Position: Executive Vice President for Hydro Energy business area and member of the Corporate Management Board since August 2008
Year of birth and nationality: 1958, Norwegian citizen
Number of shares in Norsk Hydro ASA: 195 509
Key experience:
- In Hydro since 1991 and held several senior management positions in the aluminium business area – as President of Automotive Structures (1996-2001), President of Metal Products (2004-2006) and Head of Energy since 2010
- Responsible for strategy and business development in the aluminium area and on the corporate level in several periods.
- Project leader for the process that resulted in the oil and gas merger with Statoil (December 2006)
- State Secretary and Chief of staff in the Norwegian Prime Minister’s office (1989-1990)
Other directorships:
- Chair of the Board in Norway’s Export Council (Norsk Eksportråd) (since July 2021)
- Board Member NEL ASA (since May 2023)
Education:
- MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics, NHH (Bergen, Norway 1983)