Team and Board

Erik Frydendal has served as Hunter Group's CEO since May 2018.

He has more than 20 years of capital markets experience, having held leading positions in Fearnley Securities, Swedbank/First Securities, Fondsfinans ASA and Christiania Markets (Nordea Securities) in Oslo, as well as Paine Webber Inc (UBS AG) in San Francisco.

Mr. Frydendal holds an MBA from Heriot Watt University and a B.Sc. in Finance from the University of Utah.

ef (a) huntergroup.no | (+47) 957 72 947

Lars Brynildsrud has served as CFO since August 2019.

He has several years of investment banking experience and has been involved in a wide range of shipping and offshore related capital market transactions. Most recently Mr. Brynildsrud was employed as Vice President, Corporate Finance at Swedbank, a position he held until 2019. Prior to joining Swedbank, Mr. Brynildsrud was a partner in Pareto Securities, working both in Oslo and New York.

Mr. Brynildsrud holds a MSc in finance from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), and a BBA from BI Norwegian Business School (BI).

lb (a) huntergroup.no | (+47) 932 60 882

Sujoy Seal has served as COO since May 2018.

He has more than 30 years of experience from the maritime industry in the new building, technical and commercial segments. Mr. Seal has been involved in more than 40 new buildings in Korea, and has held senior positions within the industry. Most recently with Aurora LPG, Atlantic Tankers AS, Aurora Wilhelmsen Management Ltd., Tranpetrol TM and the BW Group.

Mr. Seal holds a B.E. in Marine Engineering - First class from Marine Engineering College, India, as well as all relevant STCW certificates. Mr. Seal also held a certificate of Proficiency as Assessor issued by the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.

sks (a) huntergroup.no | (+47) 94 81 66 76

Morten has more than 25 years of financial and asset management experience with focus on the Nordic markets. He founded Storm Capital Management in 2006 and has experience from a wide range of sectors and strategies. Morten holds a MSc in Business and Economics from the Norwegian Business School (BI). He is the executive Chairman of Storm Bond Fund and has been one of the largest investors in the fund since inception.

Kristin Hellebust currently holds the position as CCO of Xplora Technologies, a leading pioneer in offering innovative smart devices and services for families. Previously, she was CEO and Co-Founder at Nordisk Film Shortcut AS, a digital post production service company for feature films, commercials and television dramas. Prior to this Hellebust worked as CEO and Co-Founder of Storm Studios AS, and as a lawyer for Advokatfirmaet Selmer DA. Hellebust holds a Master of Law from Oslo University, and an Excecutive Master of Management Program in Financial Strategy from BI – Norwegian Business School.

Her current, and former, board positions include Saga Tankers ASA, Bond Street Essentials AS, NEL ASA, Bionor Pharma ASA and Techstep ASA. Kristin Hellebust is a Norwegian citizen and resides in Oslo, Norway.

Mr. Steen has more than 15 years of experience across the shipping, oil & gas, oil services, metals & mining, banking, and financial services industries. He is currently the principal of the Steen Family Office, a financial investment vehicle representing the heirs to Bertel O. Steen ASA, a position he has held since 2017. Previously, Mr. Steen acted as partner and director of equity and credit sales in Clarksons Platou Securities AS, advising UK and U.S. based institutional clients on equity and debt investments. In addition to his directorship in Hunter Group ASA, Mr. Steen sits on the board of directors of Aprila Bank ASA and was a board member of Storm Capital Management from 2017 to 2023.

Mr. Steen holds a BSc and MSc in Business and Economics from Norwegian Business School (BI) and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C).