Board of Directors

Mr. Sivertsen has served as independent board member in Komplett Bank ASA since the general meeting of 2018. He was appointed Chair of the Board in August 2019. He has broad operational  experience from technology, media and finance as well as extensive experience as a board member of listed companies. Sivertsen served as CFO in Schibsted and PGS, was the founder and CEO of Nettavisen and group CEO of Telenor Broadcast Holding AS, in addition to group CEO in Opplysningen (1881) AS. He holds a BA (Hons) Econ and an MSc. from University of Durham (UK) and supplementary Law degree from the University of Bergen.

Mrs. Hollingsæter was elected Vice Chair of the Bank in April 2015 and has served on the board since March 2014. Mrs. Hollingsæter currently works as Special Advisor at Innovation Norway and as Vice Chair of Teknika AS. She has an extensive banking background on an executive level from positions, such as Director at Innovation Norway, Regional General Manager at Sparebanken Møre and Bank Manager at Romsdals Fellesbank. She also has board experience from companies including  Eksportfinans, Kommunekreditt and Kommunalbanken. She holds an MSc. in Business and Economics and an AFA (CEFA equiv.) from the Norwegian School of Economics.

Anna-Karin Østlie has broad experience from both the financial and the technology sector. She has served as CEO of Mastercard Payment Services Norway and was part of the management team that sold Nets account to account business to Mastercard in 2019. Her experience includes executive positions in DNB Wealth Management and EY in the Nordics and in London. She has boardroom experience from IT companies Kantega, ShiftX and Norsk Pensjon as well as Advisory Board positions with NCE Finance Innovation and Askeladden & Co. Anna-Karin holds a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of Linköping in Sweden and supplementary executive education from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and Stanford University in Palo Alto, United States.

Board Member since February 2021. Mr. Fafalia is Investment Director in Kistefos AS and has worked in Kistefos for 10 years. During that period, he followed up the company's significant involvement as a shareholder in both Norwegian and international banks, and has, among other things, been a member of the board of Advanzia Bank based in Luxembourg and operating in a number of European countries, for the past 4 years. Fafalia also holds a number of board positions in other companies in significant growth.

Board member since April 2022. Thomas is Chief Financial Officer in Aera, the payments and ID technology firm founded by tier 1 retailers Coop and NorgesGruppen. Thomas has worked within the financial services, technology, and payment industries for two decades both as a trusted advisor to many companies as managing partner and partner in PA Consulting Group and in executive positions in Nets. Thomas holds a MSc. (Siviløkonom) from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Employee elected board member since March 2020. Ms. Kyllönen has been employed in Komplett Bank ASA since November 2016 and currently holds the position as Operations Manager for Customer Service. She has broad experience from the banking sector in Finland and managing customer service operations. Before working in the bank, Kyllönen worked with both individual investments and lending. Ms. Kyllönen holds an MBA from Kajaani University of Applied Sciences and a BBA from Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences.

Board member since April 2022. Frank has been employed in Komplett Bank ASA since May 2021 and currently holds the position as Chief Information Security Officer. He has broad experience from operational Information Technology & Information Security. He has board experience from multiple other companies. Before joining the Bank, Frank has worked with large European integration projects in the private sector and also has long experience as an officer in the Norwegian Armed Forces.