Christian Halvorsen

Chief Executive Officer, Vend Marketplaces

Search every verified Christian Halvorsen interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Christian Halvorsen, CEO of Vend Marketplaces, stated during the company's Q2 2026 earnings call that the company is "a focused pure play marketplace company moving into full scale execution." He reported that group revenues were flat year-on-year at 1,696 million Norwegian kroner, or up 2% on a constant currency basis, and that group IBTA increased 16% to 674 million kroner with a margin of 40%. Halvorsen noted that the company paid an ordinary cash dividend of 2.50 kroner per share and maintained a net cash position of nearly 2 billion kroner, providing financial flexibility for a share buyback program. In a podcast interview, Halvorsen discussed Vend's creation of a small, autonomous AI-native team of five to ten people tasked with rethinking the marketplace model from scratch. He described the team as focused on "rethinking what could the experience look like," distinct from incremental improvements handled by the regular organization. Halvorsen also addressed sector-wide share price declines and the role of a CEO in communicating the company's narrative.