Komplett ASA announced that Jaan Ivar Semlitsch has been appointed as the new CEO of Komplett ASA. He takes over the role from Lars Olav Olaussen, who has led Komplett since 2018. Semlitsch will assume the role on the 10th of February.

At the same time, Olaussen will take on an advisory role to the Board of Directors and the company. Jaan Ivar Semlitsch was previously the CEO of Orkla ASA from August 2019 to April 2022. For the past year, he has run his own consulting business, Scilla AS.

Prior to joining Orkla, Semlitsch was the CEO of Elkjøp Nordic, where he joined in 2013. During this period, he was also the managing director of Dixons Carphone International, managing all operations outside the UK. Semlitsch also has extensive experience in grocery and consumer goods as CEO of REMA Industrier and from various companies in Scandinavia and the UK during his six years as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.