Trond Brandsrud new Aker CFO

Trond Brandsrud has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of AkerASA. He begins as Aker's CFO as soon as he completes hispre-departure service period with his current employer, and no laterthan 1 May 2010. Mr. Brandsrud joins Aker from a similar positionwith the exchange listed drilling company Seadrill ASA.

- I am very pleased to have Brandsrud join our team. His considerableoil company and oil service industry experience is a good match forour portfolio of investments. I expect him to rapidly command acentral role in the development of these holdings, working alongsideour investment team and myself, says Øyvind Eriksen, Aker ASAPresident and CEO.

Aker ASA has significant ownership interests in the oil servicecompanies Aker Solutions and Aker Drilling and in the oil company Detnorske and the latter company's merger partner Aker Exploration.Aker's other industrial investment portfolio companies are AkerBioMarine and Aker Clean Carbon.

Prior to joining Seadrill in 2007, Mr. Brandsrud worked for the oilcompany Shell for more than 20 years. At Shell, he held several keyfinance positions. He has also headed major offshore fielddevelopment projects and held key management responsibilities forboth upstream and downstream operations.

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