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REC Annual Report 2011
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Report from the Board of Directors
REC BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
BJØRNM. WIGGEN
(1959, MALE, NORWEGIAN)
Chairman of the Board of Directors of REC since
March 2011. Currently President and CEO, Orkla
ASA. Deputy Chairman of the Board of Tomra,
member of the Board of Orkanger Ur og Optikk.
Mr.Wiggen holds a degree from the Norwegian
School of Economics and Business Administration
(NHH).
HILDEMYRBERG
(1957, FEMALE, NORWEGIAN)
Member of the Board of Directors of REC since June
2009. Currently Senior Vice President Corporate
Governance and Compliance in Orkla ASA. Deputy
Chairman of the Board of Petoro AS. Member of the
Corporate Assembly of Jotun AS. Ms. Myrberg has a
law degree from the University of Oslo and holds a
Masters of Business Administration degree from
INSEAD, France.
HELÉNEVIBBLEUS BERGQUIST *
(1958, FEMALE, SWEDISH)
Currently independent Management Consultant.
Member of the Board of Trelleborg AB, TradeDoubler
AB, Tyréns AB, Nordic Growth Market NGMAB and
Swedish International Development Cooperation
SIDA. Ms Vibbleus Bergquist holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Business Administration from the
University of Linköping Sweden and is a former
Authorized Public Accountant in Sweden.
TORE SCHIØTZ *
(1957, MALE, NORWEGIAN)
Mr. Schiøtz has served asChairman of theBoardof
RECbetween2002and2007, deputy chairman from
2007 to2009, andChairman of theBoard from
March2009 to June2009. CurrentlyGroupSenior
VicePresident inHafslundASAandManaging
Director HafslundVenture. Chairman of theBoard
of Directors of Fesil AS. Member of theBoardof
Directors ofMetallkraftandHafslundTelekomAS.
Mr. Schiøtz holds aMasters of BusinessAdministra-
tion fromtheNorwegianSchool ofManagement (BI)
and aCEFADegree.
HANS ØDEGÅRD *
(1955, MALE, NORWEGIAN)
Member of the Board of Directors of REC since
May 2011. Employee elected representative.
Employed as operator in RECWafer Norway AS since
January 2009. Local union leader for RECWafer
Norway AS at Herøya.
ODD CHRISTOPHER HANSEN *
(1953, MALE, NORWEGIAN)
Member of the Board of Directors of REC since June
2009. Currently self-employed and independent
advisor. Member of the Board of Directors of Bertel
O.Steen AS. Mr. Hansen is a senior advisor to EQT.
Member of the Board of Directors of the University
Hospital in Oslo and of The Norwegian Crown Prince
and Crown Princess’ Humanitarian Fund. Mr. Hansen
holds a degree from the Norwegian School of
Economics and Business Administration (NHH),
and a Master of Science degree in International
Management fromSloan School of Management
at Massachusetts’s Institute of Technology.
SILJE JOHNSEN *
(1976, FEMALE, NORWEGIAN)
Member of the Board of Directors since May 2011.
Employees elected representative. Currently
Corporate Legal Counsel in REC ASA. Deputy board
member in RECWafer Norway AS and REC Solar AS.
Ms. Johnsen has a law degree from the University of
Oslo, Norway.
ROLF B. NILSEN *
(1965, MALE, NORWEGIAN)
Member of the Board of Directors of REC since May
2007. Employee elected representative. Employed as
operator in RECWafer Norway AS since January
2001. Previously Member of the Board of Directors
of REC ScanWafer. Local union leader for RECWafer
Norway AS in Glomfjord. Chairman of the Board of
Stiftelsen ScanSatt.
MIMI K. BERDAL *
(1958, FEMALE, NORWEGIAN)
Member of the Board of Directors since May
2011. Currently independent legal and corporate
counselling business. Prevailing directorships:
Chairman of Infratek ASA and Rocksource ASA.
Deputy Chairman of Itera ASA, member of the
boards of Gjensidige Investeringsrådgivning ASA,
Gjensidige Pensjon og Sparing Holding AS, Copeinca
ASA, Gassco AS, Q-free ASA, Camposol PLC, Intex
Resources ASA. Ms. Berdal holds a Cand.jur (law)
degree from the University of Oslo.
BERNTREITAN *
(1948, MALE, NORWEGIAN)
Member of the Board of Directors since May 2010.
Mr Reitan was Executive VP and member of Alcoa’s
Executive Council until he retired in 2010. Board
member of Yara International ASA and Royal
Caribbean Cruise Lines. Co-Chair of Board of
Trustees ASF (American Scandinavian Foundation)
in NewYork. Mr. Reitan holds a Master of civil
engineering, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
TOMMYKRISTENSEN *
(1967, MALE, NORWEGIAN)
Member of the Board of Directors of REC since
June 2009. Employee elected representative.
Mr Kristensen previously worked as an operator at
REC ScanCell and is local union leader. Mr. Kristensen
has a degree fromTechnical College and a certificate
of completed and approved apprenticeship from
REC ScanCell.
SVEINTORE HOLSETHER
(1972, MALE, NORWEGIAN)
Member of the Board of Directors of REC since
March 2011. Currently President and CEO at Sapa
Group. Mr. Holsether holds a BSc degree in Finance
&Management from the University of Utah.
* Independent of major shareholders