Knut Mauritz Frostad (born 4 June 1967 in Harstad, Norway) is a Norwegian yachtsman, who has participated in a broad range of world championship level sailing events, including the Volvo Ocean Race and the Olympic Games, the latter in windsurfing. He is currently CEO of Navico, one of the largest manufacturers of marine electronics for the consumer market. Formerly he was the CEO of Volvo Ocean Race. In total, he has twice participated in the Olympic Games (1988 and 1992)[1][2] and four times the Volvo Ocean Race; twice as skipper.
In 2004, he won the Scandinavian Nokia Oops Cup and, in 2005, he finished second.
He has a business background in management, director and advisor positions with international companies. He is a recognised motivational speaker as well, and used the race catamaranAcademy for company team building and leadership training.
knut, frostad, knut, mauritz, frostad, born, june, 1967, harstad, norway, norwegian, yachtsman, participated, broad, range, world, championship, level, sailing, events, including, volvo, ocean, race, olympic, games, latter, windsurfing, currently, navico, larg. Knut Mauritz Frostad born 4 June 1967 in Harstad Norway is a Norwegian yachtsman who has participated in a broad range of world championship level sailing events including the Volvo Ocean Race and the Olympic Games the latter in windsurfing He is currently CEO of Navico one of the largest manufacturers of marine electronics for the consumer market Formerly he was the CEO of Volvo Ocean Race In total he has twice participated in the Olympic Games 1988 and 1992 1 2 and four times the Volvo Ocean Race twice as skipper In 2004 he won the Scandinavian Nokia Oops Cup and in 2005 he finished second He has a business background in management director and advisor positions with international companies He is a recognised motivational speaker as well and used the race catamaran Academy for company team building and leadership training Volvo Ocean Race EditHis first participation in 1993 94 VOR was in the Swedish Intrum Justitia which finished second In the 1997 98 VOR he was skipper and project founder director at the Norwegian Innovation Kvaerner and in the 2001 02 VOR in the Norwegian Djuice Dragons In the 2005 06 VOR he was watchplan captain on southern ocean legs in the Brazilian Brasil 1 He was the chief executive for the 2008 09 and the 2011 2012 Volvo Ocean Race and has returned as the CEO for the 2014 2015 race For the 2014 2015 race he has led the transformation of the race from an open class rule to a strict one design class boat race References Edit Sailor Biography sailing org Contact Support thehumanelement no Archived from the original on 22 February 2013 External links EditKnut Frostad at World Sailing Knut Frostad at Olympics com Knut Frostad at Olympedia nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to yacht racing in Norway is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Knut Frostad amp oldid 1156864914, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
