A Team Ready to Deliver

Risør Shipping operates as a shipowner (Risør Shipping AS) and an operator (Risør Management AS). The companies work together to provide the best possible service to logistics customers across the globe.

Competent

Our onshore team and our vessel crew have decades of combined experience in general cargo shipping.

Friendly

We love interacting with all our stakeholders, from customers and brokers, to our own staff and investors.

Professional

We pride ourselves on being on time, responsive and diligent in everything we do. It's the Risør way.

The Risør Shipping Team

Risør Shipping AS is the investment and ownership arm of the group. The team is located in Oslo, Norway.

Thomas Christensen

Founder & CEO

Thomas Christensen is an experienced corporate finance and investment professional with decades of international experience from private and publicly listed companies.

Lars Kristian Gundersen

Chief Investment Officer

Lars Kristian Gundersen is an investment management professional with extensive experience in corporate finance, asset management, investment banking, and equities. 

Kjell Hugo Aasland

CFO

Kjel Hugo Aasland is an experienced CFO with background from listed and ulisted companies. He has a degree in macro economics from NTNU.

The Risør Management team

Risør Management is the operational arm of Risør Shipping. The team is located in Bergen, Norway and Schoonhoven, Netherlands.

Håvard Våge

Technical Director

Nina Bergh

Financial Manager

May Britt Kleppe Johansen

Crew Manager

Marielle Thorsen

Accountant

Marielle Thorsen is an experienced Finance Supervisor with strong finance skills in budgeting, compensation & benefits, reporting & analysis.

Vladislav Koltan

QA Manager

Paul van Buren

Fleet Manager

The Risør Shipping Board

The Board of Directors oversees the operational strategy of the group.

Thomas Christensen

Chairman

Thomas Christensen is an experienced corporate finance and investment professional with decades of international experience from private and publicly listed companies.

Rebecca Holbeck

Board Member

Rebecca Holbeck is an experienced operating officer with background from investments and portfolio management as well as company management. She serves on the board of directors of  several other prominent companies and holds an MSc in Finance and Accounting from Imperial College.

Sveinung Mjaugedal

Board Member

Sveinung Mjaugedal has extensive experience with a primarily focus on M&A, covering a broad range of industries with an emphasis on the construction sector, Healthcare and technology, primarily for Private Equity and major industrials.   

Viggo Leisner

Board Member

Viggo Leisner is  Member of the Board of Lea Bank and Chair of nomination committee in Nordic Semiconductor.
He previously held positions as Director of Jaja Finance Holding (UK) Ltd., Director of Arcane Crypto AS, Chairman of Tomsk Refining AB, Chairman of BRAbank ASA, Director of Fesil AS, Director of Spectrum ASA, and Investment Manager of Arne Blystad AS. Leisner is a graduate of St. Cloud State University and the University of Aalborg.