Permian Business Partner AS has strengthened the leadership team with two roles, Technical Director (Fagdirektør) Anette Burum, and Quality Management Director (Kvalitetsstyringsansvarlig) Rita Granlund. In accordance with their succession planning, the Board of Permian AIF Depositary AS has promoted Benjamin Grønseth to CEO of Permian AIF Depositary AS.

The Permian Group has experienced a strong growth the last years and has now close to 100 employees. The group’s mission is to be “The driving force in the Nordic AIF Service Market” and the three core values are “precise, challenging and caring”. 

The largest entity in the group is Permian Business Partner (PBP) delivering fund administration and finance and accounting services. PBP is a regulated business subject to the new Act on Accountants which took effect on 1 January 2023. 

CEO of PBP, Susanne Berge Hansen expresses: Working with investment structures requires high precision and dedicated focus on quality in everything we do. We have created a value driven working environment where people are proud to deliver in accordance with our mission and values. However, delivering quality demands a continuous focus on being on top of changes in law, regulation and technical accounting and tax issues, continuous learning and good quality management.   

To be ready for further growth, maintain a strong focus on quality and to meet the requirements in the new Act, PBP is strengthening the leadership team with two defined functions: 

Technical Director (Fagdirektør) Anette Burum is State Authorised Public Accountant and State Authorised Accountant. Her responsibility is to enhance focus on technical accounting and tax issues and development of staff, and she has a significant role in our transformation project on the system side. Anette has been working with audit and accounting for 28 years and joined the Permian Group in 2012 where she has had various roles. She was CEO of PBP for 8 years. 
 
Quality Management Director (Kvalitetsstyringsansvarlig) Rita Granlund is State Authorised Public Accountant and State Authorised Accountant.  Her responsibility as defined in the new Act on Accountants is to establish and maintain proper quality management in the company.  Rita has more than 35 years of audit experience, including 23 years as partner in PwC where she also was Head of Assurance for 6 years. She joined Permian in 2021 as CEO of Permian AIF Depositary (AIFD). Rita is also Head of Sustainability in the Permian Group and will continue in this role. 

AIFD has had a tremendous growth the last few years. Succeeding Rita Granlund, Benjamin Grønseth, State Authorised Accountant, is promoted to CEO of AIFD. He joined PBP in 2016 and started to work in AIFD in 2019 and is a part of the company’s success. Prior to joining the Group, he has been working with administration and accounting for 5 years. 

CEO of Permian Group, Marianne Normann concludes: Permian’s strong growth demands continued focus on leadership and quality. I am happy that we have filled the leadership roles in Permian Business Partner with very competent and experienced persons, and at the same time, as planned, managed a successful internal recruitment to the role as CEO of Permian AIF Depositary AS.   

About Permian 
Permian is a leading Nordic fund administrator with offices located centrally in Oslo and Stockholm. The group offers a complete range of business support services designed for AIF funds and their managers, investment firms, family offices, holding companies, trusts, associations and foreign companies seeking local representation. The group has close to 100 employees in Norway and Sweden and is experiencing continuous growth.