Magne Øvreås
Board Member

Magne Øvreås, a Norwegian national, born 1972, has 25 years’ experience in the shipping and management consulting industries and he is currently CEO of EGD Shipholding AS. Prior to joining EGD Shipholding AS in 2015, Øvreås held the position as CEO of the chemical tanker owner Utkilen AS. He has as well 12 years’ experience as management consultant in Cardo Partners and The Boston Consulting Group (Oslo, New York and Stockholm).

Øvreås has served on the Board of KCC since the inception of the Company in 2018 and is a member of the Audit Committee. He is also a Board Member of Norwegian Hull Club (Deputy Chair), Mohn Drilling AS and Norwegian Shipowners’ Association (Group for Deep Sea).

Øvreås holds a Master of Science in Naval Architecture from NTNU, Trondheim and ENSTA, Paris.

Øvreås is CEO and holds a minority stake in the second largest shareholder of the Company, EGD Shipping Invest AS. EGD Shipping Invest AS owns 3,500,000 (5.79%) of the outstanding shares in the Company. He was re-elected as a Board Member in 2024 for two years.