Personal data
	Year of birth	1946
	Nationality	Norway
	Education	Mechanical Engineering, Norwegian University of Technology, Trondheim, Norway
	Career
	since 2002	Sulzer Ltd, Winterthur, Switzerland Member of the Board of Directors, since 2004 Vice Chairman
	2000 – 2004	Norsk Hydro Corporate Center, Oslo, Norway Executive Vice President
	2000 – 2003	Norsk Hydro Petrochemicals and Hydro Pronova, Oslo, Norway Executive Vice President and Chairman
	1991 – 2002	Norsk Hydro, Oslo, Norway Executive Vice President, Member of the Corporate Management Board
	1989 – 1991	Norsk Hydro, Oslo, Norway President Hydro Energy (gas and power)
	1983 – 1989	Norsk Hydro, Oslo, Norway Senior Vice President E&P Operations and member of oil and gas management group
	1982 – 1983	Norsk Hydro, Oslo, Norway Project Director Troll Gas Field
	1979 – 1983	Norsk Hydro, Oslo, Norway Technical Director Petrochemical Division
	1974 – 1978	Norsk Hydro, Oslo, Norway Assistant Project Manager Ethylene Project
	1971 – 1973	Norwegian University of Technology, Institute of Thermodynamics, Oslo, Norway Research Assistant

	Binding Interests
	Board Member Standards Norway (Chairman)
	Board Member Statnett
	Board Member Flexiteek International
	Board Member Vega Resources (Chairman)