XXL ASA has appointed Lars Syse Christiansen as the new Group CFO of XXL. Christiansen is an experienced CFO currently chairman of the board for Cardboard and Wanda, companies he has also co-founded, and he has a background as CFO of multiple European consumer focused businesses including CircleK, Otovo and Storebrand Bank. Christiansen is 46 years old and a Norwegian citizen.

He holds a Master of Science in Management from the London School of Economics, as well a management program in Corporate Finance and Investment Analysis and a Master of Marketing Management from the Norwegian School of Management (BI i Oslo). Before co-founding Wanda, a circular logistics platform, he served as CFO of Otovo AS, a company he co-founded back in 2015. Otovo is a leading online solar sales platform, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, with operations in Norway, Sweden, France and Spain.

From 2012-2014 he served as CFO in CircleK Europe, a global convenience retail chain. Lars Syse Christiansen has also been CFO in Storebrand Bank ASA as well as Head of Business Development in Posten Norge AS. In addition to these merits, Christiansen is also an experienced Board Member mostly within start-ups and venture companies.

He is currently serving on the Board of Ruter AS, a provider of public transport in the Oslo region. Christiansen will join XXL in August 2024.