Åge Skinstad, Quick Portrait
There are captains of industry - and there is a " captain of the captains of industry" Meet Åge Skinstad. It would be hard to find a person who had and continues to have a bigger impact on the development of the Norwegian cross country skiing in this century ( and the international skiing by extension). Norwegian national team coach, television commentator, top lobbyist - and now CEO of Brav, a multi-million dollar corporation that owns Swix and Toko among the others. " Acting CEO" Mr.Skinstad likes to stress - he only agreed to fill the shoes temporarily, while the owners are searching for replacement for a previous boss, who abruptly resigned last year. But he will stay with Brav once that task is accomplished and stir Swix and Toko…