ABOUT GOVERNANCE SUBSIDIARIES NEWSROOM ANNUAL REPORTS CONTACT Home » Governance » Board of directors BOARD OF DIRECTORS JON FREDRIK BAKSAAS Norwegian BORN: 1954 POSITION: Professional Board Member EDUCATION: NHH Norwegian School Of Economics. International Institute for Management Development. MEMBER OF THE DNV BOARD: Since June 2019, Chair since October 2020 DIRECTORSHIP(S): Statnett (Chairman); Ericsson AS; Cloudberry Capital AS (Chairman); Svenska Handelsbanken AB; Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; DNV Group AS LASSE KRISTOFFERSEN Norwegian BORN: 1972 POSITION: President and CEO, Torvald Klaveness Group 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 DNV BOARD: Since 2017, Vice Chair since October 2020, elected by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS DIRECTORSHIP(S): Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; President and CEO; Various board positions in daughter companies of Torvald Klaveness Group; Vice President / Vice Chairman of Norwegian Shipowners’ Association; Board member of Ulsteingruppen; Board member of ECSA (European Shipowners’ Association); Board member of ICS; DNV Group AS JON EIVIND THRANE Norwegian BORN: 1961 POSITION: Head of Group IT Office. EDUCATION: MSc Applied Physics, Trondheim MEMBER OF THE DNV BOARD: Since 2018, elected by DNV employees – Norway DIRECTORSHIP(S): Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; DNV Group AS NINA IVARSEN Norwegian BORN: 1962 POSITION: DNV Chairperson VEFF & Head of Global Employee Forum EDUCATION: Master of Management, Stavanger University; plus a number of courses from other universities including University of Denver, USA and PhD program in Psychology from the University of Oslo. MEMBER OF THE DNV BOARD: Since: August 2016, elected by DNV employees – Norway DIRECTORSHIP(S): Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; DNV Group AS CLEMENS KEUER German BORN: 1959 POSITION: DNV Head of Maritime Applications EDUCATION: Diplom-Informatiker (comparable to Master of Computer Science) MEMBER OF THE DNV BOARD: Since 2013, elected by the employees in Germany DIRECTORSHIP(S): Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; DNV Group AS CHRISTIAN VENDERBY Danish BORN: 1969 POSITION: Executive Vice President, Service, Vestas Wind Systems A/S EDUCATION: Business Program at IMD (International Institute for Management Development) (CH) 2008; General Management Program at CEDEP (European Center for Executive Development) (FR) 2004-2005; Copenhagen Business School, Finance (DK) 1990-1994 MEMBER OF THE DNV BOARD: Since 2020, elected by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS DIRECTORSHIP(S): Chair Utopus Insights Inc, Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; DNV Group AS INGVILD SÆTHER Norwegian BORN: 1968 POSITION: CEO of Altera Infrastructure Group EDUCATION: University in Agder, London School of Economics, 2 year Executive MBA program in Shipping management from NHH/NTNU. MEMBER OF THE DNV BOARD Since 2020, elected by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS DIRECTORSHIP(S): Altera Group companies; Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; DNVGroup AS 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 DNV BOARD: Since 2017, elected by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS DIRECTORSHIP(S): Board Member of the following: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Oslo Børs ASA; NRK; Academedia AB; Owner of Technorocks AS; President of Polyteknisk Forening; Corporate Assembly Member of Telenor ASA; Advisory Board of Digital Norway; DNV Group AS BIRGIT AAGAARD-SVENDSEN Danish BORN: 1956 POSITION: Professional Board member EDUCATION: Constructional Engineering, The Technical university of Denmark, 1980. Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, 1985. INSEAD, Paris, 1988. IMD, Lausanne, 1998. IESE, Barcelona, 2001. MEMBER OF THE DNV BOARD: Since 2017, elected by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS DIRECTORSHIP(S): Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Audit Committee chairman in Prosafe SE; Aker Solutions AS and West of England Shipowners mutual Insurance Ass; board member in Otto Mønsted A/S; Copenhagen Malmö Port and Reapplix A/S; DNV Group AS DAVID G. MCKAY British BORN: 1963 POSITION: DNV Chief Surveyor Offshore North America / Director of Projects, based in Houston, Texas EDUCATION: B. Sc. Naval Architecture, University of Strathclyde, 1985 MEMBER OF THE DNV BOARD: Deputy Member since 2002. Previously served as member of the board 2006, 2010-2011, 2014-2015. Elected by the employees world-wide, excluding Norway and Europe. DIRECTORSHIP(S): Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; DNV Group AS Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas, Veritasveien 1,1363 Høvik I Postboks 300, Høvik COOKIES This site uses cookies to give you the best possible experience. 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