Geir Langfeldt Olsen

Active Investor

Angel investor in Madrid

Madrid, Spain

Geir Langfeldt Olsen, Angel investor in Madrid is an active investor based in Madrid, Spain. This profile covers what Geir Langfeldt Olsen backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Geir Olsen serves as Chairman at Avida Holding. He served as Chairman at FIRST Fondene. He also serves as Board Member at We are. He serves as a Chief Executive Officer at Andenes Investments. He is a Co-Founder at Ubon Partners. He serves as Director at Portfolio Recovery Associates. He serves as a Board Member at Beaufort Solutions. He served as Chief Executive Officer, PRA Group Europe until January 29, 2016, when he became a member of the Company's board of directors. He joined PRA in 2014 from Aktiv Kapital, a leader in acquiring and servicing non-performing consumer debt throughout Europe and Canada, where he was chief executive officer and a board member since 2011. Before joining Aktiv, Mr. Olsen held various leadership roles over 10 years in sales, marketing and strategy at Cisco, the worldwide leader in IT, and a predecessor company, Tandberg. He also advised financial services and technology companies as a McKinsey consultant for five years before joining Tandberg. He holds a master's degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. He also serves on the board of Acano Ltd., a technology company based in the UK. He studied economics at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). His career began at the consulting company McKinsey before the next step on the career ladder was TANDBERG and Cisco. There he held several roles, including as head of global sales. In 2011, Olsen started as CEO of Aktiv Kapital, where he was until the company was sold to the American company PRA Group. Geir can reflect on several success stories in his career within technology-driven enterprises.