Board of Directors' Profiles
01 JON FREDRIK BAKSAAS
Norwegian Born: 1954
Title
Vice Chair
Position:
Board pluralist
Education:
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration 1979 and IMD PED 1991
Member of the board:
Since 2019
Directorship(s) outside DNV:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Ericsson AB; Handelsbanken AB; Chairman of Statnett SF
02 LASSE KRISTOFFERSEN
Norwegian Born: 1972
Position:
President and CEO, Torvald Klaveness; Various board positions in daughter companies of Torvald Klaveness
Education:
Executive Manager Program, INSEAD, Paris, 2004. Senior Manager Program, IMD, Lausanne, 2002–2003. MSc Naval architecture and marine engineering, NTH, 1995.
Member of the board:
Since 2017
Directorship(s) outside DNV:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; President and CEO; Various board positions in daughter companies of Torvald Klaveness Group; President / Chairman of Norwegian Shipowners’ Association; Board member and Vice President of ICS
03 BIRGIT AAGAARD-SVENDSEN
Danish Born: 1956
Position:
Independent Board professional
Education:
Constructional Engineering, The Technical University of Denmark, 1980. Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School, 1985. Misc. executive program at IESE, Barcelona. IMD, Lausanne. INSEAD, Paris.
Member of the board:
Since 2017
Directorship(s) outside DNV:
Deputy Chair Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman A/S, Copenhagen Malmö Port AB, Audit Committee Chair in Prosafe SE, Aker Solution AS, Seadrill Ltd. and West of England Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Ass., Board member Otto Mønsted A/S, Reapplix A/S, Axis Offshore Pte. Ltd, Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas and Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
04 SILVIJA SERES
Norwegian (originally Hungarian and Yugoslavian) Born: 1970
Position:
Independent Investor and Board Member
Education:
Top Leadership Course at the Norwegian Defence College, Oslo, 2015. MBA Program, INSEAD, France and Singapore, 2013. PhD and MA in Mathematical Sciences, Oxford University, UK, 2001. MSc and BSc in Computer Science, University of Oslo, 1996.
Member of the board:
Since 2017
Directorship(s) outside DNV:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; NRK; Academedia AB; Ruter AS; Chairman Rikstoto; Owner of Technorocks AS; President of Polytechnic Society of Norway; Corporate Assembly Member of Telenor ASA; Advisory Board of Digital Norway
05 INGVILD SAETHER
Norwegian Born: 1968
Position
President and CEO, Altera Infrastructure
Education
Shipping Management, Agder University, 1990. General Course at London School of Economics and Political Science, 1993. Executive Master Shipping Management, NHO, NTNU, UiO (final thesis not complete), 1998. Advanced Management Programme, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Member of the board:
Since 2020
Directorship(s) outside DNV:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS, Altera Infrastructure L.P
06 JON EIVIND THRANE
Norwegian Born: 1961
Position:
Head of Group IT office, DNV
Education:
MSc Applied Physics, Trondheim
Member of the board:
Since 2018
Directorship(s) outside DNV:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
07 NINA IVARSEN
Norwegian Born: 1962
Position:
Chair of VEFF and Head of Global Employee Forum, DNV
Education:
Master of Management, Stavanger University; a number of courses from other universities, incl. University of Denver, US, and a PhD programme in Psychology from the University of Oslo. Digital Leadership course with INSEAD
Member of the board:
Since 2016
Directorship(s) outside DNV:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
08 CHRISTIAN VENDERBY
Danish Born: 1969
Position:
EVP Head of Service, Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Education:
B.S. HD-Finance, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 1994. FLS General Leadership Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC, 1999. General Management Program, INSEAD, Paris, 2006.Vestas Executive Leadership Program, IMD, Lausanne, 2008
Member of the board:
Since 2020
Directorship(s) outside DNV:
Chairman of Utopus Insight, USA. Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
09 THOMAS REIMER
German Born: 1964
Position:
Chairperson of DNV GL SE Joint Works Council
Education:
Degree in Electrical Engineering, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, MBA, Hagen Open University
Member of the board:
Since 2021
Directorship(s) outside DNV:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas and Det Norske Veritas Holding AS, DNV GL SE
10 DAVID MCKAY
British Born: 1963
Position:
Chief Surveyor Offshore / Director of Projects, North America, DNV
Education:
BSc in Naval Architecture, University of Strathclyde, 1985
Member of the board:
Since 2019
Directorship(s) outside DNV:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS