Gunn Wærsted

 
Chair
Years of election/re-election: 2014/2016
Occupation: President, Nordea Bank Norge, and member of corporate executive management.
Other directorships: Director, Nordea Bank Danmark and Nordea Bank Finland, chair, Nordea Life Holding and Nordea Bank SA AB, member of the nomination committee, Schibsted ASA, council member, Veritas ASA, board member, Finance Norway.
Education: MBA, BI Norwegian Business School.
Career: Executive vice president in DnB responsible for capital management and life insurance, CEO, Vital Forsikring ASA and member of corporate executive management, 1999-2002, CEO, SpareBank 1 Gruppen AS, and head, SpareBank 1 Alliance, 2002-07.

HILDE MYRBERG

Deputy chair
Years of election/re-election: 2006/2015
Other directorships: Director, Bank of Norway, CGGVeritas SA and Nordic Mining AS. Member, nomination committee, Det norske ASA.
Education: Law degree, MBA from Insead.
Career: Head, market sector, Hydro Oil & Energy, 2002-06. A number of posts in Hydro, including business development for Hydro Energy, head of marketing activities in the power area, corporate legal executive and board secretary.
 

PER A SCHØYEN

Director
Years of election/re-election: 2007/2015
Occupation: Consultant.
Education: Law degree, various management programmes.
Career: Partner, Kluge, 2005-14. With Esso/ExxonMobil 1977-2004, head of corporate affairs from 1989, other positions in Norway and abroad. Also judge and assistant police attorney.
 

Nils-Henrik Mørch von der Fehr

Director
Years of election/re-election: 2005/2015
Occupation: Professor of community economics, University of Oslo.
Education: Economics degree.
Career: In addition to academic posts at the University of Oslo, has lectured at the Universities of Heidelberg and Oxford. Member/chair of several official committees.
 

Marit Ersdal

Director
(elected by the employees)
Years of election/re-election: 2014/2016
Occupation: Senior adviser, technology department, Petoro AS.
Education: MSc technical physics/reservoir technology, Norwegian Institute of Technology (now Norwegian University of Science and Technology).
Career: Long experience from Norwegian and international companies, mainly in the reservoir and production technology area. 
 

Lars Kristian Bjørheim

Director
(elected by the employees)
Years of election/re-election: 2014/2016
Occupation: Senior adviser, licence follow-up, Petoro AS.
Education: MBA, BI Norwegian Business School, 2003.
Career: Experience from various roles in Petoro within accounting and licence follow-up. Has been a consultant in Accenture.