Trond Riiber Knudsen
Director/Board Member at OPERA LIMITED
Profile
Trond Riiber Knudsen is the founder of TRK Group AS (2006) and Penda Manufacturing Plc (2015).
He currently holds director positions at The North Alliance AS, Listen AS, Opera Ltd., Scandza AS, SpareBank 1 Markets AS, Laerdal Medical AS, Laerdal Million Lives Fund, and Norwegian-African Business Association.
He previously held positions as a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Co., Inc. (1992-2015), Board Member at REMA 1000 I Norge AS (2008-2015), Board Of Director at Seema AS (2015-2017), Advisory Board Member at Aftenposten AS (2017-2018), and Senior Advisor at Arundo Analytics, Inc. (2015-2019).
Mr. Knudsen received an MBA degree from Harvard University in 1992 and a graduate degree from Norwegian University of Science & Technology in 1987.
Trond Riiber Knudsen active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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| OPERA LIMITED | Director/Board Member | 2018-06-30 |
The North Alliance AS
 The North Alliance AS Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services The North Alliance AS provides design, technology, and communication solutions for brands and people. It offers advertising, design, digital innovation, experiential marketing, digital design and technology, and retail/CRM services. The company was founded on January 23, 2014 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. | Director/Board Member | - |
SpareBank 1 Markets AS
 SpareBank 1 Markets AS Investment Banks/BrokersFinance SpareBank 1 Markets AS is the broker/dealer subsidiary of SpareBank 1 SMN (OL: MING) in Norway. Headquartered in Oslo, the firm was founded in 2008 and provides brokerage services of all asset classes to all client segments, ranging from private investors and SMEs to institutional investors and large-cap stocks. | Director/Board Member | 2017-03-31 |
| Norwegian-African Business Association | Director/Board Member | 2017-08-31 |
Laerdal Medical AS
 Laerdal Medical AS Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Laerdal Medical AS provides first aid and emergency medicine products. It offers airway management, immobilizers, spineboards, defibrillators, as well as technical services. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Stavanger, Norway. | Director/Board Member | 2018-07-31 |
Scandza AS
 Scandza AS Food RetailRetail Trade Scandza AS manufactures fast moving consumer goods. The firm provides services in the beverage, food, treatment, and health as well as specialty markets. The company was founded by Stig Terje Sunde and January Leif Bodd in 2007 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. | Director/Board Member | 2021-09-30 |
Penda Manufacturing Plc
 Penda Manufacturing Plc Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Penda Manufacturing Plc provides paper recycling services. The company was founded by Marie Nielsen, Ahmad Farroukh and Michael Halbye in 2015 and is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | Founder | 2015-07-31 |
| TRK Group AS | Chief Executive Officer | 2006-01-01 |
Laerdal Million Lives Fund
 Laerdal Million Lives Fund Investment ManagersFinance Laerdal Million Lives Fund (Laerdal Million Lives) is a venture capital firm affiliated with the Laerdal Family, founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Consultant / Advisor | 2018-12-31 |
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Training of Trond Riiber Knudsen
| Harvard University | Masters Business Admin |
| Norwegian University of Science & Technology | Graduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| OPERA LIMITED | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 14 |
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McKinsey & Co., Inc.
 McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Scandza AS
Scandza AS Food RetailRetail Trade Scandza AS manufactures fast moving consumer goods. The firm provides services in the beverage, food, treatment, and health as well as specialty markets. The company was founded by Stig Terje Sunde and January Leif Bodd in 2007 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. | Retail Trade |
SpareBank 1 Markets AS
SpareBank 1 Markets AS Investment Banks/BrokersFinance SpareBank 1 Markets AS is the broker/dealer subsidiary of SpareBank 1 SMN (OL: MING) in Norway. Headquartered in Oslo, the firm was founded in 2008 and provides brokerage services of all asset classes to all client segments, ranging from private investors and SMEs to institutional investors and large-cap stocks. | Finance |
Laerdal Medical AS
Laerdal Medical AS Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Laerdal Medical AS provides first aid and emergency medicine products. It offers airway management, immobilizers, spineboards, defibrillators, as well as technical services. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Stavanger, Norway. | Health Technology |
REMA 1000 I Norge AS
 REMA 1000 I Norge AS Food RetailRetail Trade REMA 1000 I Norge AS owns and operates grocery stores. It also offers boutiques and franchises. The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. | Retail Trade |
Aftenposten AS
 Aftenposten AS Publishing: NewspapersConsumer Services Aftenposten AS operates as an independent media company. The firm engages in publishing newspaper. The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. | Consumer Services |
The North Alliance AS
The North Alliance AS Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services The North Alliance AS provides design, technology, and communication solutions for brands and people. It offers advertising, design, digital innovation, experiential marketing, digital design and technology, and retail/CRM services. The company was founded on January 23, 2014 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. | Technology Services |
Seema AS
 Seema AS Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Seema AS provides professional environment in diversity management services. The private company is based in Oslo, Norway. | Commercial Services |
Listen AS
 Listen AS Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Listen AS provides hearing solutions and impairments services. It provides listening music, tv, concerns and conferences. The firm specializes in hearing aids, sound amplifiers and application development services. The company was founded by Snorre Vevstad and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. | Technology Services |
| TRK Group AS | Finance |
Arundo Analytics, Inc.
 Arundo Analytics, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Arundo Analytics, Inc. provides products that turn industrial data into sustainable business value. The company is based in Houston, TX and has subsidiaries in Norway. The company's products are designed for capital-intensive, highly-engineered operations and can be easily integrated off-the-shelf to improve sustainability, ensure asset uptime, maintain equipment, and increase productivity. The company's Dataseer product dramatically decreases the time spent staring at industrial diagrams and manually extracting information. The company enables prescriptive actions to prevent downtime, reduce equipment lifecycle costs, and lower energy consumption. The company offers expert advice in all things industrial analytics and provide one-click deployment of machine learning models and monitoring. The company was founded in 2015 by Tor Jakob Ramsoy. Martin Lundqvist has been the CEO of the company since 2018. | Technology Services |
Laerdal Million Lives Fund
Laerdal Million Lives Fund Investment ManagersFinance Laerdal Million Lives Fund (Laerdal Million Lives) is a venture capital firm affiliated with the Laerdal Family, founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Penda Manufacturing Plc
Penda Manufacturing Plc Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Penda Manufacturing Plc provides paper recycling services. The company was founded by Marie Nielsen, Ahmad Farroukh and Michael Halbye in 2015 and is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | Distribution Services |
| Norwegian-African Business Association |
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