Mr. Dag J Opedal
Chairman, Board of Directors
Mr. Opedal served from 2005 until September 2010 as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Orkla ASA, one of the largest listed companies in Norway operating in the branded consumer goods, aluminum solutions, materials, renewable energy and financial investment sectors. During 2011 he served as Executive Vice President and responsible for strategy and corporate functions of Norgesgruppen, Norway’s largest retailer and has been serving as the President of Ferd Capital since the end of 2011. He serves on the Board of a number of companies, among which are Aibel, Elopak and Swix. Furthermore, he also serves as a Board member for Telenor, Nammo and the Norwegian Church Aid. Opedal holds a degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and an MBA from INSEAD, France. He currently resides in Oslo, Norway.
In December 2010 Mr. Opedal became Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Frode Strand-Nielsen
Member, Board of Directors
Mr. Strand-Nielsen is the Managing Partner of FSN Capital Partners, a Nordic Private Equity Firm. He has entrepreneurial, strategy and M&A experience from Arkwright and Bain & Co. Prior to founding FSN Capital in 1999, Mr. Strand-Nielsen was a founding Director and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Arkwright, a corporate advisory firm. He is the Chairman of VIA Travel Group, and a Director of HusCompagniet ApS, and Norman ASA. Mr. Strand-Nielsen holds a B.A. from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Strand-Nielsen currently resides in Oslo, Norway, and has been a member of the Company’s Board since 2009.
Mr. OJ Winge
Member, Board of Directors
OJ Winge is the Senior Vice President for Cisco’s TelePresence Technology Group, where he is responsible for driving the end-to-end telepresence efforts. He has been instrumental in the company’s successful efforts to establish market leadership in this field. Mr. Winge also serves on Cisco’s Collaboration Architecture and Video Architecture boards.
Mr. Winge joined Cisco through the acquisition of Tandberg, where he served in various roles, including Head of Business Development and Strategy, President EMEA sales, and EVP Products. Prior to joining Cisco, he held various leadership positions at McKinsey&Co´s Scandinavian, Johannesburg, and Boston offices.
Mr. Winge holds a Master’s Degree in Business and Economics from the Norwegian School of Management. OJ Winge resides in Oslo, Norway and has been a member of Vizrt´s Board since November 2011.
Mr. Bjørn Olafsson
External Director, Board of Directors and Chairman Audit Committee
Mr. Bjørn Olafsson is a business economic graduate from the Norwegian School of Management. He has many years of experience in executive positions in banking & insurance, from offshore drilling activities and telecom. He has held various executive positions within the Vesta group, as Senior Vice President and Group Controller in Bergen Bank, as Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate functions in Vital Forsikring ASA, and as CFO and later CEO in Nera ASA. Mr. Bjørn Olafsson has run his own businesses for periods and has held a number of directorships and executive positions. Mr. Olafsson, who has been a member of the Company’s Board since 2007, is a resident of Bergen, Norway.
Mr. Thomas Falck
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
Mr. Thomas Falck is the founder of Agenda Capital AS, an investment and advisory company focusing on active ownership investments. Mr. Falck serves as a board member in Kongsberg Automotive ASA, Eitzen Maritime Services ASA and Codfarmers ASA. He is the Chairman of Making Waves AS and also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of several unlisted asset management and other companies. Mr. Falck holds an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration and is also a Graduate of the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, where he focused on Social Sciences & Naval Operations. Mr. Falck currently resides in Oslo, Norway, and has been a member of the Company’s Board since November 2010.
Ms. Janne T. Morstol
Member, Board of Directors
Ms. Morstøl is the Chief Operating Officer and one of the founders of T-VIPS AS, a technology company providing professional video transport solutions. She manages key functions, including R&D, Support, Finance and Administration. Ms. Morstøl joined T-VIPS from TANDBERG Television where she served in several management positions in Engineering and Business Development. In 2001 and 2002 she worked as Program Director at Zonavi, a Telenor-owned ITV company. Ms. Morstøl holds a Siv.Ing from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Ms. Morstøl currently resides in Oslo, Norway, and has been a member of the Company’s Board since November 2010.
Ms. Tali Aben
External Director, Board of Directors
Since 2008, Ms. Aben has been advising international investors on opportunities within the Israeli high-tech sector. In addition, Ms. Aben serves as an external Director for publicly traded Alvarion Ltd. and Attunity Ltd., as well as for several privately-held companies and non-profit organizations. Previously, Ms. Aben was a General Partner with Gemini Israel Funds, a venture capital firm, which she joined in 1994, and was made the first female partner with an Israeli VC. At Gemini, she funded and supported many successful companies, including Verisity, Jacada, Abirnet, Business Layers, Servicesoft, nLayers and others. Her focus has been primarily on software companies, expanding in 2007 to include Cleantech. Ms. Aben resides in Beit Yitzhak, Israel, and joined the Company’s board in May 2011.