BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joakim D. Lehmkuhl is a private investor and entrepreneur. He is Chairman and a founding partner in the Octogone Group, an independent investment management company established in Geneva, Switzerland in 1995. He has been the Chairman of Allton since 2013.
He previously held positions as Portfolio Manager at Bearbull Global Investments Group, a leading Swiss wealth advisory firm, and Ferrier Lullin & Cie, a Swiss private bank. Prior to that, he worked in Norway for the Investment Department of Orkla Borregaard, a major Norwegian financial industrial corporation. Joakim began his professional career at Brown Brothers Harriman, one of the oldest and largest private investment banks in the United States.
Joakim holds a Bachelor’s degree (International Economics) from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Ivar Gimse joined Allton as Executive Director of the Board in 2024.
A Geophysicist, Ivar has experienced a career of over forty years in the oil and gas industry. He was the CEO and Executive Vice President Business Development at Magseis Fairfield. Prior to that, he held several management positions with marine geophysical service companies, including at Geo-Prakla, PGS and Wavefield Inseis.
Ivar obtained his M.Sc. (Geophysics and Seismology) from the University of Oslo.