Management

Lisbeth Gyland
Chief Executive Officer
Extensive experience from financal markets. CEO at Orkla Finans Fondsforvaltning (2005-2009) and CIO fixed income management (1994-2005). Prior to Orkla with Den norske Creditbank as a broker (1984-1990) Graduated from Bankakdemiet/BI.
- Emaillisbeth.gyland@arctic.com
- Phone+4748403122

Albert Collett
Chief Investment Officer
20 years relevant work experience in fund management. Albert worked previously for Alfred Berg (1998-2010) as Nordic Head of Fundamental Equity and was a member of the Nordic Executive Committee. He also held positions as Portfolio Manager and analyst in Alfred Berg. He was performance responsible and Portfolio Manager for Nordic Combined (2002-2010), Norwegian Equities (2002-2010) and Danish Equities (2007-2010). Albert has received several awards: 2010 Lipper 10 Years of Excellence (TE5) for best Norwegian Equities Fund, 2008 Morningstar Award winner (High Conviction), 2002-2009 Nordic Portfolios (low TE) outperformance every year as Portfolio Manager, 2007 High Conviction Fund Gambak won absolute return 1# among 70 Norwegian Funds, 2006 Wall Street recognition 1# (among many) ranked European Funds 1 year and 2005 High Convictions Fund Gambak 1# excess return to benchmark in Norwegian fund universe. Albert is a mechanical engineer GTI graduate from Gothenburg and a BSc. (Hon) from Strathclyde Business School.
- Emailalbert.collett@arctic.com
- Phone+4792890041

Ulrica Slåne Bjerke
CIO, Stockholm branch
Ulrica has the overall responsibility for Arctic Aurora LifeScience and Arctic Aurora Biotech Select investment portfolio. She has ca 30 years of successful track record as a Portfolio Manager in Health Care and has been a top ranked Health care Analyst for (10 years). Ulrica has an MBASc, CEFA, with a degree from Stockholm School of Economics and Medicine at the Karolinska Institute.
- Emailulrica.bjerke@arctic.com
- Phone+46720507885

Samuel K. Haile
Chief Operating Officer
Samuel previously worked for Alfred Berg Kapitalforvaltning AS (2010-2011) within the middle office team. Before that he worked for Orkla Finans as fund manager assistant. He holds a BSc in Finance from the Norwegian School of Management (BI).
Samuel is one of the Board Directors of the Irish fund company Arctic Funds plc.
- Emailsamuel.haile@arctic.com
- Phone+4748403243

Mette Steinsland
Chief Compliance Officer
Mette comes from the position as Head of Compliance for Nasdaq’s European regulated businesses and has also served as Chief Compliance Officer for Nasdaq Clearing and been Legal Counsel for Nasdaq Commodities (2008-2025). Previously Mette worked as a lawyer at DLA Piper (2005-2008) and before that as a Business Developer for Bergen Energi in its German office (2000 – 2005).
She holds a law degree from the University of Bergen and an LLM in European and International Law from the University in Heidelberg.