NORWAY —Lisa Edvardsen Haugan has been appointed president of Kongsberg Maritime, the largest business area of KONGSBERG. She takes the helm after Egil Haugsdal.
Edvardsen Haugan has long and extensive experience from both the defense and civil business area in Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, including having been executive vice president of finance at Kongsberg Maritime and finance director at Kongsberg Protech Systems. She currently heads the Deck Machinery & Motion Control division of Kongsberg Maritime.
Edvardsen Haugan has played a significant role in the integration and restructuring of Commercial Marine, a business area acquired from Rolls-Royce Plc in 2019. This has been Kongsberg Gruppen's largest acquisition to date. Kongsberg Maritime has experienced significant growth over recent years and today has more than 7,000 employees spread across 32 countries.
Her predecessor, Haugsdal, has led Kongsberg Maritime since 2016. Under Haugsdal’s leadership, Kongsberg Maritime has shown good results, developed several innovations and been a driving force both globally and in the Norwegian maritime cluster. Haugsdal will continue as president of Kongsberg Maritime until Edvardsen Haugan takes over by Nov. 1.
