Board

Proud to represent and contribute to the development of the global Food Safety business.

Chairman

Eirik Bugge

CEO
Aquatiq
+47 481 04 104
[email protected]

Eirik Bugge

Eirik is the CEO of the Aquatiq group. He holds various board positions and is situated at our Oslo office.

Eirik holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne with a double major in Management & Finance.

Eirik stepped into the role as CEO as a succecessor after his father Elvin, which is the founder of Aquatiq.

Board

Managing Director Aquatiq Consult

Mariann Kirkerød

Managing Director
Aquatiq Consult
+47 415 59 870
[email protected]

Mariann Kirkerød

Mariann is managing director, senior consultant and lead auditor (store and supplier audits, BRC Food, ISO / FSSC 22000).

Special expertise in HACCP, system and process improvement, project and audit management and quality culture.

Mariann is a food technologist and also has a Lean Six Sigma black belt education.

Practical experience from the salmon industry and the grocery industry, and many years as a consultant for the food industry in general.

Contact Mariann if you want more information about our consulting services.

Managing Director

Svein Inge Holtesmo

Managing Director
Aquatiq Hygiene Systems
+47 901 60 749
[email protected]

Svein Inge Holtesmo

Svein Inge is the Managing Director of Aquatiq Hygiene Systems AS.

Svein Inge has education in Mechanical Engineering and has broad knowledge within this field.

Contact Svein Inge about hygiene systems, quotations or problem solving.

Svein Inge is located at our office in Lillehammer, Norway.

MD / Microbiology & Food Safety Specialist

Heidi Camilla Sagen-Ohren

MD / Microbiology & Food Safety Specialist
Aquatiq Sense
+47 482 26 613
[email protected]

Heidi Camilla Sagen-Ohren

Heidi has specialist expertise in microbiology and regulations related to most food industries, HACCP, audits, and project management.

Educated food technologist and has a master’s degree in food safety. Practical experience from the laboratory industry, both as a manager and microbiology specialist.

Heidi leads and participates in projects where there is a need for problem solving related to contamination with Listeria or other unwanted microflora.

Heidi guides customers with sampling plans and assessment of analysis results, and how this is linked to the company’s daily HACCP system.

Contact Heidi if you have questions or need microbiological assistance or if you want more info about trending analysis results, sampling.

Heidi is located at our office in Trondheim, Norway.

Elvin Bugge

Founder / Board member / Special projects
+47 911 01 112
[email protected]

Elvin Bugge

Elvin is the CEO of Aqua Pharma Group and a Board member of Aquatiq. Elvin has extensive experience from the aquaculture industry and has developed several innovative methods for de-lice and gill treatment of fish.

Elvin is the main shareholder and founder of the companies in Aquatiq.

He is involved in most major projects in the group.

Elvin is best known for his knowledge related to the prevention and elimination of Listeria in the production environment and hygienic design.

Elvin has been a key part of the professional group for equipment and machines for fish industry in EHEDG.

Elvin has a degree in chemical engineering and is based at the company’s head office in Lillehammer.