Our Team

The best and brightest

Øyvind Torgauten

Partner, Head of Attention

The Norwegian fashion scene has been Øyvind's home for the past two decades. Working for the Norwegian distributor Seaport, he began his career pushing product and picking brands by own interest. Billabong®, Element Skateboards® and èS® took the market in the Norwegian action sport segment under his supervision. Øyvind is mostly known for his work with Björn Borg®, which started in 2000. As Sales Manager for the Swedish brand, Øyvind has pushed boundaries and budget - but always with results to show for. Lately, he has driven growth in Norway for Calvin Klein® and Tommy Hilfiger® underwear. The main focus today is Happy Socks® and Edblad®.

Øyvind only has one button - the one called fast forward.

Bente Lien Engen

Head of Back Office and Support functions

Bente started working for Attention Brands I 2021, after eight years in Wiik&Walsø.
Her experience in logistics and order handling, makes her the perfect Head of Back Office in Attention Brands.

Bente makes sure that all products is timely ordered from our suppliers, and distributed to customers all over Norway. There is nothing happening in the warehouse in Fredrikstad without Bentes blessing.

Anncatrine Niklasson

Brand Manager, Edblad®

Anncatrine has been building the Swedish Jewelry brand Edblad® in Sweden and Norway since 2012, and has eight years experience from norwegian retail.

As a salesperson, she knows better than anyone that old fashioned sales work still is a very successful way of creating relations and grow business.

We are so happy that she is now a part of Attention Brands, and will be responsible for Edblad in the Norwegian market.

Board and Advisory

Ola Stene-Johansen

Partner, Board Member, and Business Analyst

Ola is Attention Brands own business analyst. When we catch up with this guy it is to get vital information about our opportunities and how to face them. Ola holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, and apart from skipping 4th grade elementary, he completed his education with excellence.

Ola is a man of few words, but a lot of purpose. From his investments to his interests, he is both a calculated risk taker, and a liable business partner. Attention Brands is honored to have this speed-loving, number crunching, first mate on board!

Tormod Stene-Johansen

Partner and Chairman of the Board

Tormod is a businessman with a serious amount of different hats. He is invested in a wide range of industries. He started his career in the clothing industry, first as at retail level selling work and industrial clothing, and he partook in bringing Norwegian industry leaders to Eastern Europe.

He has always had a striking balance of velocity, will and calmness. A rare talent in todays world.