Mr Bjerkan, a Norwegian citizen, joined Reiten & Co in 1997 and has been a partner since 1999.  He has been the Managing Partner for Reiten & Co since 2003.  Prior to joining Reiten & Co, he spent three years at Telenor as Project Manager for corporate restructuring projects and, prior to that, he worked as a research analyst at PA Consulting Group.  Mr Bjerkan holds an MBA and a Master of Business and Economics degree from the Norwegian School of Management. Mr Bjerkan currently sits on the Board of Directors of Notabene, Zalaris, and QuestBack.