ROAR ASKHEIM

FINANCIAL ADVISOR

Roar advises on the financial operations of the business. Roar brings a strong finance background having worked with a variety of industries and company sizes from start-ups to publicly traded. Most recently, Roar was the CFO for Ascenta Health Ltd. where he facilitated the successful sale of the company in 2015 to Nature’s Way of Canada for an undisclosed amount. Prior to that Roar was at Ocean Nutrition Canada and played a key role in all new ventures, including vertically integrating the supply chain through to its successful sale to global Royal DSM for $540M in 2012.

Roar started in public practice at Price Waterhouse Cooper in his native Norway, after which he held executive finance positions in the medium-size private sector in Norway. Since moving to Canada, he has worked for a variety of companies from Ernst & Young and Canadian Helicopter Corporation to Ocean Nutrition Canada and Ascenta Health Ltd. in roles focusing on core business performance and strategic business development among others, with a proven track record of creating significant shareholder value.

Roar holds an MSc Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and a Certified Management Accountant certification from CMA Nova Scotia.

When Roar is not deep into the numbers and strategizing the next financial move for the company, he enjoys playing basketball, camping, and spending time with friends and family.