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Board of Directors

For DNV Group AS

Jon Fredrik Baksaas (Chair)

Nationality: Norwegian
Born: 1954 
Position: Board pluralist. Formerly president and CEO of Telenor ASA (2002 – 2015)
Member of the DNV Board since: June 2019 

Education: Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, 1979, and IMD PED, 1991

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Ericsson AB; Handelsbanken AB

Lasse Kristoffersen (Vice Chair)

Nationality: Norwegian
Year born: 1972
Position: President and CEO Wallenius Wilhelmsen AS
Appointed by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Member of the DNV Board since: 2017

Education: Executive Manager Program, INSEAD, Paris, 2004. Senior Manager Program, IMD, Lausanne, 2002-2003. MSc Naval architecture and marine engineering, NTH, 1995

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Board member and Vice President of ICS; Chair of SAYFR AS; Chair of Election Committee, Norwegian War Risk Insurance Association

Nina Ivarsen

Elected by: Norway
Nationality: Norwegian
Born: 1962 
Position: Chair of VEFF and Head of Global Employee Forum, DNV 
Appointed by and from DNV employees - Norway
Member of the board since: August 2016

Education: Master of Management, Stavanger 

University; a number of courses at other universities, incl. University of Denver, and a PhD programme in psychology at the University of Oslo. Digital Leadership course at INSEAD 

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS  

Thomas Reimer

Nationality: German
Born: 1964
Position: Chairperson of DNV GL SE Joint Works Council, DNV
Appointed by and from DNV employees - Europe
Member of the DNV Board since: 2021

Education: Degree in Electrical Engineering, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, MBA, Hagen Open University

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas and Det Norske Veritas Holding AS, DNV GL SE

Jon Eivind Thrane

Elected by: Norway
Nationality: Norwegian
Born: 1961
Position: Director Group Digital Excellence, DNV 
Appointed by and from DNV employees - Norway
Member of the board since: August 2018

Education: MSc Applied Physics, Trondheim 

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas and Det Norske Veritas Holding AS

David G. McKay

Nationality: British 
Born: 1963
Position: Chief Surveyor Offshore/Director of Projects, North America, DNV
Education: BSc in Naval Architecture, University of Strathclyde, 1985. PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) 2018  
Appointed by and from DNV employees worldwide - except Europe 
Member of the board since: June 2019

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas, Det Norske Veritas Holding AS

Birgit Aagaard-Svendsen

Nationality: Danish
Year born: 1956
Position: Independent board professional 
Appointed by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Member of the DNV Board since: 2017

Education: Constructional Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 1980. Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School, 1985. Misc. executive programmes at IESE, Barcelona. IMD, Lausanne. INSEAD, Paris.

Directorships outside DNV: Audit Committee Chair in Prosafe SE, Aker Solutions AS, Seadrill Ltd., West of England Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Ass., and KommuneKredit (Denmark). Board member in Copenhagen Malmö Port AB, Otto Mønsted A/S, Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas, and Det Norske Veritas Holding AS.

Other activities: Member of Faculty at CBS Board education.

Silvija Seres

Nationality: Norwegian (originally Hungarian and Yugoslavian)
Year born: 1970
Position: Independent Investor and Board Member
Appointed by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Member of the DNV Board since: 2017

Education: Top Leadership Course at the Norwegian Defence College, Oslo, 2015. MBA Programme, INSEAD, Paris, 2013. PhD and MA in Mathematical Sciences, Oxford University, UK, 2001. MSc and BSc in Computer Science, University of Oslo, 1996

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Academedia AB; Ruter AS; P27 Nordic Payments Group AB

Christian Venderby 

Nationality: Danish
Year born: 1969  
Position: EVP Head of Service, Vestas Wind Systems A/S 
Appointed by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS 
Member of the DNV Board since: 2020

Education: B.S. HD-Finance, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 1994. FLS General Leadership Programme, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC, 1999.  General Management Programme, INSEAD, Paris, 2005-2006. Vestas Executive Leadership Programme, IMD, Lausanne, 2008 

Directorships outside DNV: Chair of Utopus Insight, USA; Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS  

Ingvild Sæther 

Nationality: Norwegian
Year born: 1968
Position: President and CEO, Altera Infrastructure 
Appointed by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS 
Member of the DNV Board since: 2020

Education: Shipping Management, Agder University, Norway, 1990. General Course at London School of Economics and Political Science, 1993. Executive Master Shipping Management, NHO, NTNU, University of Oslo (final thesis not complete), Norway, 1998. Advanced Management Programme, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 2006 

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Altera Infrastructure L.P.; Gard AS

Andreas Ringman Uggla

Nationality: Swedish
Year born: 1980
Position: Deputy CEO, Doktor24 Group
Appointed by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Member of the DNV Board since: 2022

Education: M.D Karolinska Institutet Medical School, Master of Science in Medicine, Stockholm Sweden (2008), Ph.D. Karolinska Institutet, Dept. of Woman's & Children's Health, Stockholm Sweden.

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS, Advicium AB