Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 21, 2011

Ship Finance International Limited – Ole B. Hjertaker

Ole B. Hjertaker has served as CEO of Ship Finance International Limited since July 2009. From 2006 until June 2009, Mr. Hjertaker served as CFO of the company, and prior to that he was a Director in the corporate finance division of DnB NOR Markets, a leading shipping and offshore bank. Mr. Hjertaker has extensive corporate and investment banking experience, mainly within the maritime-transportation industries, and he holds a M.S. from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Profile
TWST: Please start with a history of Ship Finance International Limited.

Mr. Hjertaker: The history of this company is unusual in the way that it started. It originally was a spinoff of Frontline, and