Kongsberg Maritime appoints new finance leader
Norwegian marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime has appointed Christian Bekkevold Nilsen as its new executive vice president of finance. Nilsen joins the company in October 2023.
“I am very pleased to welcome Christian to Kongsberg Maritime,” says Lisa Edvardsen Haugan, president of Kongsberg Maritime. “Christian brings valuable experience and competence, and we are looking forward to bringing him on board our executive leadership team.”
Nilsen has spent several years working both in Asia and in other European countries in addition to Norway. He has held leading finance positions in companies like Norconsult, Nord Pool and Alstom, and most recently, as CFO of Quantafuel ASA.
Bekkevold Nilsen will join Kongsberg Maritime on 9 October 2023, following Per Håvard Siljan Hjukse, who has taken over the role of EVP of propulsion and handling at Kongsberg.
