Board of Directors and Group Management

Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School (1989). MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration NHH (1976) and law studies.

Board member since 2007 and board chair since 2013. Member of the remuneration committee since 2012 and committee chair since 2013.

Own business.

Experience as CEO of EWOS Group and head of Cermaq’s fish food division. CEO of NorAqua, finance director and group CEO of the Glamox Group. Board chair of the Nordlaks aquaculture group, Axio and Norsk Landbrukskjemi.

Attended 22 of 22 board meetings in 2023.

Holds 130,000 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Master of Business Administration from NHH (2003), Certified European Financial Analyst (AFA) NHH (2003). State authorised public accountant (1994) and business economist NHH (1991). Master of Accounting NHH (1992).

Board member since 2019. Head of the internal audit committee, member of the risk committee since 2019.

Group CEO at Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk (NTE)

Experience from accounting and advisory services, partner at EY Transaction Advisory Services, CFO at NTE.

Chair of NTE Energi AS, NTE Marked AS, NTE Elektro AS and NTE Telekom AS

Attended 21 of 22 board meetings in 2023

Holds 35,000 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Business economist from the BI Norwegian School of Management (1994).

Board member since 2018. Member of the audit and risk committee as from 2018.

Self-employed.

Fifteen years’ experience from IT and payment systems through various management positions with the Norwegian banks’ payment and clearing house (BBS) and Nets. CEO at Nets from 2011 to 2014.

Board chair at Maritech Systems AS, WebMed AS and group.ONE. Board member of Wordline SA. Industry adviser to Ferd AS.

Attended 19 of 22 board meetings in 2023.

Holds 5,600 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Business graduate from BI Norwegian Business School (1990) and training in municipal administration from the Norwegian Municipal and Social College (1983).

Board member as from 2023, chair of the risk committee and member of the internal audit committee from the same point in time.

Director of Thomas Angell Stiftelser. Experience as director of the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority. Several public sector positions, most recently as chief executive of Trondheim Municipality, and as director at Sør-Trøndelag county authority.

Board chair of Trondheim Spektrum, board member of the Olavsfestdagene festival and board member of E.C. Dahls stiftelse.

Attended 12 of 17 possible board meetings in 2023.

Holds 300 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Kristian Sætre (1961) 

Master of Science from the Norwegian Institute of Technology NTH (1987). Mechanical engineer from Ålesund Engineering College (1982),

Board member as from 2023.

Extensive prior experience from various roles with AS Volda Mekaniske Verksted/Scana Volda, including 11 years as managing director of Scana Volda AS. Managing director of Ulstein Verft AS in the period 2013-2019, subsequently CEO of A-K maskiner. Currently senior vice president at Vard Group AS.

Deputy board chair of SpareBank 1 Søre Sunnmøre in the period 2008-2014 and alternate member in the period 2022-2023.

Extensive board experience with a number of companies in Norway and elsewhere.

Attended 14 of 17 possible board meetings in 2023.

Holds 300 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

MBA from the University of Newcastle (2003). Engineer from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU, 1998),

Board member since 2022.

CEO at Lighthouse8.

Background as managing director of Global Media, Bigmouthmedia and LBi.

Chairman of Lighthouse8 AS, Lighthouse8 Pte Ltd, Lighthouse8 Pty Ltd and Lighthouse8 Ltd. Previously chair and board member of several companies in and outside Norway.

Attended 20 of 22 board meetings in 2023.

Holds no ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Runar Gretland (1978) Observer

Corporate adviser at SpareBank 1 SMN, previously chief union representative and board member at SpareBank 1 Søre Sunnmøre.

Attended 14 of 17 possible board meetings in 2023.

Holds 140 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Doctorate in Communications Technology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (2009). Master of Science in Communications Technology from NTNU (2004).

Joined SpareBank 1 SMN in 2020, prior long experience with Telenor, latterly as head of the research department at Analytics & AI.

Member of the Council of Statistics Norway, member of the ‘Norway towards 2025 Commission’ (2020-2021). Previous experience from several public committees.

Holds 744 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any Ecs held by related parties).

State authorised public accountant from NHH School of Economics and Business Administration (1994). MBA from the BI Norwegian School of Management (1990). 

Joined SpareBank 1 SMN in 1997; executive director, Risk Management, since 2009. Previously with Deloitte and the Norwegian Armed Forces.

No board positions.

Holds 43,764 ECs in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).

Studies in political science and history at Molde University College and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Joined SpareBank 1 SMN in 2016. Previously industrial policy director at Det norske Oljeselskap, and on the management team of Danske Bank (Fokus Bank). Adviser to earlier minister of trade and industry, Børge Brende, and to the mayor of Trondheim. Has held a number of political positions.

Board chairman of Brøske & Bianchi Wine Import AS. Board member of SpareBank 1 Spleis AS, Trøndelag Høyre, Sør-Trøndelag Høyre and the Nidaros Cathedral Boys Choir.

Holds 15,713 in SpareBank 1 SMN as at 31 December 2023 (including any ECs held by related parties).