What Happened?
New York, NY-based Gunnar Martinsen as Chief Human Resources Officer
About the Company
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, commercially branded “Norwegian”, is a low-cost airline listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Norwegian is the second largest airline in Scandinavia and third largest low cost carrier in Europe. More than 25 million passengers chose to fly on its network in 2014. Norwegian has a route portfolio that stretches across Europe into North Africa and the Middle East, as well as long-haul flights to the US and Southeast Asia. The company has close to 450 routes to over 135 destinations on sale and employs almost 6000 people in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, UK, Spain, South East Asia and the US. The company has over 250 undelivered aircraft on firm order. Norwegian was founded in 1993 and its headquarter is in Fornebu, Norway. In June 2015, Norwegian was voted Europe`s best low-cost carrier of the year by the renowned SkyTrax World Airline Awards for the third year running. Norwegian offers better leg room than most competitors, in-flight WiFi, world-class punctuality and a fleet of 100 aircraft with an average age of under 4 years.
About the Person
Gunnar Martinsen (born 1949) was part of the Norwegian start-up team in 1993 and joined Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA in 2002 as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organisational Development. Mr. Martinsen has extensive experience from organisational development and human resources from several industries, among others as a management consultant. Prior to his position in Norwegian, he has held HR leadership roles in different companies, such as Busy Bee of Norway and Radisson SAS. Mr Martinsen is Chairman of the Board in Cabin Services Norway AS and Cabin Services DK Aps. He is also Member of the Supervisory Council in Bank Norwegian. Mr. Martinsen has a degree from BI Norwegian School of Management.
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