The Board of Directors of Eqva ASA has appointed Even Matre Ellingsen as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company effective as of 2 May 2024. From that date he will resign from the board which he has chaired since 2022. Even Matre Ellingsen replaces Erik Høyvik, who has been with the company since 2021.

Erik will be engaged in specialised projects and available for the new CEO for a certain period. The change of CEO follows a series of significant changes in Eqva over the past few years. Even Matre Ellingsen holds extensive experience in corporate finance and various management positions first in Pareto Securities and then in Fearnley Securities, which he joined as CEO and managing partner in 2012.

From 2019 to 2021 he was Group CEO of Astrup Fearnley.