Fredriksen has served as a board member for the past two year as a member of the Event Committee, and replaces Isabelle Juillard Thompsen who ended her four-year term as President, reaching the max term allowed, and 5 years as board member. She remains on the board to support the transition.
"I am extremely honoured and will work hard to ensure that the CFA designation gains more relevance in Norway, and do my best to continue the great work of my predecessors and Isabelle in particular for her efforts in growing our society and accomplish its goal," says Fredriksen.
Viktor Lillehagen (CFA, Assistant COO at Industrifinans) and Knut Haakon Rike (CFA, Portfolio Manager at Njord Alternative Investment) were elected as new members of the board, while Kjetil Aga, Fabrizio Ricci and Yanling Zheng were reelected for a new two year term as board members.
The new board of CFA Society Norway consists of:
Erlend Fredriksen (President)
Rune Gjessing (Vice President)
Isabelle Juillard Thompsen (Treasurer)
Viktor Lillehagen (Secretary)
Yanling Zheng, Board Member.
Fabrizio Ricci, Board Member,
Kjetil Aga, Board Member.
Arnstein Fjeld, Board Member.
Knut Haakon Rike, Board Member.
The Head of the different Committees will be elected at the first board meeting.
At the AGM, the board gave an update about the status of the society as events, financials, membership development and outlook.
Link to the full presentation:
AGM 2021 presentation pptx.pptx
The Board would like to express its appreciations to Kim Watle and Yini Shini for dedication for CFA Society Norway as Board members for over 4 years, in their role the Outreach Committee and Treasurer respectively. Yini has been critical in setting up the financial infrastructure and reporting structure for the Society. Kim's involvement yielded impressive results with universities joining the CFA partnership program and securing incredible results for Norway in the International research Challenge competition.
The Board wants to extend its deepest gratitude to them and is very pleased that Kim accepted to continue working with the Research Challenge.