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Jan Bernhard Waage Managing Director & Co-Founder - Wassum

Jan Bernhard is Managing Director and co-founder of Wassum (1996), the leading investment advisor for institutional clients in the Nordic region. Until April 1996 Jan Bernhard was Head of Funds at SkandiaLink, Skandia´s Swedish unit linked insurance company. He joined SkandiaLink during the start-up in January 1991. Originally from Norway, he started his career with the Norwegian insurance company Vesta. During 1990 he was part of a start-up team for a new life insurance company, Vesta Life. Previous to that, Jan Bernhard worked as legal advisor and investment analyst within the investment department of Vesta Insurance. Jan Bernhard has a degree in business administration from the Norwegian School of Business Administration 1987 and a law degree from Bergen University 1989.