine installation tool

and the Inteliwell realtime automation solution- are all respectively

progressing according to plan.

We are really pleased that he will take on the role as EVP Operations in Nekkar,

which will enhance his operational experience even further and will ensure

valuable continuity in Nekkar's executive management team," adds Trym Skeie.

Both Mette Harv, EVP and Rolf Atle Tomassen in Syncrolift will continue in their

present roles.

DISCLOSURE REGULATION

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section

5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

CONTACTS

* Ole Falk Hansen, +47 988 14 184

* Trym Skeie, chairman, +47 915 19 207, ir@nekkar.com

ABOUT NEKKAR ASA

Nekkar (OSE: NKR) is an industrial technology group offering impact technologies

combined with high-end software solutions. The group combines 50 years' heritage

from the world's number one shiplift company, Syncrolift, with new investments

into sustainable, digitalised technology businesses that aim to unlock growth

within ocean-based industries such as offshore energy and renewables and

aquaculture.