Education
Norwegian Institute of Technology.
Norwegian Institute of Technology.
He took the siv.ing. degree at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1984, and was hired as an engineer in Statoil in 1985. Since then he has been a director in the company, except for the years 2002 to 2004, when he was the chief executive of The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research. He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
He is chairman of the board of OG21, and a board member of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.