Jakob Stausholm resigned from his position as member of the board of directors in Statoil with immediate effect, to avoid potential conflicts of interests following his new appointment as CFO of the Maersk group.
Stausholm takes up his new position on 1 December 2016.
The nomination committee in Statoil will commence its search for a new board member, to allow for the corporate assembly to conduct a by-election when the nomination committee's recommendation is ready.
Tone Lunde Bakker is chair of the nomination committee in Statoil.
Image of Stausholm, from Maersk Line.
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