Meet the KWC team
KWCs team comprises Norwegian state authorized accountants and Authorized financial analysts (AFA) with an average of 12 years professional experience.
Team members have a strong academic and technical foundation from professional accounting and consulting services, many also have extensive experience from management and board roles in industry.
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Lene Berger
Office Manager
Lene joined KWC in 2019. She has several years’ experience in office administrative work and have for the past 9 years worked at Optimum ASA as Office Manager. Lene has also previously worked in the fitness industry as an instructor and as a coach.
Education:
- BSc. Fysisk Aktivitet og Helse, The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, 2005
Trond Bjerge
Partner
Trond Bjerge started as an auditor in Kjelstrup & Wiggen AS in 1992. He worked as a controller in Sektor Eiendomsutvikling AS from 1999 to 2000. In the period 2000 to 2005, he worked with business valuation and transaction execution in the corporate finance firm ProCorp ASA. Trond started KWC together with Petter Røed in 2007. In recent years, he has worked primarily with valuation, due diligence, transaction support, financial investigations, IFRS assistance and PPA analyses.
Education:
- State Authorized Public Accountant, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 1996
- Audit studies, Norwegian Business School BI, 1991
Dina M. Blom
Senior Consultant
Dina Mørkved Blom joined KWC in 2022, where she primarily works with transaction-related services (valuation, ownership strategy etc.). She previously worked two years in Assurance for PwC Oslo, primarily with clients within the real estate, insurance and banking industry.
Education:
- MSc Finance, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Bergen, 2020
- BSc Business and Economics, BI Norwegian Business School, 2018
- Exchange Semester, Essec Business School, Paris, 2020
Magnus Bugge
Partner
Magnus Bugge joined KWC in 2018 from the law firm Selmer, where he was the head of the financial analysis and transaction support group. Magnus has experience from transaction-related services (financial due diligence, valuations, etc.), financial restructuring, insolvency, and financial modeling. He has worked 8 years in Advokatfirmaet Selmer with a wide range of issues at the intersection of finance, accounting and law.
Education:
- Authorized Financial Analyst (AFA), NHH, 2016
- Master of Economics and Administration (Economics), NHH, 2010
Martine A. Causevic
Senior Manager
Martine A. Causevic has 6 years’ experience from KPMG where she primarily worked with transaction related services, specializing in financial due diligence. In addition, she has hands on industry experience as investment manager in a SaaS-company. She has worked with a broad range of industries and customers through both due diligence processes and audit engagements. Martine joined KWC in 2023 and works primarily with due diligence related services.
Education:
- MSc in Business, Major in Finance (with honors), BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, 2016
- BSc in Business and Economics, BI Norwegian Business School, 2014
Christian K. Dahl
Partner
Christian Koksvik Dahl has 7 years experience from PwC in transaction-related services specializing within financial due diligence.
He has experience from M&A processes as internal auditor in Orkla ASA, and as Business Controller in the private equity owned Scandza group (Synnøve Finden, Sørlandschips, Finsbråten, etc.). Christian has considerable practical experience as a project manager in a wide range of companies in the financial services industry, in connection with M&A, due diligence, restructuring and financial modelling.
Christian has been with KWC since 2016, where he primarily works with transaction-related services (financial due diligence, valuation, etc.)
Education:
- MSc. Professional Accountancy (State Authorized Public Accountant), Norwegian Business School BI, 2010
- Bachelor in Business Science, NMBU, 2007
Eirik Engebretsen
Consultant
Eirik Engebretsen joined KWC in 2024 and primarily works with transaction-related services, such as valuation and due diligence. Eirik has previously worked as an auditor in Deloitte Oslo, mainly with clients within technology, retail, and real estate. Earlier, he worked as a management assistant at Moberg Eiendom AS.
Education:
- MSc in Finance, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, 2023
- BSc Business Administration, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, 2021
- Exchange semester, University of Zürich, 2022
Kristian Fåsetbru
Partner
Kristian Fåsetbru has been with KWC since 2007, where he primarily works with transaction-related services such as valuation, restructuring and financial due diligence. In addition, Kristian has extensive experience with financial investigations in a variety of industries.
