I have constantly said that I’ll give me when I get 70 years. The last three–four years we have had many family discussions, it has not been obvious how to do generasjonsskiftet. We have seen a few examples of that it can be difficult, ” says Astrup to Dagens Næringsliv on Saturday.
In the familieselskapet Pactum, Astrup owns together with his wife and four sons, it is now built up values for over two billion dollars, writes the newspaper.
After a thorough investigation it is now clear that there won’t be any of his sons who takes over the familieselskapet, but a person from the outside.
– Large shoes I will be filling
the Man who is chosen as chief of the investment company is Espen Weyergang Dedicated (48), writes DN.
the 48-year-old from Arendal starts in the job from the new year.
– There are two big shoes I must fill. I assume for a boss and the main shareholder who, through a number of years, has created enormous values, ” says Dedicated to Fædrelandsvennen.
The last two years he has pendlet from home in Oslo to lederjobben in Bergshav Management in Grimstad, norway. He tells him that he really had planned to move back to Hawaii with the family.
Will stay in Oslo
, the Plan was that I would take over as managing director in the Ocean, but it was so not. We have three children aged 8-14 years, and it was not as easy as dad had thought. But I’m elected to the board of directors to the Ocean, and I’m very happy, ” says Dedicated.
Dedicated has extensive experience in finance, and has previously held managerial positions in, among other things, Nordea and Handelsbanken.
– How do you see the task of managing the money to the Astrup family?
I enjoy working close to the owners, and a family business has a completely different opportunity to drive the long-term. Most companies need to deliver a short term return, but here you have a completely different opportunity to think further forward in time, says Dedicated.
Will not rule from the grave
Eivind Astrup says to DN that the sons continue to sit in the board of directors, but he has not laid down guidelines for how the company will be governed going forward.
– I will not be like a sørlandsreder that govern the company from the grave, ” says Astrup to DN.
when The boss sees it as entirely positive that members from the Astrup family is sitting in the board of directors.
– It is common that the owners of a business represented in the board of directors. It was the only missing. That they have been through a thorough process when it comes to generasjonsskiftet I think is a major advantage, ” says Dedicated to Fædrelandsvennen.
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