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Geir Olsen
Geir Olsen joined PRA Group’s Board of Directors in June 2023. Mr. Olsen was the CEO and a board member of Aktiv Kapital, AS, a leading European consumer debt purchaser, from September 2011 until its acquisition by the Company in 2014. From August 2014 until January 2016, Mr. Olsen served as the CEO of PRA Group Europe. Prior to Aktiv Kapital, Mr. Olsen held various leadership roles in sales, marketing and strategy with Cisco Systems and Tandberg, a Norwegian company that Cisco acquired in 2010. He also advised financial services and technology companies as a consultant at McKinsey & Company for five years prior to joining Tandberg. In 2013, Mr. Olsen cofounded Ubon Partners, an investment company focused on early stage companies in technology and financial services, and was a partner until December 2018. He is currently the CEO of Andenes Investments, a private investment company focusing on finance and technology, and sits on the board of various private portfolio companies such as Avida Finans, First Fondene AS, Molo Finance and Huma AS. He is also a director of Pexip ASA, a Norwegian technology company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Olsen received a Master's of Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California Los Angeles.
