Ylva Cornelia Axelsen

Ylva Cornelia Axelsen serves as Group General Counsel at Waterise since March 2023 and holds a board member position at EDGE Navigation from February 2022. As a fitness instructor specializing in cycling, strength, core, and yoga since January 2006 at SATS, Axelsen also serves as Chairwoman and Board Member of Bank2 ASA until April 2024. Previous experience includes General Counsel at Dolphin Drilling (May 2021 - March 2023) and Partner at SANDS Advokatfirma DA (January 2019 - May 2021), focusing on asset financings and project finance. Axelsen has held leadership roles in transaction management at Nordea Markets from March 2018 to September 2019, and transaction management and syndicated loans at Nordea from May 2010 to March 2018. Early career experience includes law positions at Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS and Ro Sommernes, focusing on banking, finance, corporate law, and litigation. Educational background includes an LLM from the University of Cape Town and legal studies from the University of Oslo, complemented by a brief study at the University of Cambridge in 2003.