Nordic American Offshore elects new VP

Offshore shipping company Nordic American Offshore (NAO) has named Carl Fredrik Grosland as vice president of NAO and NAT (Nordic American Tankers).

The company said on Wednesday that the newly appointed Grosland will be directly reporting to chairman Herbjørn Hansson.

NAO stated that Grosland has 12 years of international banking experience as an analyst and broker, focusing mainly on the energy/offshore and the shipping sector. For several years he was a partner and board member of the investment banking firm Pareto Securities in New York.

NAO also said that Grosland will focus on the US, the Far East, and Europe with base in our Oslo office.

Working from out of Oslo, he has recently been vice president at Clarksons Platou Securites, one of the largest international offshore/energy and shipbroking firms also specializing in investment banking in these sectors.

Grosland said: “Nordic American has a unique business model and the best track record in both the industry and capital markets. I look forward to learning a lot. I shall work hard to assist in developing the companies further together with highly professional teams.”