Jørgen Kjærnes, executive Chairman

Kjærnes founded Cubera in 2006.

Prior to Cubera, Mr. Kjærnes spent 17 years in Nordic private equity. He established the Norwegian fund-of-funds Argentum Fondsinvesteringer AS in 2002 and was Managing Director until 2006. Before Argentum, he was partner at Kistefos Venture Capital, CEO of Stormbull and Investment Director at Industribanken AS/SND Invest.

Kine Burøy-OLSEN, Managing Partner

Burøy-Olsen co-founded Cubera in 2006.

Prior to Cubera, Burøy-Olsen spent four years in the Nordic private equity market through Argentum Fondsinvesteringer. At Argentum she was part of the investment team and responsible for Argentum’s extensive toolbox and the company’s PR activities.

Till Gutzen, Partner

Gutzen joined Cubera in December 2006.

Prior to Cubera, Mr. Gutzen spent five years as fund manager with the large private equity investor, the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP6). Before AP6, he was CEO at Maxitech Elektronik AB and Venture Manager at the Swedish venture firm AB Traction and co-founder of Leipzig Rail Service GmbH, Germany´s largest independent railcar maintenance firm.

Gutzen has more than 10 year experience within the private equity industry in Northern Europe. 

Johan Nord, PARTNER

Nord joined Cubera in February 2015.

Prior to Cubera, Mr. Nord spent more than six years at the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP6) and when leaving he was Fund Investment Director. He was responsible for doing both Primary and Secondary investments and had a specific focus on the Secondary market. Before AP6 he worked at Deloitte with Audit and Consulting projects for three years.

Merete Haukås, PARTNER

Haukås joined Cubera in August 2012.

Haukås has broad experience from valuation and business modeling from her former position as manager with Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services. Prior to Ernst & Young, she worked as a strategic consultant at Innovation AS and with equity research at DnB Markets.

Haukås holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration with a major in finance from BI Norwegian Business School.

HENRIK MADSEN, INVESTMENT MANAGER

Henrik Madsen joined Cubera in September 2017

Prior to joining Cubera, Mr. Madsen spent three years at Arctic Securities' research division, covering the oil & gas sector with primary responsibility for the E&P sector and oil markets. He also spent three years working at Swedbank as an analyst covering the aforementioned areas, in addition to analysing nordic mining companies and other industrials.

Mr. Madsen holds a MSc in Finance with Distinction from London Business School and a BSc in Business and Economics from BI Norwegian Business School.

Anton Gasslander, investment manager

Gasslander joined Cubera in August 2011.

Mr. Gasslander holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with specialization in Finance from BI Norwegian Business School.

Andreas brovold, investment manager / investor relations

Brovold joined Cubera in August 2018.

Prior to Cubera, Brovold spent six years at Norwegian insurer Storebrand ASA, where he started as Management Trainee. Thereafter he had several roles as Group Controller, Advisor to the Group CEO, Investor Relations Officer and lastly as Project Manager of Storebrand’s acquisition and subsequent integration of the Stavanger-based Skagen Funds.

Brovold holds a dual M.Sc. in Management from Mannheim Business School and a M.Sc. in Financial Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

BJØRN RADOSLAV vEDAhL, CFO

Vedahl joined Cubera in May 2018.

Prior to Cubera, Mr. Vedahl spent more than six years at Permian, a partly owned subsidiary of Cubera that provides various administrative services to funds, investment companies and managers in the Nordic countries. During these years, Vedahl worked closely with Cubera within controlling, risk management and fund administration. Vedahl has also spent four years as controller at Avinor AS, the operator of 45 publicly owned airports in Norway.

Vedahl holds an MSc in Financial Economics from BI Norwegian Business School.

CLARISSA DACKBERG, investment manager

Dackberg joined Cubera in September 2016.

Dackberg most recently came from PwC Transaction services in Stockholm where she specialised in financial and commercial due diligence, and business restructuring. Prior to PwC she worked as an investment manager at Swedfund International AB and an assistant portfolio manager at Aktiva Fonder AB.

Dackberg holds a BSc in Economics and Business Administration with a major in finance from Stockholm School of Economics.

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GUSTAF HÅKANSSON, ASSOCIATE

Gustaf Håkansson joined Cubera in May 2019.

Mr. Håkansson worked in the Data & Analytics M&A group at Houlihan Lokey in London. Before Houlihan Lokey he worked at Royal Bank of Scotland with Financial Sponsor Coverage.

Mr. Håkansson holds an MSc in Finance with Honors from IE Business School and a BSc in Business and Economics with a major in Finance from Stockholm School of Economics.

MARCO PROTO, INVESTMENT & RISK CONTROLLER

Mr Proto joined Cubera in February 2019.

Before joining Cubera, Proto worked more than six years at Coca-Cola European Partners, holding various analytical positions within the Norway finance department; most recently supporting top management in operational and strategic decision making.

Proto holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration with a major in Finance from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). He also holds the CEMS Master’s in International Management through NHH and Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.

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