Corporate Governance

Geir Førre is Managing Partner in Firda, the largest shareholder in Airthings. Firda invest in ambitious Norwegian technology companies with global ambitions. Geir holds a M.Sc in Electrical Engineering. He started his career as a research scientist at SINTEF before becoming a serial entrepreneur who founded and led Chipcon and Energy Micro, two successful Norwegian semiconductor companies, from inception to exit. He was also the founding investor and Chair of Prox Dynamics, who pioneered a whole new industry within Nano UAV helicopters. Besides being the Chair of Airthings since 2015, Geir is the Chair of Disruptive Technologies and Zivid.

Lyv Dyrnes is CFO of Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA. Dyrnes has 14 years’ experience in the shipping and finance industries and has held several positions within finance and treasury in the Torvald Klaveness group. Dyrnes holds a Master of Science in Finance from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Lars Boilesen is the CEO of Otello Corporation (formerly Opera Software ASA). He has extensive experience in both sales and marketing at the Lego Group, Tandberg and at Alcatel-Lucent. Boilesen served on the board of directors for Opera (now Otello) from 2007 to 2009 until he became CEO. Boilesen earned his bachelor's degree in business economics from Aarhus School of Business in Denmark and a postgraduate diploma from Kolding Business School, and moved to Norway in 1997.

Emma is CEO of Kron, and has long experience from innovation management. She has i.a. been a management member of Vipps since inception, as CCO Commerce and Invoice. Prior to joining Vipps she worked with private equity transactions at Danske Bank Capital Markets, and has had several research and management positions within banking, finance and insurance, as well as in the sports industry. Emma is driven by innovation, and gets energized by creating new solutions that make everyday life easier. Emma holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics with a MSc in mathematics and finance from UWA, Australia.

Karin Berg is an experienced commercial leader with deep knowledge from consumer oriented businesses. Karin is currently chief growth officer in the technology and logistics start-up Wanda.space. Prior to this she was managing director B2C in Komplett group, and marketing director in Carlsberg. She has more than 6 years of management consulting experience from McKinsey and Bearingpoint, and has co-founded the online retail brand Berg & Berg. Karin holds a MSc in Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Fredrik has more than ten years of experience as an equity analyst in the technology sector from DNB Markets, Sector Asset Management and SEB. He also has four years of experience as a manager of two equity funds at Storebrand and now works as a Partner in Kvantia. He has his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and will provide the board with expertise in investor relations and capital markets.

Aksel Lund Svindal is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer. He’s a two-time overall World Cup champion, an Olympic gold medalist in super-G, and a five-time World Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and super combined. Experienced in building performance culture after competing at the highest level in sports for 15 years, Svindal has been a seed investor for more than five years and joined Airthings Board of Directors in 2019.

Chloe Waller has 15 years of experience in the high tech industry in sales leadership, strategic partnerships development and P&L management roles. She worked in the semiconductor, payment and biometric security industry prior to joining Airthings. Chloe is currently VP of Sales for North America. She holds a Masters of Science in Engineering from IP Paris (Telecom SudParis) and lives in Austin, TX.

Niklas Norin has over 10 years of experience in developing wireless embedded software within the IoT space. He currently holds the position of Embedded Software Manager at Airthings. Before joining Airthings, he worked for Texas Instruments and Disruptive Technologies. He holds a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Linköping University.