Christian Rynning-Tønnesen

[4] On 20 February 2006 it was announced that Rynning-Tønnesen had been hired as CEO of the Statkraft-owned, Kristiansand-based power company Agder Energi.

[6] Chair of Agder Energi Sigmund Kroslid, who had taken the position in December 2005,[7] praised Rynning-Tønnesen as "the clear primary candidate of the board".

[8] It was unclear when Rynning-Tønnesen would actually assume the position,[4] but in early June he visited Agder Energi for preparations.

[10] Jan Oksum, who in February 2006 "regretted" that Rynning-Tønnesen left Norske Skog,[11] was fired due to poor results.

[12] The poor results continued under Rynning-Tønnesen, due to downward international trends and sinking demand of paper.

[13] Nonetheless, in 2008 he received an award for leadership, the "European CEO of the Year for the pulp and paper industry", from the information company RISI.