Trond Are Johnsen
President & CEO
Trond Are Johnsen has managed Kongsberg Aeronautical from its start after it was spun-off from Kongsberg Safety Systems AS as a separate business undertaking.
He has experience from business development, including market driven technology development. Patents associated with Kongsberg Aeronautical’s system are written by Johnsen, and he has created the technical framework upon which the system is based.
Earlier Johnsen has worked internationally in capacity of Financial Manager and Controller for an international steel trading company and thereafter a ships service company, the latter with regional headquarter in Dubai, UAE.
Johnsen holds a Bachelor of Business Administration as well as a MBA from Pacific Lutheran University in the State of Washington, USA.