Jon Fredrik Baksaas (Chair)
Nationality: Norwegian
Born: 1954
Position: Board pluralist. Formerly president and CEO of Telenor ASA (2002 – 2015)
Member of the DNV Board since: June 2019
Education: Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, 1979, and IMD PED, 1991
Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Ericsson AB; Handelsbanken AB
Lasse Kristoffersen (Vice Chair)
Nationality: Norwegian
Year born: 1972
Position: President and CEO Wallenius Wilhelmsen AS
Appointed by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Member of the DNV Board since: 2017
Education: Executive Manager Program, INSEAD, Paris, 2004. Senior Manager Program, IMD, Lausanne, 2002-2003. MSc Naval architecture and marine engineering, NTH, 1995
Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Board member and Vice President of ICS; Chair of SAYFR AS; Chair of Election Committee, Norwegian War Risk Insurance Association
Clemens Keuer
Nationality: German
Born: 1959
Position: Chairperson of DNV SE Group Works Council
Appointed by and from DNV employees - Germany
Member of the DNV Board since: 2013
Education: Degree in Computer Science, University of Hamburg
Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas and Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Nina Ivarsen
Elected by: Norway
Nationality: Norwegian
Born: 1962
Position: Chair of VEFF and Head of Global Employee Forum, DNV
Appointed by and from DNV employees - Norway
Member of the board since: August 2016
Education: Master of Management, Stavanger
University; a number of courses at other universities, incl. University of Denver, and a PhD programme in psychology at the University of Oslo. Digital Leadership course at INSEAD
Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Jon Eivind Thrane
Elected by: Norway
Nationality: Norwegian
Born: 1961
Position: Director Group Digital Excellence, DNV
Appointed by and from DNV employees - Norway
Member of the board since: August 2018
Education: MSc Applied Physics, Trondheim
Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas and Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
David G. McKay
Nationality: British
Born: 1963
Position: Chief Surveyor Offshore/Director of Projects, North America, DNV
Education: BSc in Naval Architecture, University of Strathclyde, 1985. PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) 2018
Appointed by and from DNV employees worldwide - except Europe
Member of the board since: June 2019
Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas, Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Birgit Aagaard-Svendsen
Nationality: Danish
Year born: 1956
Position: Independent board professional
Appointed by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Member of the DNV Board since: 2017
Education: Constructional Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 1980. Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Copenhagen Business School, 1985. Misc. executive programmes at IESE, Barcelona. IMD, Lausanne. INSEAD, Paris.
Directorships outside DNV: Audit Committee Chair in Prosafe SE, Aker Solutions AS, Seadrill Ltd., West of England Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Ass., and KommuneKredit (Denmark). Board member in Copenhagen Malmö Port AB, Otto Mønsted A/S, Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas, and Det Norske Veritas Holding AS.
Other activities: Member of Faculty at CBS Board education.
Silvija Seres
Nationality: Norwegian (originally Hungarian and Yugoslavian)
Year born: 1970
Position: Independent Investor and Board Member
Appointed by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Member of the DNV Board since: 2017
Education: Top Leadership Course at the Norwegian Defence College, Oslo, 2015. MBA Programme, INSEAD, Paris, 2013. PhD and MA in Mathematical Sciences, Oxford University, UK, 2001. MSc and BSc in Computer Science, University of Oslo, 1996
Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Academedia AB; Ruter AS; P27 Nordic Payments Group AB
Christian Venderby
Nationality: Danish
Year born: 1969
Position: EVP Head of Service, Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Appointed by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Member of the DNV Board since: 2020
Education: B.S. HD-Finance, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 1994. FLS General Leadership Programme, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC, 1999. General Management Programme, INSEAD, Paris, 2005-2006. Vestas Executive Leadership Programme, IMD, Lausanne, 2008
Directorships outside DNV: Chair of Utopus Insight, USA; Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Ingvild Sæther
Nationality: Norwegian
Year born: 1968
Position: President and CEO, Altera Infrastructure
Appointed by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Member of the DNV Board since: 2020
Education: Shipping Management, Agder University, Norway, 1990. General Course at London School of Economics and Political Science, 1993. Executive Master Shipping Management, NHO, NTNU, University of Oslo (final thesis not complete), Norway, 1998. Advanced Management Programme, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Altera Infrastructure L.P.; Gard AS