Marit Hiim Haugseth

Project Manager - Norwegian Fishermen's Association

Marit Hiim Haugseth  started at her position at the Norwegian Fishermen's Association in August 2016.

Marit Hiim Haugseth works with cooperation with Russian fishing organizations in Murmansk. 

Before joining the Norwegian Fishermen's Association, Marit worked as a municipal manager and office manager at the municipality of Sør-Varanger. There she was  responsible for all international cooperation.

The main purpose of the association is to develop cooperation and dialogue between the industries on both sides of the border.

Mrs Haugseth holds Master in Russian Studies.

Gaute A. Sletten

Regional Compliance Officer, Equinor in Russia

Gaute Sletten is currently the regional compliance officer for Equinor in Russia. He is an experienced legal counsel with a demonstrated history of working in private practice and the oil & gas industry. In Equinor, he has been involved in most areas of the group’s business, including the Norwegian Continental Shelf, international projects and procurement, arbitration, international exploration, transactions, research & development, privacy, and business ethics and compliance. He joined Equinor in 2011 with experience from lawfirms Wiersholm and Haavind, Regjeringsadvokaten and the European Commission (DG Competition).

Trond Karlsen

Sales Director Emerging Markets, ScaleAQ

Trond Karlsen has been working at ScaleAQ since September 2018 and previously held the position of Sales Manager ScaleAQ Landbased.

ScaleAQ is a Norwegian based company, providing high-quality solutions and services for the fish farming industry world-wide. ScaleAQ has 27 offices in 11 countries, and 900 employees in the group. Karlsen is Sales Director for Emerging Markets, which includes the Russian aquaculture industry.
He is educated from the Norwegian Armed Forces and BI Norwegian School of Management, specializing in internationalization and management.

Before he joined the aquaculture industry, Karlsen's background is from the FMCG segment. He has been working for brand leadership companies like REMA 1000, Bacardi spirits, Apple, Coca-Cola and 7-Eleven.

Tatiana Savinova

Senior Advisor, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway

Tatiana Savinova is the senior adviser at University of Tromsø The Arctic University of Norway, with the main responsibility for coordination of strategic research and educational cooperation with Russian universities and research institutes.

Before joining the University of Tromsø in 2008, Tatiana worked for as a leading researcher at Murmansk Marine Biological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences and senior consultant at Akvaplan-niva AS in Tromsø.

Mrs Savinova holds M.Sc. and PhD in marine biology from Russia.