Lars Peder Solstad
Chief Executive Officer
Lars Peder is educated Master Mariner and has an extensive background from the maritime industry. He began his Solstad career in 1989, working onboard several of the company’s vessels. In 1996 he started onshore, in the chartering department and became Managing Director of the management company Solstad Shipping in 1999. Since 2002 he has been CEO of the main company Solstad Offshore ASA.
In 2014-2016 he served as President of the Norwegian Shipowners Association.
Lars Peder Solstad is son of the founder Johannes Solstad that started the Company in 1964.
Kjetil Ramstad
Chief Financial Officer
Kjetil Ramstad joined Solstad in 2018 as Finance Director and became the CFO in 2020.
Prior to joining Solstad Kjetil was with DeepOcean Group for more than ten years in various senior finance positions including being the Group CFO.
Kjetil has 15 years of experience from the global Oil and Gas offshore industry and has a Bachelor’s degree from BI and Drake University.
Hans Knut Skår
Chief Commercial Officer
Hans Knut Skår is the Chief Commercial Officer in Solstad. He started his career in the company in 2001 as Charterer and has held various management positions in commercial and operational departments. In September 2017 he was promoted to EVP for the Subsea and Renewable Energy segment in Solstad until becoming CCO in 2023.
Prior to joining Solstad he was a shipbroker with Hagland and an engineer with UMOE industries.
Tor Johan Tveit
Chief Operating Officer
Tor Johan Tveit is Chief Operating Officer (COO) in the Company. He has worked majority of his career in Solstad and has a Master Mariner education.
With an extensive maritime and operational background he has held several management positions in Norway and Asia Pacific. Prior to taking over the COO role in 2021 Tor Johan held the position as Operations Director for the Global AHTS/PSV fleet.
Eivind Kvilhaug
Vice President Finance
Eivind Kvilhaug is the Vice President Finance. He has held senior positions within finance since he joined the company in 2005 and was CFO for the company until the mergers in 2017.
Before joining Solstad, Eivind Kvilhaug was with the shipping department in DNB Bank ASA
Eivind Kvilhaug holds a Master of Science in Shipping, Trade and Finance from City University London.
Olaug Hillesland
Administration and Communication Director
Olaug Hillesland has held various positions in the company since 2009.
Prior to joining Solstad she worked with business analysis in the shipping industry.
She graduated with a Master of Science in International Business Administration from Erasmus University in Rotterdam.