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title: Board of Directors
description: Meet the board of directors of the Wakandi Group AS led by Deepak Malik as the Chairman of the Board.
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# Meet the Wakandi Board

### Chairman of the Board

![Deepak-Malik](https://wakandi.com/hubfs/Deepak-Malik.png "Deepak-Malik")

### Deepak Malik 

Chairman of the Board

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- Founder of African investment fund Arise B.V,
- Extensive experience in domestic, continental and cross-border financial services in Africa and Norway

### Board Members

![Svein-Inge-Forland](https://wakandi.com/hubfs/Svein-Inge-Forland.png "Svein-Inge-Forland")

### Svein Inge Forland

Board member

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- Owner and Chairman of Hybeko AS, one of Norway ́s leading supplier of lifts and related equipment 
- Highly experienced in developing and running various companies

![Odd-Rustad-Nilssen](https://wakandi.com/hubfs/Odd-Rustad-Nilssen.png "Odd-Rustad-Nilssen")

### Odd Rustad Nilssen

Board member

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- Co-founder and owner of technology companies 
- Wide experience from international business management
- BoD experience in a number of technology companies•In-depth skills & competence in M&A 

![Neil-Chapman-1](https://wakandi.com/hubfs/Neil-Chapman-1.png "Neil-Chapman-1")

### Neil Chapman

Board member

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- 30+ years of extensive experience
- CEO of Exabel, an AI-driven investment analysis service 
- Played a key role in building Forgerock, a company that went public with an evaluation of $4 billion

![Roar-Bjærum](https://wakandi.com/hubfs/Roar-Bj%C3%A6rum.png "Roar-Bjærum")

### Roar Bjærum

Board member

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- CEO of Lendo Group, a marketplace for loans
- Experience as CEO and board member in companies driving financial inclusions in markets in Asia

![Andreas-Holmen](https://wakandi.com/hubfs/Andreas-Holmen.png "Andreas-Holmen")

### Andreas Holmen

Board member

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- Founder of explorify.com, uniweb.no and co-founder of Digital Garden AS, one of Norway ́s largest hosting companies 
- Co-founder and part owner in 14 active companies in Norway
- Real Estate developer