Sales department

OLE HORSTAD - Sales Manager

Ole has been part of the KVX team since 2004. He was appointed as Sales & Marketing Manager in April 2010. His main responsibility is coordination of all sales & marketing activities worldwide. Ole is also Account Manager for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In addition to Norwegian, Ole is happy to take your inquiries in English and German language.

Ole has a degree of marketing management from the Norwegian School of Marketing/BI and has previously worked 10 years in marketing and sales with the Kverneland Group (agricultural machinery) during which he spent 2 years in Soest, Germany.

Ole likes to spend time with his family, fishing in the mountain lakes and he used to be an active private pilot.

Contact email: oho@kvx.no / office: +47 51 78 50 90 / mobile: + 47 95 99 02 88

CHRIS GUNTNER - Regional Sales Manager

Chris is KVX sales manager for the Oceania markets (Australia, New Zealand, New Caledoniam, etc.). His numerous tasks include sales activities, technical training & support for major accounts and distributors in these areas. Chris took his education in Australia within the aviation industry and holds a Certificate in Civil Aviation. He moved into an Industrial Sales career in 1991, starting as Machinery sales & service representative at Mywood Engineering Pty., introducing the Teledyne range of rockbreakers to SA market. He started to work for Komatsu Australia in 1993 as sales coordinator and from year 2000 he worked as Masterclass Tutor, wheel loaders in Komatsu Australia. Chris started to work for KVX in May 2004 as National Product Marketing Manager, Australia.

Chris' main hobbies are music (singing & trombone), acting, boating & fishing, shooting and flying. He is also a board member of Finke River Mission and Yirara College.  

Contact email: cgu@kvx.no / office: +61 882 624 116 / mobile: +61 407 991 258

A commercial engineer, Jaime worked during 7 years in Komatsu Chile (where he is from), first as pricing analyst for the mining division and later as product and market supervisor. He then moved to a position of Regional Sales Manager for Southern Europe at Hensley Industries. Jaime came to Norway in Mai 2010 to work at KVX. His role is to develop business opportunities for both KVX and Hensley products in Europe. His areas of focus are Eastern Europe, Russia and the Mediterranean countries. Thanks to his 10 years experience in the industry and positions in 3 different countries, Jaime has gained large experience of the mining business and an extensive knowledge of the GET market.

Jaime is a football fan and enjoys being in the Norwegian nature together with his family. 

Contact email: jes@kvx.no / office: +47 51 78 50 85 / mobile: +47 95 97 27 71  

FERENC SCHOTTNER - Area Sales Manager

Ferenc – educated as automotive / transportation & logistics engineer - joined Team KVX 1^st January 2011, after serving 6 years as Undercarriage Product Manager at Komatsu Europe and 4 years as Parts Sales Manager at the Hungarian Komatsu Distributor before that. He is responsible for KVX Sales and Business Development in part of Western and Central Europe, Middle East and whole Africa, by using his 10 years of experience in the mining and construction market.

In his free time, he enjoys Norwegian nature and playing symphonic rock on his bass guitar.

Contact email: fsc@kvx.no / office: +47 51 78 50 95 / mobile +47 94 00 71 01

ROLF AARTHUN - Sales support

Rolf has been with KVX since 1985 - actually from the beginning! Before that, Rolf worked within the earth moving division of the Kverneland Group.
Rolf reached retirement age in August 2007, but he liked his work so much that he decided to come back and work at KVX 3 days a week. Rolf knows all about KVX products and today he is sharing his valuable knowledge and experience.

In his free time, Rolf likes to bicycle.

Contact email: raa@kvx.no / office: +47 51 78 50 87

EDMUND VARHAUG - Service Manager

Edmund has been working in the construction and mining equipment business for more than 30 years. After starting out working for an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), he then moved to one of Norway's biggest earth moving contractor companies where he worked for almost 20 years. He started his sales career in 2003, selling KVX products while working at the Norwegian Komatsu distributor. He finally joined KVX in January 2010. Thanks to this extensive experience Edmund has a deep knowledge of the industry and KVX products. Today, Edmund is KVX' Service Manager and is responsible for Key Accounts in Scandinavia.  

Contact email: eva@kvx.no /  office: +47 51 78 50 89 / mobile: +47 95 30 55 65

PIETER VAN DER MERWE - Regional Sales Manager

Pieter was added to Team KVX January 2012 to handle the ever growing market in South Africa. Ha has extensive experience from sales within this business and will most certainly be an asset to our efforts in Africa. Pieter is fluent in Afrikaans and English.

When not at work, he likes to spend time with family and friends. His favorite hobbies are fishing and golf, but he is also very fond of flying and aircrafts in general.

Contact email: pme@kvx.no /office: +27 83 388 48 70

ARNVID NJAERHEIM - External Consultant

Arnvid has been with KVX since 2008 as an External Consultant to the German speaking countries. Living in central Germany, he can support customers and dealers locally. Arnvid knows KVX from the very beginning, being our dealer in Germany for some 15 years (Njaerheim Verschleissteile GmbH). Arnvid sold his company in 2007 and is now offering his vast experience from the Contruction and Mining business to KVX and our customers.

Contact email: anj@kvx.no / office: +49 (0)171 9980400