• Chair of the board of directors of BP p.l.c., Inkerman AS and Stiftelsen Værekraft.
• 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 2025 for a term of one year.
• Chair of the Chair Committee since March 2018.
• Member of the People and Governance Committee (previously the Nomination Committee) 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.