This is Mantenas Board of Directors
Mantena's board consists of eight representatives with broad professional expertise – five elected by the shareholders and three elected by the employees.
Kari Broberg
Chair of the Board
Kari Broberg has been a member of Mantena's board since 2016 and has served as the Chair since 2017. She holds a degree in business administration, with core competencies in transformation, business development, and leadership. Broberg is self-employed and runs a farm in Toten. She is a former Vice President of Alcatel Norway AS, where she was responsible for establishing Alcatel Baltics, and she has also served as the CEO of Hartmark Consulting. Additionally, Broberg has board experience from several large Norwegian companies.
Stian Hårklau
Vice Chair of the Board
Stian Hårklau has been a member of Mantena's board since 2020 and has served as Vice Chair since 2023. He holds a degree in business administration, with core competencies in economics, finance, bid modeling, business development, and risk analysis. Since 2005, Hårklau has held various leadership roles in industrial, logistics, and transport-related companies, including Transferd and the Fjord Group. In recent years, he has been the CEO of Airconstruction and the head of the helicopter company Airlift. Additionally, Hårklau serves on the boards of several companies.
Arne Roland
Board member until May 2024
Arne Roland joined Mantena's board in 2023. In May 2024, he became the CEO of Mantena and simultaneously stepped down from the board. He holds a degree in business administration, with core competencies in strategy, business development, and leadership in major transformation processes. Since 2018, Roland has been an independent consultant and interim leader, also engaging in various entrepreneurial activities and personal investments. He has 20 years of experience in various leadership roles at Aker and Kværner and has served as CEO of CHC Helikopter Service and Helione. Additionally, he has held interim roles as Group CEO of Fjord Line and Nordic Unmanned. Roland also serves on the boards of several companies.
Tord Helland
Board member
Tord Helland has been a member of Mantena's board since 2020. He holds a degree in business administration, with core competencies in economics, finance, public tenders and contracts, as well as transitioning from administration to commercialization. Helland works as the CFO of the offshore shipping company Viking Supply Ships. Prior to this, he served as CFO for 12 years at the ferry and express boat company Norled. Helland is also a board member of internal Viking Supply Ships companies.
Ingvild Vartdal
Board member
Ingvild Vartdal has been a member of Mantena's board since 2023. She holds a cand.jur. degree, with core competencies in legal and strategic advisory services. She works as a lawyer at ADVISIO Advokatfirma, which she founded and owns since 2012. Vartdal also holds several board positions in various industrial companies.
Torbjørn Støre
Board member (employee representative)
Torbjørn Støre has been a member of Mantena's board since 2020. He holds a trade certificate as an aircraft systems mechanic and worked at SAS at Gardermoen for five years. He started as a mechanic at Mantena Marienborg in 2003, where he has worked on light and heavy maintenance of the BM93. In the spring of 2020, Støre was elected Chair of the Statsbanenes Verkstedforening in Trondheim and Vice Chair of the Jernbanens Verkstedarbeideres Landsråd.
Dag-Arne Johansen
Board member (employee representative)
Dag-Arne Johansen has been a member of Mantena's board since 2022. He has been the Chief Union Representative at Mantena for the Norwegian Railway Union since 2021 and is also the Head of the Railway Workshop Workers' National Council. Johansen started working at NSB in 1980 as a locomotive attendant. In 1986, he began working in workshop services and obtained a trade certificate as an industrial mechanic, where he worked on electric locomotives and passenger carriages. He also has experience in project management and internal communication at Mantena. Johansen has been a union representative for 20 years.
Petter Trønnes
Board member (employee representative)
Petter Trønnes has been a member of Mantena's board since 2016. Trønnes holds a trade certificate as an industrial plumber, with core competencies in the maintenance of electric locomotives. He started as a plumber apprentice at NSB's workshop in Grorud in 1989, where he subsequently worked as a plumber and mechanic. Trønnes has been a union representative since 2003 and a union secretary in the Norwegian Railway Union since 2021.