The Krefting foundation

Founder of Carucel, with over 30 years of experience as a real estate investor. Before founding Carucel, Carl Erik Krefting was part of the founding of Søylen Eiendom. Krefting has spent more than 20 years as a partner of the law firm Thommessen Krefting Greve Lund (Thommessen) and holds a cand.jur. from the University of Oslo (UiO).

Chief Investment Officer at Carucel since February 2025. Johansen has extensive leadership experience in strategy, M&A, and business development from, among others, Wilhelmsen Group and Telenor Group. Johansen also has broad international experience and has twice been named one of the world’s top 10 technology leaders in the maritime sector by Lloyd’s List. He holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Oslo and an Executive MBA from ESCP Business School.

Head of Real Estate Investments and Development at Carucel since December 2016. Previously worked in Asset Management at Steen & Strøm as well as in Deal Advisory and Audit at KPMG. Krefting holds a Master’s degree in Applied Economics and Finance from Copenhagen Business School.

Administrative director of the retail company Nille. Experience as board member of XXL, Aspelin Ramm, Byggmax and Elektroimportøren. Broad experience from a background in the boards of retail companies and many other leadership positions.

Finance director of Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Group and administrative director of KGJ Eiendom. Wide-ranging board experience from real estate firms such as Søylen, Winta Eiendom, and BSA Berlin, as well as from investment companies such as Procerta AS. Høegh has held multiple positions as finance director and holds a master’s degree in economics and administration from Université de Lausanne.

His experience includes the position of administrative director of Ferd, group director of DNB, and assistant finance director at Hydro. Wide-ranging board experience from organisations such as Kongsberg-Gruppen, Telenor, Scatec Solar, and Gjensidige. Giverholt has a bachelor’s degree in economics from University of Manchester and is a state-authorised auditor from the NHH Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).