Atea ASA appointed Steinar Sonsteby, currently executive senior vice president, as the new CEO, following the departure of Claus Hougesen. Steinar Sonsteby is 51 years old and has been employed by the Atea Group since 1997 when he entered the position as CEO in Norway. After that he served amongst others as CEO of Atea in Sweden (living in Sweden with his family for 2 years).

Sonsteby was CEO of Atea in Norway for six years from February 2006. Under his leadership the company was growing the revenue by 4 times. Since October 2012 Sonsteby has been Executive Senior vice president in Atea ASA.

Before joining Atea he was the CEO of Skrivervik Data AS.