Management & Board

Falk Ast

Chairman of the board since 2019.

Education:                                  
FH Köln, Germany, Degree (Dipl-Ing.) in Industrial Engineering.

Current commitments:         

• President of the Board of Fiven Norge AS
• Legal representative of Matériaux Céramiques S.A
• Legal representative of Fiven GmbH

Betty Lunøe Åsheim

Member of the board since 2019.

Education:
MBA from Agder University in Computer and Engineering.

Current commitments:

• Chief Commercial Officer of Fiven ASA
• Member of the Board Fiven ASA

Helén Borchgrevink

Member of the board since 2020.

Education:
MBA from Budapest University of Economic Sciences.

Current commitments:

• Member of the Board of Fiven ASA

Falk Ast is the Chairman of the Board Fiven ASA. Prior to the acquisition, he served as Vice President of Saint-Gobain's silicon carbide business since 2018. From 2010 – 2018, he worked as Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials GmbH. Falk worked 30 years for Saint-Gobain in different Management positions and businesses. 17 years in the automotive-glass business as Plant Manager and General Manager, 13 years in the Ceramic Division as Business Manager, Sales Director and Vice President.

Falk holds the title of Industrial Engineer.

Stein Erik Ommundsen joined Fiven as CFO in September 2019, and since January 2020 he is also the General Manager of Fiven ASA. He is an internationally experienced CFO with more than 25 years in multinational companies and 7,5 years in overseas assignments. He has extensive expertise from Financing, M&A, Treasury, IT projects and compliance. His track record includes successful launch of growth initiatives and transformation activities.

He holds a Business/Finance Degree and Master of International Business (MIB) from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). Ommundsen began his career at EB (now ABB Norway AS) and has held several senior positions in international companies such as Rolls-Royce, Nammo and Alcatel Lucent.

Terrance joined as Group COO in July 2022, bringing more than 20 years of international experience to his role at Fiven. He has held leadership assignments at Schlumberger in Europe, North America, and Asia. He has also worked in the Middle East, where he was responsible for streamlining global manufacturing and supply chain operations across multiple geographic areas.

Terrance has a demonstrated business transformation and continuous improvement track record and holds a Master of Science Degree from Cranfield University.

Trygve Eidet joined Fiven as Group Chief Research Officer in October 2022. He comes from a wide career in the area of industrial R&D, product development and innovation. Most of his work has been in the sector of process industry and material production. He worked for organizations in the size range from international cooperations to start up initiatives. His focus was always on the interface between development and implementation and his latest role was as Director R&D in Elkem Carbon Solutions, a division in Elkem ASA.

Eidet holds a PhD in electrochemical engineering from NTNU and have acted as member of the board in several publicly funded R&D programs.  

Helén Borchgrevink is a Management Consultant, Coach and Advisor in Helén Borchgrevink AS. She has extensive leadership and financial management experience from a diverse portfolio of companies covering several industries and the service sector. Helén was the interim CFO for Fiven Group responsible for setting up the headquarter in Oslo and make the new group autonomous after the carve-out from Saint-Gobain. She also had two previous engagements as Member of the Board of two Norwegian companies. Helén was elected as Member of the Board for Fiven ASA in December 2020.

Helén holds a Business/Finance Degree from Oslo Handelshøyskole.

Sabine Radoux was appointed HSE Director Worldwide in October 2018. Previously, she was Plant Manager for Fiven’s silicon carbide factory in Belgium for many years and jointly to this role held some commercial positions. Sabine Radoux also held several financial positions within the Saint-Gobain Group.

She holds a Master's degree in Finance, Banking and Insurance from the University of Liège. She started her career at PwC in 1997.

Thiago Barros has been appointed as General Manager for Brazil in August 2020. Since January 2016, he manages the sales department in the Americas as Sales Director, position that he will continue to accumulate.

Thiago joined Saint-Gobain Group in 2005 holding different positions in the sales department in South and North America.

He holds an engineering degree in the field of Production Engineering at Escola de Minas from the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. He also has a specialization on Metallurgy Engineering by FEI / ABM in São Paulo and an MBA on Sales Excellence by FIA (in-company).

Isabelle Bouteille was appointed General Manager for Fiven Belgium in April 2020. Previously, she held various positions in finance and purchasing within the Saint-Gobain Group and other industrial companies.

Isabelle Bouteille holds a master's degree in finance from the University of Liège.