Board of Directors' Profiles
01 LEIF-ARNE LANGØY
Norwegian Born: 1956
Title
Chair
Position
Managing Director, LAPAS AS
Education
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Member of the board:
Since 2010. Chair since 2011
Directorship(s) outside DNV GL:
Chairman of Kværner ASA; Chairman of Sparebanken Møre; Vice Chairman of The Resource Group AS (TRG); Member of the Board of Farstad Shipping ASA; Chairman of Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Chairman of Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
02 MORTEN ULSTEIN
Norwegian Born: 1953
Title
Vice Chair
Position:
Managing Director, Borgstein AS
Education:
Rolls Royce Business Leadership Program, 2000. Training programmes at IMD, Lausanne 1990–92. The University of Trondheim, The Norwegian Institute of Technology, Master of Science in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 1973–77
Member of the board:
Since 2011
Directorship(s) outside DNV GL:
Chairman of the Island Offshore Group of companies; Vice Chairman of Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Vice Chairman of Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Member of the Board of Directors of Norwegian Hull Club
03 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 board:
Since 2017
Directorship(s) outside DNV GL:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Deputy Chairman of Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman A/S; Audit Committee Chairman of Presafe SE; Board member of Otto Mønsted A/S; Board member of Axis Offshore Pte. Ltd.; Audit Committee Chairman of West of England; Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Ass
04 LISELOTT KILAAS
Norwegian Born: 1959
Position:
CEO, Aleris Group
Education:
MBA, IMD International; MSc in Math. Statistics
Member of the board:
Since 2016
Directorship(s) outside DNV GL:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
05 CLEMENS KEUER
German Born: 1959
Position:
Chair of German Works Council, DNV GL
Education:
Degree in Computer Science, University of Hamburg
Member of the board:
Since 2013
Directorship(s) outside DNV GL:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
06 NINA IVARSEN
Norwegian Born: 1962
Position:
Chair of VEFF and Head of Global Employee Forum, DNV GL
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
Member of the board:
Since 2016
Directorship(s) outside DNV GL:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
07 LIV AUNE HAGEN
Norwegian Born: 1988
Position:
Consultant, DNV GL
Education:
MSc Industrial Economics and Technology Management
Member of the board:
Since 2016
Directorship(s) outside DNV GL:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
08 NIKOLAOS PAPANIKOS
Greek Born: 1971
Position:
Key Account Manager, DNV GL
Education:
MSc in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NTUA, 1996
Member of the board:
Since 2017
Directorship(s) outside DNV GL:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
09 DA WEI TIAN
Chinese Born: 1972
Position:
Station Manager, DNV GL
Education:
Bachelor of Science (Naval Architecture), HuaZhong University of Science and Technology, 1994. Master of Science (Structural Analysis), Harbin Engineering University, 1997
Member of the board:
Since 2017
Directorship(s) outside DNV GL:
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
10 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 board:
Since 2017
Directorship(s) outside DNV GL:
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).
11 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 GL:
Board Member of the following: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Oslo Børs ASA; Eidsiva Energi AS; Stiftelsen Kavli Fondet; NRK; Syncron Intn’l AB; Academedia AB; Owner of Technorocks AS; President of Polyteknisk Forening; Corporate Assembly Member of Telenor ASA; Committee Member of Digital21; Advisory Board of Digital Norway