Mr Almås has a MSc Business Administration, Norwegian Business School (BI), Charted Accountant (statsautorisert revisor), Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH). Worked five years as an auditor for Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) and nine years with governance, risk management and compliance (GRC), including seven years as Risk Manager in KLP Asset Management. He has spent the last nine years working in business development in Norway and Poland, including four years as CEO and part owner in Polfarm Sp z oo, a 5 000 ha farm with 3 000 animals and 150 employees. Co-founder of the SoftOx Group in 2008.