FØREID PARTNERS
Executive CFO Leadership & Strategic Advisory
We partner with CEOs, Boards, and Investors through major transition periods—delivering executive financial leadership, strategic capital advisory, and board-level governance.
- 15+ Years CFO Experience
- Extended by Board Director, combined CEO/CFO, and EVP roles.
- NYSE & Oslo Børs Track Record
- Delivered three public listings (2 IPOs, 1 de-SPAC) and ensured continuous access to global capital markets.
- $5B+ Capital Raised
- Raised across equity, bond, and bank debt markets, enabling sustainable growth and expansion.
- Complex Asset De-Risking
- Navigated market volatility from deep-tech validation and industrialization through to infrastructure scaling and expansion.
How we engage
- Interim Executive Management
- Stepping into key C-suite roles to stabilize operations and maintain momentum when leadership gaps open up.
- Multi-Year Executive Leadership
- Embedded C-suite leadership to guide companies throughout strategic transitions — on full-time or fractional basis.
- Restructuring & Financial Advisory
- Helping leadership teams navigate financial stress, rebuild balance sheets, and get businesses back on solid ground.
- Private Equity & Investor Solutions
- Hands-on leadership, governance, and advisory for portfolio companies—driving performance, managing transitions, and preparing businesses for exit or public listing.
Proven execution capability where capital meets operational complexity.
Enabled global expansion of floating LNG platforms—structuring comprehensive funding strategies that optimized capital costs while maintaining strategic and financial flexibility.
Guided battery gigafactory ventures from validation to commercial production—building capital market platforms, establishing digital and operational governance, and securing multi-layered funding for industrial scale.
Aligned complex interdependencies into clear strategic priorities, building execution-focused roadmaps that turn strategic ambitions into disciplined, bankable, investable platforms.
PRINCIPAL
Steffen Føreid
FOUNDER · FØREID PARTNERS
Listed-company discipline paired with scale-up agility and transactional expertise.
Steffen Føreid has spent more than 15 years as a corporate CFO, leading financial strategy through every stage of the corporate lifecycle—complemented by four years as a Board Director and 1.5 years as dual CEO/CFO of a listed partnership, as well as serving as EVP during a corporate restructuring.
His track record spans energy infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and deep-tech, with executive leadership roles across Höegh LNG, Höegh LNG Partners, FREYR Battery, Morrow Batteries, Gen2 Energy, Grenland Group, and Kværner.
Steffen brings board-level governance, capital markets access, and hands-on transaction execution — backed by the proven judgment of an executive who has led through critical corporate inflection points.
Engage
Engage Føreid Partners for your next mandate.
Engagements are accepted on a selective basis to ensure focus, alignment, and confidentiality.
Headquarters
Oslo, Norway