Akastor announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Kristian Røkke as its CEO. Røkke will succeed Frank O. Reite, who will take the position of CFO at Aker.
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Kristian Røkke, who is currently chairman of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard (AKPS) and previously president & CEO of AKPS, will assume his new position in Akastor on 10 August 2015. Aker will propose to the nomination committee of Akastor that Frank O. Reite takes the position as chairman of the Board of Akastor later this year.
Further, Aker will propose that Øyvind Eriksen continues as a member of Akastor’s Board and that Kjell Inge Røkke steps down from Akastor’s Board.
