Founding Partners

Knut Roar Wiig

Co-Founder

Founded Nordic Unmanned ASA, a european leader in RPAS (Drone) operations, and successfully listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Revolutionized Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Drone Operations , over 7000 commercial BVLOS flight hours completed.

Secured the first EASA Light Unmanned Aircraft Operator Certificate (LUC) for drones, along with the world's first global high-sea BVLOS permit for operations. Executed the world's first long and short-range drone cargo delivery to an offshore live Oil & Gas platform.

Raised over 50 million EUR in equity funding and an additional 6 million EUR in soft funding.

Andreas Kollbye Aks

Co-Founder

Progressive aviation professional, with an ambition to help transform the industry to become greener and more efficient, with the introduction of new technologies.

Former Chief Strategy Officer & Deputy Accountable Manager in Widerøe – Europe’s largest regional airline, with a deep understanding of how “nuts and bolts” come together and translate into financial results.

Founded Widerøe Zero –and named one of Business Insider's 11 Power Players Leading Aviation's Sustainability push. Lead the Acquisition & Entry Into Service programme of the Embraer E-jet 190 E2, tailoring the airline’s AOC structures to a new aircraft type .

Former Management Consultant in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) with broad experience from a variety of projects within Strategy & Operations, with the majority of work within Aerospace & Defence (MRO and Manufacturing).

Educated in Finance, Management & Economics with a Bachelors degree (B.Sc) from Norwegian School of Management & University of St. Gallen and a Masters (MLitt) degree from University of Saint Andrews.