• Chair of the board of directors of BP p.l.c. and Inkerman AS.
  • Member of the board of directors of Belron SA and P/F Tjaldur.
  • Operating advisor to Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
  • Member of the board of trustees of the International Crisis Group.

  • Chief executive of BG Group plc., 2015-2016.
  • President and CEO of Equinor ASA, 2004-2014.
  • President and CEO of Aker Kvaerner ASA, 2002-2004.

  • Considered independent under the Danish Corporate Governance Recommendations.
  • Member of the Board of Directors since 2017 and Chair since 2018. Most recently elected in 2024 for a term of one year.
  • Chair of the Chair Committee since March 2018.
  • Member of the People and Governance Committee (previously the Nomination Commmitee) since March 2017 and chair of the Committee since March 2018.
  • Member of the Board of Directors, 2014-2015.

  • Global corporate leadership.
  • Healthcare and pharma industry.
  • Finance & accounting.
  • Business development, M&A and external innovation sourcing.
  • Human capital management.
  • Environmental, social and governance (ESG).

  • 1991: MBA, INSEAD, France.
  • 1987: MA in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration (NHH), Norway.

Norwegian, born 1962. Male.