Career
He presided the Nordic organization of Centrist youth wings from 1999 to 2001. Professionally, he worked as a secretary and advisor in the Centre Party, having graduated as candidate.polit. from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2000. In 2006 he was hired in Gambit Hill & Knowlton, and in 2007 he was elected to the municipal council of his native Vestby.
In October 2007 he was appointed State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Finance.
He left in 2010. In 2011 he was hired as director of trade policy in the Norwegian Savings Banks Association.
