CNBA - Key Persons
Adam Todd - Chief Legal Officer, EVP
Job Titles:
- EVP
- General Counsel
- Member of the Board
Adam Todd is the EVP, General Counsel at Archer Limited - a global oil service company.
Adam holds a Juris Doctor Law degree from the University of Alberta, Canada and thereafter obtained broad legal and commercial experience through Canadian law firms Bishop & McKenzie LLP and McLennan Ross LLP prior to joining Aker Solutions in 2009. He has held various corporate legal roles within Aker Solutions including as VP, Head of Legal & Compliance Europe & Africa based in London, and since 2016 as VP, Head of Legal for Aker Solutions' Global Tendering based in Oslo.
Adam brings with him extensive international experience advising on the legal and commercial issues in major global oil and gas projects. Mr. Todd is a Canadian citizen and resides in Oslo, Norway.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- CEO of Norkledning AS
Asle Rafdal is the CEO of Norkledning AS, based in Sauda, Norway, which is importing Canadian made products for the Norwegian construction sector. Asle has more than 30 years of business experience and deals mainly with the building industry - currently working together with several companies from Canada.
Christopher Bell works in corporate Finance with Colliers International Norway. He develops and funds property syndicates and club deals, with primary focus on long-term and predictable cash flows.
Job Titles:
- Senior Developer
- Board Observer
- President of the Canadian Club of Norway
Jay is the president of the Canadian Club of Norway and sits on the board of the Canadian Norwegian Business Association as an observer to ensure the two organizations maximize the benefits of working together on events when it is advantageous for both groups. Jay arrived in Norway to work in with the Lillehammer Olympics, and has also worked in the Calgary Olympic Games Organizing Committee as well as for Barcelona and Albertville.
Mr. Gustafson is a Senior Developer in a software development company, Multicase Norge AS, that works with companies for Sales and Logistics handling.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Treasurer
Karine has worked within the Retail - Consumer sector for 15+ years, within various marketing, and sales & operations roles with global fuel & convenience retailers such as Shell, in Canada and the UK, and Circle K in Norway. She then moved over to Advisory services and is now Manager, Clients & Industries with Deloitte, where she collaborates across the Nordic countries and across industries to better serve its most strategic clients.
Laura Dalby (BA [Major: Criminology; Minor: Political Science], Simon Fraser University, 2006; MA [Political Science], University of Ottawa, 2013) joined the federal public service in 2003 with the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (now Canada Border Services Agency). In March 2009, she joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (now Global Affairs Canada) as a Foreign Service Officer. In Ottawa, she held assignments including as a Trade Spokesperson and a Desk Officer in the Latin America and Caribbean Strategic Relations Division. Mrs. Dalby has served abroad in Cuba as a Trade Commissioner, in Guatemala as Senior Trade Commissioner and in Chicago, USA in two capacities: Innovation and Investment Team Manager and Acting Senior Trade Commissioner. Mrs. Dalby is currently the Senior Trade Commissioner at the Embassy of Canada in Norway. She is from British Columbia, is married and has one child.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Account Director and Director of Technology at Hill Knowlton Strategies Norway
Lukas works as an Account Director and Director of Technology at Hill+Knowlton Strategies Norway. He is a skilled communications professional with 7+years' experience advising some of the world's leading tech companies.
Lukas holds an MA in Media Studies from the University of Oslo where he focused on strategy, PR and analysis. He has acquired valuable experience form the telecom, FinTech, gaming, consumer tech, computer hardware and software industries, and is particularly well qualified for solving complex communication issues under tight deadlines.
Pippa is the CNBA Chair, and works as the VP of Marketing and Communications at Disruptive Technologies.
Pippa has more than 15 years of retail and wholesale experience across the technology and apparel industries and received a double-major bachelor's degree in Sociology and Criminology from The University of Western Ontario.