Gert Munthe

Bio

Mr Munthe has over 20 years of senior executive and CEO experience. He served as CEO of Alpharma Inc, a NYSE-listed pharmaceutical company between 1998 and 2000 and as CEO of NetCom ASA, a leading Norwegian GSM operator from 1993 to 1998. Munthe brought Netcom to profitability four years after commercial launch. This was among the shortest time to profitability among the European GSM-operators. When Munthe left the company it was Norway's 9th largest company in terms of market capitalisation. Prior to Netcom he was Executive Vice President of Hafslund Nycomed, a Norwegian pharmaceuticals and energy group and later CEO of Nycomed Imaging, the pharmaceuticals company from 1988 to 1993. From 1983 to 1987 he worked at McKinsey & Company both in Scandinavia and New York. Mr Munthe established Herkules Private Equity Fund in 2003. Mr Munthe holds a degree in economics and statistics (ex. oecon) from the University of Oslo, and an MBA and an MIA (Master of International Affairs) from Columbia University in New York.

Career

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	Herkules Capital Managing Partner Email: [email protected]
	Ferd Equity Partners AS Managing Partner (past) Email: [email protected]