Group management

Executive Vice President, CFO
Jostein Amdal (1965) was named CFO and Executive Vice President for Finance effective 1 October 2016.
 
Amdal joined Gjensidige as Finance Director in 2002 and has since served as Chief Risk Officer and Head of Capital Management and M&A. His previous work experience includes management positions with If, Storebrand and Kværner.

Amdal holds a degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) based on a four year program in economics and business administration consisting of three years at bachelor/undergraduate level and one year at master/graduate level, as well as a "higher degree" based on two years of graduate studies in finance and economics, also at NHH.

Executive Vice President, Commercial
Lars G. Bjerklund (1971) has been Executive Vice President of Commercial in Gjensidige since 1 September 2018.
Bjerklund joined Gjensidige in 2003 and has held various senior management positions in the Group. Most recently, he has held positions as COO for Swedish operations, claims director with responsibility for motor and travel claims in Norway, and was for several years director of the SME and agriculture segment in the Norwegian Commercial division.
Bjerklund holds a Master of Marketing and Management degree from the Norwegian School of Marketing (NMH) and an MBA degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH).

Executive Vice President, Sweden
Aysegül Cin (1981) has been Executive Vice President, Sweden since 1 September 2018.
Cin joined Gjensidige in 2006 as a trainee. She has held several senior positions in Gjensidige including in the Private, Group Development, Strategy, M&A and Claims divisions. Most recently, she held the position of Director of CRM and Digital Channels in the Commercial division. She holds an MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the Karlsruhe University in Germany.

Executive Vice President, People, strategy and communication
Janne Merethe Flessum has been Executive Vice President, People, strategy and communication since 1. March 2018. She joined Gjensidige in 2011 as Head of Investor Relations, and from 2016 Flessum also assumed responsibility for M&A and Capital Management.

She has previously held positions as investment analyst and portfolio manager in Orkla, corporate finance advisor in Kreditkassen and auditor in Coopers and Lybrand.

Flessum holds a degree from the Norwegian Business School (BI) based on a four-year program in economics and business administration consisting of three years at bachelor/undergraduate level and one year at master/graduate level.

Executive Vice President, Private
Fløystøl (1981) has been Executive Vice President of Private in Gjensidige since 1 June 2020.

Fløystøl joined Gjensidige in 2011 and has held various senior management positions in the Group, most recently the position as head of Digitalization and Development in Private.

Fløystøl holds a degree from BI Norwegian Business School based on a four year program in economics and business administration consisting of three years at bachelor/undergraduate level and one year at master/graduate Level.

Executive Vice President, Denmark
Mats Gottschalk (1977) has been Executive Vice President of the Denmark segment in Gjensidige since 1. september 2018.

Gottscalk joined Gjensidige in 2011 as responsible for strategy and M&A, and later held a position as EVP of the Commercial segment.

He was previously been executive director in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs International, and he has held various positions in the investment banking division at J.P. Morgan in London. He holds an MSc in industrial economics and technology management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the University of St. Gallen.

Executive Vice President, Analytics, Product and Price

Catharina Hellerud (1968) has been Executive Vice President for Analytics,  Product and Price from 2016.

Hellerud joined Gjensidige as Head of IR in 2007 and was CFO in the period from 2011 until 2016. She has previously held various positions at among other things the Oslo Stock Exchange and as an auditor in Ernst & Young. Hellerud is a state authorized public accountant from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), and holds an Master of General Business from BI - Norwegian Business School.

Executive Vice President, advisor for the CEO

Jørgen Ringdal (1960) is an adviser for the CEO from 1 March 2021. He was until 1 March 2021 Executive Vice President of Organization and HR.

Ringdal joined Gjensidige in 1996, and has held various executive vice president positions within the group, including executive vice president group staff and general services and economics/ finance. Ringdal has previously held various senior management positions among others in Norges Bank (the central bank) and KPMG. He is a state authorized Public accountant and holds a graduate from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH).

Executive Vice President, Technology and Infrastructure

Tor Erik Silset (1976) has been Executive Vice President of Technology and Infrastructure since 1. juni 2020.

Silset joined Gjensidige in 2005 and has held various senior management positions in the Group, most recently as head of Property Liability Nordic and country manager for the Analytics, Product and Price division in Denmark.

Silset holds a degree from BI Norwegian Business School based on a four year program in economics and business administration consisting of three years at bachelor/undergraduate level and one year at master/graduate Level.