Tor Olav Trøim

Who is Tor Olav Trøim?

Tor Olav Trøim is a Norwegian businessperson and engineer. He holds a number of executive and board positions in John Fredriksen-controlled companies, and is often described as his right hand. Mr. Trøim graduated as M.Sc. Naval Architect from the University of Trondheim, Norway in 1985. Mr. Trøim is a Norwegian citizen and is resident in the UK. His career includes Portfolio Manager Equity in Storebrand ASA, CEO for the Norwegian Oil Company DNO AS.

Since 1995, Mr. Trøim has been a director of SeaTankers Management in Cyprus. He has in his function been central in taking the Greenwich Group to the public markets. In this function he has acted as CEO for the public companies Frontline Ltd, Golar LNG Ltd and SeaDrill Ltd. Mr. Trøim is currently Chairman of Golar LNG Energy Ltd. and Independent Tanker Corporation Ltd. He is a board member in Seadrill, Seawell, Golden Ocean Ltd. and Marine Harvest ASA in addition to Chairman of the Board of Aktiv Kapital.

He has since 2004 been vice president of Golden Ocean Group and since 2001 of Golar LNG, as well as Knightsbridge Tankers Limited and Ship Finance International. He also sits on the board of Aktiv Kaptal and Marine Harvest.