ADMINISTRATION
General Manager, Ingrid Paasche
Phone: +47 90 75 57 70
E-mail: ingrid.paasche @ kavlifondet.no
Grant Manager // Head of Strategy and Development
Rune Mørland
Grant Manager UK and International Development Projects
Phone: +47 95 77 26 06
E-mail: rune.morland @ kavlifondet.no
Communications and Grant Manager (UK), Anette Fondevik
Phone: +47 405 35 962
E-mail: anette.fondevik @ kavlifondet.no
Finance and Grant Manager (Sweden), Malin C. Mjøs Lassen
Phone: +47 94 10 35 35
E-mail: malin.lassen@kavlifondet.no
BOARD
Members of our board of trustees are required to have competence in the Kavli group’s business areas as well as experience from culture, research or humanitarian work. At least one trustee must have expertise in finance or investment activities.
Dag J. Opedal, Chair
Dag J. Opedal has been chair of Kavli Trust since 2021. He has been a director of Kavli Holding AS since 2013. He was a trustee of Kavli Trust from 2014-2021. He is CEO of Treschow Fritzøe AS and has held a number of board positions in various industries. Opedal was CEO of Orkla ASA from 2005 – 2010. He has a master’s degree in economics from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and an MBA from Insead.
Frank Mohn, Trustee
Frank Mohn has been a trustee of Kavli Trust since 2025. He is Chief Executive Officer of W. Giertsen AS, an industrial group based in Bergen, Norway, with operations across three strategic business areas. Mohn has more than 30 years of senior executive experience from the manufacturing industry, with responsibilities spanning general management, sales, marketing, and supply chain. He has been a board member of Kavli Holding AS since 2014 and has previously held several leadership positions CEO of Rieber & Søn ASA.
Mohn holds a Master of Science degree in Business Administration and Management from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and has also completed advanced studies in Corporate Finance at NHH.
Lise Hammergren, Trustee
Lise Hammergren has been a trustee of Kavli Trust since 2019. She is Executive Vice President for BI Executive at BI Norwegian Business School. Hammergren has held leadership positions in Orkla, Schibsted and Lever Europe. She has board experience from, i. a., Kavli Holding, Weifa, Adresseavisen and Orkla Finance. Lise Hammergren is currently Vice Chair of UNICON Consortium for University based Executive Education. She holds an MSc in business economics from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).
Erik Volden, Trustee
Erik Volden was appointed Trustee of Kavli Trust in 2021, after serving as CEO at Kavli Holding AS from 2005 to 2021. Previously, he has held leading positions in ICA Norway, The Coca-Cola Company and Accenture. Today, he is a Senior Advisor at BCG, Head of the Board of Norsk Mineral AS and a member of the Board of the Sectoral Federation Food Drink Norway, at The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO). He holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).
Katrine Trovik, Trustee
Katrine Trovik has been a trustee of Kavli Trust since 2023. For ten years, she held a number of key roles in senior management for corporate banking in DNB, and she also has many years of experience as a business lawyer. Since 2019, Katrine Trovik has had full-time board work primarily within finance and the marine industries, but also with several positions within culture, research and non-profit organisations. Trovik has a degree in economics from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), and has a law degree from the University of Bergen.