
Herman Billung graduated from the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy in 1984. His earlier positions included Managing Director of Frapaco Shipping Ltd (1994-1998) and Managing Director of Maritime Services at the Torvald Klaveness Group, where he oversaw commercial management of the group's dry bulk pools, Bulkhandling and Baumarine.
On 1 April 2005 he became CEO of Golden Ocean Management.
He was a panellist at the Nor-Shipping Forum in 2005 and the 3rd Oslo Shipping Forum in 2007.