Frode has entrepreneurial, strategy and M&A experience from Arkwright and Bain & Co. Prior to founding FSN Capital in 1999, he was a founding Director and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Arkwright. Arkwright is a corporate advisory firm specialising in strategy consulting and M&A work. The firm had 120 professionals located in five offices; London, Paris, Hamburg, Stockholm and Oslo. Before Arkwright, Frode was a Manager with Bain & Co, London.

Frode holds a B.A. (Hons) from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C., and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. In 1978, he was named Scholar Athlete of the Year by the North American Intercollegiate Association (NAIA).