About Elsa Leadership
A specialized consultancy based in Oslo, Norway, founded by Elin Saltkjel. Saltkjel leverages 20 years of leadership experience in Shipping and Oil & Gas to deliver interim management, ship recycling, and shipyard consultancy
— tailored to your needs.
— tailored to your needs.

Interim Management

ELSA Leadership specializes in delivering practical, results-oriented leadership solutions.
- Comprehensive industry experience: Elin Saltkjel’s career spans the full value chain — from research and product development to project execution, production, aftersales, and recycling — offering a holistic perspective on business operations.
- Her technical expertise in maritime and oil & gas processes, equipment, and machinery, makes her able to lead with precision and insight.
- With an approach grounded in action, accountability, and a deep understanding of technical and operational challenges, ELSA Leadership delivers impactful results.
ELSA Leadership provides interim management services designed to support your organization during critical phases. Whether you need leadership to navigate transitions, execute strategic initiatives, or mentor your team, Saltkjel offers the expertise and adaptability to meet your objectives.
Ship Yard Consultancy
ELSA Leadership offers consultancy related to the Transparency Act and EU’s CSDDD, as well as yard’s technical capability, Quality and HSE, such as
- Gap Analysis
- Yard audits and inspections
Saltkjel can perform yard evaluation as a third party or provide tools and training to enable your organization to meet all applicable regulations and standards.

Ship Recycling

Several international regulations apply to end-of-life ships, mainly regulating where the ships can go for recycling and how this process should be carried out, but also setting requirements to transparency.
ELSA Leadership has several years of experience guiding ship managers, owners and other stakeholders in the final stage of a ship's life, in order to achieve compliance with the applicable regulations*.
Example offerings:
Example offerings:
- Mapping of yard options for specific cases
- Yard audits on technical capability, HSE and Human Rights
- Yard advisory
- Training on topics specific to ship recycling for both ship managers and yards
* These include, but are not limited to the Basel Convention, the Hong Kong Convention, the ten fundamental ILO Conventions, EU’s New Waste Shipments Regulation and EU Ship Recycling Regulation.
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