Board of Directors
For questions to the board of directors, send an email to investor@strongpoint.com
Morthen Johannessen
Chairman
Morthen Johannessen has more than 20 years’ experience as CEO/managing director of international businesses. He served as European Director and COO in charge of the Global Business Development division of Tomra, and led PepsiCo’s European business. He currently works as an industrial advisor and is a board member of a number of companies in various industries. Johannessen is an economist (HD) graduate of CBS, Copenhagen. He has been on the Board of StrongPoint since 28 April 2016.
Ingeborg Molden Hegstad
Director
Ingeborg Hegstad has 20 years of experience from management consulting, including McKinsey & Company and Egon Zehnder. Since 2015 Hegstad has been a partner in Imsight AS, offering strategy and leadership advisory to executives, teams and organizations. She has experience from the Board Directors of Cxense ASA (2017-2019) and Q-Free ASA (2018- onwards). Hegstad holds a Master of Business and Administration from Norwegian Business School BI (2000). She has been a Board member in StrongPoint since 29 April 2020.
Preben Rasch-Olsen
Director
Preben Rasch-Olsen has more than 25 years of experience from Investment Banking and Investing. After graduating from Handelshøyskolen BI, he started as an equity analyst in Handelsbanken covering the consumer, retail and media sectors and moved later on to Carnegie where he spent 14 years as an equity analyst. In 2019 Mr. Rasch-Olsen went from the sell-side of the table to buy-side joining forces with two family offices, Carucel and Stella, managing almost NOK1bn in assets at the most. After 2024 Mr. Rasch-Olsen has been self-employed managing investments, offering consulting services and being a member of the Board of Spir Group and Chairman of the Board in Rift Labs AS. Mr. Rasch-Olsen was also a part of the Board in Agilyx in connection with the IPO on Euronext growth and was part of the Board until 2022. He has been a member of the Board of StrongPoint since 29 April 2025.
Monica Aune
Director
Monica Aune has more than 20 years of broad operational experience following her different positions within retail and wholesale companies. Commercial background combined with the strategic and long-term focus on people development makes her a substantial contributor to positive improvements in the financial results. She is today working as Chief People & Culture Officer at Ahlsell AB. Previously she held the title HR Director at Ahlsell Norge from 2016 to 2022. Before that she had an extensive career with ALSO, one of the leading technology providers in the ICT Industry where she was Managing Director from 2007-2016. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree from BI Norwegian Business school in 1992. She has been a member of the Board of StrongPoint since 29 April 2025.
Pål Wibe
Director
Pål Wibe has more than 30 years experience from management consulting and retail. 25 of those years from different leadership positions within retail in a unique breadth of sectors from grocery to travel retail to discount variety retail in various forms and lately sport & outdoor. He was the CEO of XXL ASA from 2020-2022, the CEO of Europris ASA from 2014-2020, the CEO of nille from 2006-2013 and the CEO of Travel Retail Norway from 2004-2006. He is now an advisor, investor and Board Member/Chair in different companies from early stage tech companies to larger retailers and public corporations like Europris ASA, Posten Bring AS, Forte Group AS, AKA Eiendom AS, Holdbart AS and Whiteaway Group AS (DK). He has been on the Board of StrongPoint since 25 April 2024.