Corporate Governance

Geir Førre is Managing Partner in Firda, the largest shareholder in Airthings. Firda invest in ambitious Norwegian technology companies with global ambitions. Geir holds a M.Sc in Electrical Engineering. He started his career as a research scientist at SINTEF before becoming a serial entrepreneur who founded and led Chipcon and Energy Micro, two successful Norwegian semiconductor companies, from inception to exit. He was also the founding investor and Chair of Prox Dynamics, who pioneered a whole new industry within Nano UAV helicopters. Besides being the Chair of Airthings since 2015, Geir is the Chair of Disruptive Technologies and Zivid.

Liv Dyrnes is CFO and Deputy CEO of Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA. Dyrnes has +17 years experience in the shipping and finance industries and is currently a board member of Utkilen AS. Dyrnes holds a Master of Science in Finance from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Karin Berg is an experienced commercial leader with deep knowledge from consumer oriented businesses. Karin is currently chief growth officer in the technology and logistics start-up Wanda.space. Prior to this she was managing director B2C in Komplett group, and marketing director in Carlsberg. She has more than 6 years of management consulting experience from McKinsey and Bearingpoint, and has co-founded the online retail brand Berg & Berg. Karin holds a MSc in Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Aksel Lund Svindal is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer. He’s a two-time overall World Cup champion, an Olympic gold medalist in super-G, and a five-time World Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and super combined. Experienced in building performance culture after competing at the highest level in sports for 15 years, Svindal has been a seed investor for more than five years and joined Airthings Board of Directors in 2019.

Elisabeth Barrie is a member of the Group Management Team at Volvo Cars, serving as Head of Commercial Digital. She is also a board member of the Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Chair of Volvo Car Retail Solutions AB. Previously, Elisabeth was the Chief Product Officer at Vipps and VP of Growth for Established Markets at Schibsted Media Group.

Niklas Norin has over 10 years of experience in developing wireless embedded software within the IoT space. He currently holds the position of Embedded Software Manager at Airthings. Before joining Airthings, he worked for Texas Instruments and Disruptive Technologies. He holds a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Linköping University.

Anlaug Underdal has 6 years of experience as a software developer. She currently holds the position as Staff Software Engineer and Frontend Developer at Airthings. Before joining Airthings in 2017, Underdal worked for Netlight Consulting as a Software Engineer. She holds a master degree in Communication Technology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).