Our Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors consists of four members; three independent/external board members, and one partner representative.
Board Chairman – Peter Hansson (independent)
Peter Hansson is an independent board member of Nordkinn. With an industry experience of more than 25 years within the institutional investor community, Mr. Hansson brings a specific asset owner perspective into Nordkinn.
Mr. Hansson is former CEO of SPK Sparinstitutens Pensionskassa (the Pension Insurance Company for Swedish savings banks), a position he held from 2005 until 2018. Prior, he was CFO of SPK from 1993. In his capacity as CEO of SPK, he was engaged in Tjänstepensionsförbundet (Association for Swedish workplace pension schemes) as board member, chairman and its Swedish representative in PensionsEurope, which governs the interests of all national associations of funded pensions across Europe.
Besides Nordkinn, Mr. Hansson sits on the board of Första AP-fonden (AP1) and chairs the Investment Committee of Barncancerfonden (Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund).
Mr. Hansson studied Economics and Business Administration at Stockholm University.
Board member – Karin Söderqvist Lindoff (independent), Investor Ombudsman
Karin Söderqvist Lindoff is the acting investor ombudsman and an independent board member of Nordkinn. With over 35 years of leadership experience in the asset management industry, Mrs. Söderqvist Lindoff brings extensive industry experience, particularly in private wealth management to the board.
Her distinguished career includes serving as Head of Private Banking and Structured Finance Sweden at Carnegie Investment Bank, Deputy Head of Private Banking at Swedbank, and holding various senior leadership positions at SEB, most recently as Head of Private Clients Sweden. Earlier in her career, she also served as a Desk Officer at the Ministry of Finance.
In addition to Nordkinn, Mrs. Söderqvist Lindoff is a board member of Länsförsäkringar Södermanland. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from Stockholm University in 1989.
Mrs. Söderqvist Lindoff and has been serving as a board member since July 2023.
Board member – Leif Lindahl (independent)
Leif Lindahl is an independent board member of Nordkinn. With an industry experience of more than 35 years within capital markets, Mr. Lindahl brings a specific fixed income and risk management perspective into Nordkinn.
Mr. Lindahl’s former positions include Senior Advisor, Head of Global Fixed Income, Co-Head of Global Fixed Income, Head of Markets Sweden, Head of Markets New York, Head of Fixed Income Sales as well as Chief Commercial Officer, at institutions such as SEB, Nordea, Danske Bank, RBS and Barclays.
Besides Nordkinn, Mr. Lindahl is senior advisor at BearingPoint as well as senior advisor at EQL Global.
Mr. Lindahl holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Stockholm University.
Board member – Tor Bechmann (independent)
Tor Bechmann is an independent board member of Nordkinn. He is an attorney-at-law and partner at Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm AS in Norway. With 20+ years industry experience, he is a specialist within M&A transactions and commercial law in particular.
Before joining Wiersholm, he worked for law firm Tenden ANS, Wikborg, Rein & Co., the Oslo Stock Exchange and PWC in Oslo and London.
Besides Nordkinn, Mr Bechmann is member of the board at NRP Procurator AS.
Mr. Bechmann holds a Master’s Degree in Law from Oslo University in Norway from 1997.
Board member – Erik Eidolf, Chief Executive Officer
Erik Eidolf is one of the founding partners and CEO of Nordkinn. He has been engaged in the hedge fund industry since 1998.
Prior to Nordkinn Mr. Eidolf founded Harcourt Investment Consulting AG’s Nordic business, with dual objective to cover research on locally based hedge funds as well as business development. During 2011 – 2012 Mr. Eidolf was Chairman for UN PRI’s work steam on hedge funds promoting increased governance, transparency and responsibility with the hedge fund industry.
Mr. Eidolf holds a Master’s Degree in Economics and Business Administration from Umeå University in Sweden from 1999.