Career
She hails from Stranda, and is educated as a master in economics and business administration from the Norwegian School of Economics. From 1986 to 1992 she worked in Touche Ross. She then became financial manager in Hakon Gruppen from 1993 to 1995 and financial director in Kavli Holding from 1995.
She was also managing director in Kavli from 1997 to 1999
From 2006 she was the chief financial officer of Grieg Logistics, and in 2009 she became managing director of Grieg Maturitas.
In 2006 she was noted as being among the most sought-after female board members in Norwegian enterprise, with six memberships on boards of directors.