Hurtigruten’s Executive Leadership Team

Gerry is responsible for all maritime operations on Hurtigruten’s ships. He is also in charge of areas such as HSE (health, safety, and environment), emergency preparedness, and the Sea Zero project. 

He grew up in Bergen in a maritime family, with a father who worked on several Hurtigruten ships.  

Gerry is a trained navigator from the Norwegian Naval Academy and has a background as a deck officer, commanding officer, and captain in the Royal Norwegian Navy, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and Celebrity Cruises. 

Gerry has also held leadership and managing director positions at the Norwegian Hydrographic Service, Troms Offshore Supply, Costa Cruises, and Carnival Maritime. 

Per-Hermod joined Hurtigruten in 2024 with over 20 years of leadership experience in financial management and finance within international companies in the maritime and logistics sectors, including Ocean Rig, Eitzen Chemical and Wilh. Wilhelmsen. 

He also has extensive experience in the financial sector from DNB and ABG Sundal Collier. He holds a degree in economics from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and has previously served as CFO in several companies.  

Per-Hermod grew up in Molde and, as a child, could "set his watch" by the arrival of Hurtigruten ships in the town. 

André is responsible for hotel operations, product development, food and beverage, and all aspects of Hurtigruten’s land excursions and packaged tours. 

At Hurtigruten, he has led fleet upgrades, contributed to new builds and played a key role in developing the food concept Norway’s Coastal Kitchen, focusing on local ingredients. He was also instrumental in the development of Hurtigruten’s Signature voyages: the Svalbard Line and the North Cape Line. 

André’s background is in the restaurant and hotel industry, with experience from leading Scandinavian hotel chains such as Scandic, Rica and Choice Hotels. 

He joined Hurtigruten in 2016 after studying hotel management and co-founding a luxury hotel in Stavanger. Since then, he has been responsible for hotel operations across Hurtigruten’s then global fleet in Norway, Greenland, Iceland, and Antarctica. André has been part of the leadership team since 2021. 

Anne Solsvik leads the department for communication, PR and government relations at Hurtigruten. 

Anne joined Hurtigruten in 2022. She has a background from the Norwegian Parliament and Government, where she worked as an advisor and most recently served as State Secretary for party leader Guri Melby in the Liberal Party during the Solberg government.

She has also been an advisor and partner at the consultancy firm First House.   

Ragnhild leads the Strategy and People teams in Hurtigruten. She joined the company in 2017 and has held various positions within the company. She has been part of Hurtigruten’s leadership team since 2021. 

Ragnhild has background as a consultant in the consulting firm Deloitte and holds a MSC in Economics and Business administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). 

Per Martin joined Hurtigruten in March 2016 and has held various roles in revenue optimization and revenue management before taking charge of the department and joining Hurtigruten’s Executive Leadership Team in 2021. 

He began his career at Statistics Norway (SSB) and has experience from major Norwegian commercial companies, including seven years at the airline Norwegian and two years working with analysis and loyalty at NorgesGruppen. 

Hans Petter joined Hurtigruten in 2024 with over 15 years of experience in senior leadership positions in IT and technology.  

He has an extensive international background implementing IT strategies, digital solutions and services across countries and industries. 

Before joining Hurtigruten he held senior positions in ISS world services, DSV, Ingram Micro and Brightpoint.  

Chris joined Hurtigruten in June 2024, and in September he was appointed as interim CCO covering areas including trade and consumer sales, managing the six country teams, global marketing and digital marketing. 

Chris has over 30 years’ experience in the travel industry having worked as a senior Board Director with brands such as Thomson Holidays, Expedia, Virgin Holidays and more recently Accor Hotels as SVP Sales, Distribution & Loyalty.   

Chris set up his management consultancy company in 2022 helping many travel companies with their distribution and sales strategies.