General counsel and human resources director - head of human resources, compliance and legal | Coor
Katrine Hverven Sontum
General counsel and human resources director - head of human resources, compliance and legal | Coor
Testament to her legal nous and management expertise, Katrine Hverven Sontum has gained additional responsibilities at Coor since joining as general counsel in 2012. In addition to her role as general counsel, Sontum is now also head of human resources and compliance. Coor is a leading provider of integrated facility management (IFM) and facility management (FM) services in the Nordic region offering all a full range of FM services to companies and public bodies. 2017 has been a prolific year for Sontum who has overseen Coor sign agreements or extend deals with a number of its clients. In January, Coor signed a two-year agreement with Platzer Fastigheter AB worth SEK 60m and extended its contract with Aibel, one of Norway’s leading service companies that specialises in oil, gas and renewable energy. In the same month Sontum helped Coor extend its agreement with another important client, Akelius, requiring the company to deliver technical property operations and maintenance as well as outdoor environment services and cleaning for Akelius’ Swedish property holding in a deal worth SEK 85m annually. COOR also won a new assignment from ABB for the delivery and development of several FM services to ABB in Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Baltics in a deal with a total estimated contract value of over SEK 1bn. Since the busy start to the they year, Sontum has assisted Coor in extending its deal with Arcus, a Norwegian wines and spirits producer, to keep delivering IFM services at Arcus’ production plant in Norway and Coor also extended its agreement with Scandinavian Airlines in another deal worth SEK 1bn.