Jakob Stausholm has stepped down Statoil’s board of directors with immediate effect.
His instant resignation was made to “avoid potential conflicts of interests following his new appointment as CFO of the Maersk group”, according to the Norwegian supermajor.
A Statoil spokesperson said: “The nomination committee in Statoil will commence its search for a new board member, to allow for the corporate assembly to conduct a by-election when the nomination committee’s recommendation is ready. Tone Lunde Bakker is chair of the nomination committee in Statoil.”
Stausholm will take up his new role on December 1. Stausholm joined the Maersk Group in 2012 as Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer in Maersk Line.
He was previously the chief executive of global facility services provider ISS A/S.
•Jakob Stausholm holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and has completed executive programmes at Harvard, IMD, Stanford and INSEAD.