Hans-Petter Mellerud (1960) is the founder of Zalaris. Prior to founding the company he was a Partner with Accenture where he was responsible for Business Development in Accenture’s Nordic Outsourcing unit. He also held a Director position with Accenture establishing their Stavanger based Accounting Shared Services Unit integrating accounting operations for large oil companies.
Prior to Accenture, Mellerud worked with outsourcing related issues as Managing Director and consultant with companies in Germany and Switzerland. His educational background includes a MBA from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland and a Bachelor of Science Magna Cum Laude as well as a Master of Science Cum Laude in Computer Science from The University of Tulsa, USA.
He is an officer from the The Norwegian Cavalry School of Officers (Befalsskolen for Kavaleriet) and served with The Norwegian Army para-rangers (Hærens Jegerskole).