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Harald Fotland

Chief Executive Officer

Harald Fotland (1964) became Odfjell’s CEO in May 2022. Prior to this, he served as the company’s first Chief Operating Officer (COO) from 2018. Fotland joined Odfjell in 2010 as Chief of Staff and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Odfjell Tankers in 2015. In 2017, he also took on the role of interim Senior Vice President for Odfjell’s Ship Management. Before joining Odfjell, Fotland was Vice President at Gard AS and held various roles in the Royal Norwegian Navy. He has extensive board experience and is currently president of the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association and board member of the European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA).

Norwegian citizen. Owns 86,414 A-shares and 4,000 B-shares, no options.