Board of Directors and Group Management

Board member since 2018, Chairman since 2018.

Experience: CEO of Telenor 2002–2015. Prior to that, a number of key positions at Telenor. Experience from Aker, Stolt-Nielsen Seaway and Det Norske Veritas.

After Telenor: International telecom consultant and advisor for Norwegian technology start-ups, also in the energy sector.

Board member of LM Ericsson AB and Handelsbanken AB.

Board member since 2013, Deputy Chair since 2015.

Head of the Remuneration Committee.

Experience: Chief Officer Mobility and Strategy in the NSB Group, Executive Vice President of Cermaq Group AS / Cermaq ASA, lawyer at the law firm Wikborg Rein and member of the Norwegian National Contact Point for the OECD.

Board member since 2013.

Member of the Remuneration Committee and the Project Committee

Experience: Researcher at Møreforskning Molde AS, Associate Professor at Molde University College and consultant at ECON analysis.

Board member since 2012.

Head of the Project Committee.

Directorships: Egypt Solar B.V.

Experience: Owner of Gjesteland Consulting, IT Director and Project Director for a number of Statoil’s oil and gas projects.

Board member since 2015.

Head of the Audit Committee.

Directorships: Chairman of the Western Norway Regional Health Authority, member of the Executive Board of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO).

Experience: Senior Advisor at Statoil, as well as various executive positions at Statoil, including director of the Group Audit function.

Board member since 2018.

Experience: Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of Bane NOR SF, former Senior Vice President at Hafslund ASA.

Experience: Senior Engineer at Statnett, Civil Engineer and Project Manager at Statoil and Kværner. Deputy Safety Representative, Statnett. Chief Employee Representative / Head of the Statnett branch of Tekna (The Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals).

Experience: Operator at Norsk Hydro’s systems control centre. Worked with procurement and operation of computer systems at Statnett’s control centres. Chief Employee Representative / Head of NITO’s (The Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists) corporate group at Statnett.

Employee-elected Board member since 2004, employee since 1981.

Member of the project committee.

Experience: Team coordinator in Statnett’s division for Systems Operations, Asset Management and Markets, Head of the nationwide Electrician and IT Workers Union, member of the Working Environment Committee and Chief Safety Representative at Statnett.

Employed as President and CEO in 2009.

Education/qualifications: Master’s in Econometrics from Vrije University in Amsterdam.

Previous positions: CEO of ECON and Naturkraft, and various executive positions at Statoil.

Directorships: Director at Bane NOR SF and Spekter

Employed in 2000 and a member of Group management since 2000.

Education/qualifications: MSc in Political Science (Cand. Polit.) from the University of Oslo.

Previous positions: Director of Saga Petroleum AS, Assistant Director General of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and several directorships at Statnett.

Directorships: Member of Fifty AS.

Employed in 1995 and a member of Group management since 2004.

Education/qualifications: Civil Engineer from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Technische Hochschule Darmstadt (THD) in Germany.

Previous positions: Several executive positions at BKK and several directorships at Statnett.

Directorships: Chair of NordLink Norge AS. 

Employed in 1993 and a member of Group management since 2014.

Education/qualifications: MSc from the University of Aberdeen and Master’s in Management from the Norwegian Business School (BI).

Previous positions: Executive positions at Statnett, Statkraft and Eclipse Energy Group.

Directorships: Member of the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI).

Employed in 2007 and a member of Group management since 2014.

Education/qualifications: MSc from NTNU, Degree in Business Administration, Master’s in Board Governance from the Norwegian Business School (BI).

Previous positions: Executive positions at Statnett, in the public sectorand in construction projects.

Directorships: Chair of Statnett Transport AS.

Employed in 2007 and a member of Group management since 2007.

Education/qualifications: Master’s in Computer Science and postgraduate studies in management from Henley Business School in the UK.

Previous positions: Director at Telenor, Schibsted Nett and Scandinavia Online AB, Head of Technology at NRK.

Directorships: Chairman of Elhub AS and member of DIGITALNORWAY – Toppindustrisenteret AS. 

Employed in 2011 and a member of Group management since 2011.

Education/qualifications: Norwegian Military Academy and MBA from Wharton School of Business in the USA.

Previous positions: Company Commander in the Norwegian Armed Forces, consultant at McKinsey & Co, Director at HUAL AS, CFO of Finansbanken ASA, President of Klavenes Gruppen and President of the Norwegian Defence and Security Industries Association (FSi).