Board of Directors

Leif-Arne Langøy (1956) is a business graduate from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen. He lives in the municipality of Haram and is currently the owner and general manager of Lapas AS. In the period 2003-2009 Mr. Langøy was CEO of Aker ASA, and from 2006-2009 he was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company. Mr. Langøy has previously held the position of CEO of Aker Yards ASA and CEO of Aker Brattvaag, among others. Mr. Langøy holds a number of directorships, among others he is Chairman of Kværner ASA and DNV-GL Group AS. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sparebanken Møre in 2011. He was also Chairman of the bank from 1998 to 2003. Langøy attended eleven out of eleven board meetings in 2020. 

Ragna Brenne Bjerkeset (1962) graduated as an agronom from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) and also holds qualifications in marketing, innovation, management and digital transformation. She has extensive experience from the consulting industry in Møre og Romsdal, from various management positions in both larger groups, SMBs and within public sector. Today she has the position as Process Manager in the innovation company ProtoMore AS. Ms Bjerkeset has been a member of the Board of Sparebanken Møre since 2011 and also holds several directorships in business and industry in the region. She lives in the municipality of Fræna. Bjerkeset attended eleven out of eleven board meetings in 2020.

Jill Aasen (1971) is the CFO of Havila AS. She graduated as an auditor from the college in Molde, and has previously worked as an auditor in BDO in Ulsteinvik and as a controller in Tussa Kraft AS. Aasen has board experience from Havila Shipping ASA and also works voluntarily within sports and culture. She has been a deputy member of the Board of Sparebanken Møre since 2014, and a board member since 2018. Aasen lives in the municipality of Herøy. She attended eleven out of eleven board meetings in 2020.

Kåre Øyvind Vassdal (1981) is the CEO of Brunvoll. He has previous experience as the CFO of the same group and has also held various positions in the Vard Group. Vassdal graduated in business economics (Siviløkonom) from the Norwegian School of Management BI Sandvika and also holds a Master of Technology Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)/Cambridge. He has board experience from Vard Promar SA and is the chair of the boards of Brunvoll Volda AS and Brunvoll Mar-El AS. Vassdal lives in Aukra Municipality. He attended seven out of eight board meetings in 2020.

Henrik Grung (1970) is a partner and lawyer in the law firm, KVALE. Grung mainly works with corporate governance, corporate strategy and industrial development with an emphasis on businesses that are in various phases of acquisition, merger, demerger and alliance processes. Grung specialises in company law, commercial negotiations and contracts. He holds a Cand.Jur. degree from the University of Bergen. Grung has been a board member of Sparebanken Møre since 2015. He lives in the municipality of Ålesund. He attended ten out of eleven board meetings in 2020.

Ann Magritt Bjåstad Vikebakk (1977) is the CEO of HG International AS, a company in the Hareid Group. During 2013-2018, she had her own law firm, Bjåstad Vikebakk Advokatfirma AS, principally operating in the areas of taxation law, contracts and real estate property. Vikebakk has previously been employed at the Tax Administration of Norway and at the law firm Schjødt AS. She graduated as a lawyer from the University of Oslo. Ms. Vikebakk has been a board member of Sparebanken Møre since 2014 and holds directorships in several other companies. She lives in the municipality of Hareid. Ms. Vikebakk has attended nine out of eleven board meetings in 2020.

Marie Rekdal Hide (1985) works in Sparebanken Møre as an authorised financial adviser for Corporate Banking Sunnmøre, dept. SME. Representative on the Board since March 2017. She has a Master of Business Administration from Edinburgh Business School. Joined Sparebanken Møre in 2007 and has experience from the retail market and the corporate market. She lives in the municipality of Sula. Hide attended eleven out of eleven board meetings in 2020.

Helge Karsten Knudsen (1954) is the senior employee representative at Sparebanken Møre and has been a board member since 2014. He was also a board member from 2001-2012. He started working at Sparebanken Møre in 1973 and has many years' experience as a customer service officer. Mr. Knudsen lives in the municipality of Ålesund. He attended ten out of eleven board meetings in 2020.