Ola Rinnan is an experienced energy, banking and finance executive. He is a Norwegian national, based in Europe, with a Masters degree in Construction and Materials Technology as well as a Bachelors Degree in Economics. Mr Rinnan has extensive commercialisation and management experience covering Europe and predominantly Scandinavia. This includes the role of chief executive at Eidsiva Energi AS, a regional scale energy and infrastructure company in Norway with more than 40 hydroelectric sites. He was also chief executive of Norgeskreditt AS, a subsidiary of Nordea, one of the largest financial institutions in northern Europe and headquartered out of Sweden. Mr Rinnan was chief financial officer of Moelven Industrier ASA, a listed wood and construction products
company, and was regional managing director for DNB ASA, the largest bank in Norway. Mr Rinnan was also a board member to several European listed companies and financial institutions, all with global reach and strong connections in Scandinavian finance.