Education:
- «Siviløkonom», Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 2004
Halvor Grov
Managing Partner
Halvor Grov joined KWC in 2019 from the position as head of financial analysis and transaction support at the SANDS and Selmer. He has more than 20 years of experience of consulting the energy industry. He has extensive experience with valuations, due diligence, mergers, demergers, acquisitions and other financial assessments. Halvor has assisted in many of the major reorganizations and transactions in the renewable industry in recent years, and has been involved in both structuring transactions, strategy assessments, valuations and negotiations in transaction processes. Moreover, he has experience as an advisor to companies with financial challenges and has, over the past 15 years, worked with many of the largest bankruptcies in Norway. He has previously worked in Arthur Andresen, Statkraft and E&Y. Halvor has been Managing Partner in KWC since 2021.
Education:
- State Authorized Public Accountant / MBA, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 1993
- Bachelor in Accounting, Bø University College, 1992
Marte Gulbrandsen
Senior Consultant
Marte Gulbrandsen became a employee of KWC in 2022. Marte mainly works with transaction-related services (valuation, due diligence, ownership strategy, etc.). She has previously worked as a consultant and auditor at EY Oslo, mainly with clients in technology, telecom and software.
Education:
- MSc Applied Economics and Finance, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark, 2020
- BSc Economics and Management, BI Oslo, 2018
Exchange Semester, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 2017
Martine Holth
Manager
Martine Holth joined KWC in 2021, where she primarily works with transaction-related services (valuation, ownership strategy, etc.). She previously worked two years in Assurance for EY Oslo, primarily with clients within the Shipping & Offshore industry.
Education:
- MSc Corporate Finance, Cass Business School, 2019
- BSc Business and Economics, BI Norwegian Business School, 2018
- Exchange semester, Paris School of Business, 2017
Kim Leikvang
Senior Manager
Kim Leikvang joined KWC in 2013, but worked as a trainee in the period 2011 – 2013 in parallel with his university education. Kim works primarily with transaction-related services (financial due diligence, valuation, restructuring, etc.).
Education:
- MSc. EBA, Finance & Strategic Management, Copenhagen Business School, 2013
- BBA, Norwegian Business School BI, 2011
Kristian Lædre
Manager
Kristian joined KWC in 2020 and works primarily with transaction related services (valuation, due diligence etc.) and strategic advisory services (family business and ownership strategy). He previously worked three years for Danske Bank’s London branch as Equity Sales Analyst and Equity Sales. His primary focus was valuation of Nordic companies across industries. Prior to this he worked for SpareBank 1 Markets in Oslo and UniCredit in Vienna.
Education:
- Msc. Financial Economics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 2014
- CEMS Master’s in International Management (CEMS MIM), Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), 2015
Daniel Mahle Nerland joined KWC in 2023 and primarily engages in transaction-related services such as valuation and due diligence. Daniel has a background in management consulting at Sensacon and has experience across a broad spectrum of consultancy services, including valuations, commercial and financial due diligence, project controlling, strategic processes, company presentations, and capital raisings for clients across multiple sectors, primarily within the seafood and aquaculture industry.
Before his tenure at Sensacon, he worked for two years as an audit associate at KPMG.
Education:
- MSc in Business, Major in Finance, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, 2019
Anette Normann joined KWC in 2023. Anette primarily works with transaction-related services (financial due diligence, valuation, restructuring, etc.). Previously, she has worked three years at EY Oslo within finance advisory and auditing, mainly with clients in energy, real estate and government and public sector.
Education:
- MSc in Business, Major in Finance, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, 2020
- BSs Business Adminstration, Nord University, Bodø, 2018
- Exchange semester, Western Sydney University, Sydney, 2017
Petter Røed
Partner
Petter Røed has 10 years of audit experience from Kjelstrup and Wiggen AS. Since 2000, he has worked exclusively with financial and commercial consultancy services. Petter started KWC together with Trond Bjerge in 2007, where he has primarily been involved in transaction-related services (financial due diligence, valuation, restructuring, etc.), financial investigations and financial modelling. Petter also has extensive experience as an expert witness in legal proceedings related to economic and financial matters, such as compulsory share redemption and other disputes relating to valuation issues and calculation of damages.
Education:
- State Authorized Public Accountant, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 1995
- Audit studies, Norwegian Business School BI, 1991
Simen B. Weiby
Partner
Simen Weiby has broad transaction-related experience and joined KWC in 2017, prior to which he was the head of the LBO department within International Corporates at DNB Bank ASA. Previously, he has worked as an auditor and transaction services advisor in EY, has held the position as associate director in Telenor’s Group M&A department, and has been a non-equity partner with the law firm Selmer’s Financial Analysis and Transaction Support department.
Education:
- Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA), Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 2012
- State Authorized Public Accountant / MBA, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 2004
- «Siviløkonom», Finance & Financial Economics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 2003
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and advice.
Halvor Grov, Managing Partner