The President and Chief Executive Officer is the foundation’s top manager, reporting to the DNV Board of Directors.
The President and Chief Executive Officer is appointed by the Board of Directors. Henrik O. Madsen was appointed President and CEO in May 2006.
The CEO is responsible for the day-to-day management of the organisation. The CEO is not a member of the Board, but attends all Board meetings.
The DNV Executive Board
The Executive Board is the CEO's most important management tool. It is the principal management group responsible for strategy development and allocation of the foundation’s resources.
The Executive Board meets about once a month, dealing with strategic issues, budgeting and planning.
The CEO has also regular business review meetings with the COOs. Business area staff members also participate, discussing performance compared to operational plans and follow-up issues.
DNV's Business Areas
DNV’s business is divided into four distinct business areas:
- DNV Maritime
- DNV Energy
- DNV Industry
- DNV IT Global Services
The four Chief Operating Officers (COO) are responsible for the operations of their individual business areas and report to the CEO.
Within each business area, regional managers are responsible for their individual defined regions.
Senior management of DNV
DNV Executive Board
Henrik O. Madsen, President and CEO
Tor E. Svensen, COO Maritime
Remi Eriksen, COO Energy
Bjørn K. Haugland, COO Industry
Annie Combelles, COO IT Global Services
Jostein Furnes, Corporate Finance and Controllership
Cecilie Heuch, Corporate HR and Organisation
CEO's Office
Tore Høifødt, Corporate Communications
Sven Mollekleiv, Corporate Relations and CSR
Corporate Units:
Jostein Furnes, Corporate Finance and Controllership
Cecilie Heuch, Corporate HR and Organisation
DNV Maritime
Tor E. Svensen, COO
Gunnar Rostad, Human Resources & Organisation
Karl Mathiesen, Planning and Review
Olav Nortun, Technical Director & Quality Management
Per Marius Berrefjord, Strategy & Business Development
Wilhelm Magelssen, Marketing & Business Relations
Maritime Units
Espen Cramer, Maritime Solutions
Tore Morten Wetterhus, DNV Petroleum Services
Jon Rysst, Maritime Technology and Production Centre
Regional managers DNV Maritime
Jörg Beiler, Greater China
Blaine Collins, North & South America
Eivind Grøstad, Middle East
Ioannis Kourmatzis, Southern Europe
Jörg Beiler, Northern Europe & Africa
Odd P. Torseth, Nordic & Baltic
Helge Kjeøy, South East Asia & Australia
Paal Johansen, Korea
Trond Hodne, Japan
DNV Industry
Bjørn K. Haugland, COO
Kari Sunde, Global Human Resources Development
Jahn Henry Løvaas, Global Industries & Services
Renato Grottola, Global Market
Thormod Fjell, Global Finance & Systems
Lars Brockhoff, Global Management System Certification
Directors of operation
Peer C. Anderssen, Norway
Rune Torhaug, Central & Southern Europe
Richard Stolk, North & Central America
Mauricio Venturin, South America
Thomas Vogth-Eriksen, Asia & Australia
Neelkanta Krishna Kumar, India & Middle East
DNV Energy
Remi Eriksen, COO
Kjell Einar Eriksson, Services & Technology Development
David Walker, Strategic Business Development
Lars Kjønø, Finance
Jørn Lunde, Human Resources & SHE & Q
Directors of Operations
Jose Paulo Pontes, Americas & West Africa
Hari Vamadevan, Europe & North Africa
Einar Tore Moe, Asia & Middle East
Magne Tørhaug, Nordic & EurAsia
Carl Arne Carlsen, Offshore Classification
Elisabeth Heggelund Tørstad, Cleaner Energy & Utilities
DNV IT Global Services
Annie Combelles, COO
David Sutcliffe, Finance
Patrick Demont, Human Resources
Joost Bakker, Marketing & Business Development
Directors of operations
Sophie Balous, France
Siegfried Raschke, Germany
Johan den Biggelaar, The Netherlands
Nicolas Martin-Vivaldi, Sweden
Independent Business Units
Elling Rishoff, DNV Software
Elisabeth Harstad, DNV Research & Innovation
Stein B. Jensen, DNV Climate Change
Senior Management Group
Once a year, about 60 senior managers gather to take part in a Senior Management Group meeting. Corporate issues related to strategy and leadership are on the agenda. In addition the managers have on these occasions the opportunity to build personal relationships across business areas and geographical borders.
Country Chair
In addition to the regional managers, a number of Country Chairs (CC) have been appointed. They are the most senior DNV representatives within a geographical area and act as the CEO’s local representatives across business area boundaries.
Each CC is responsible for coordinating administrative functions and ensuring that synergy effects are exploited for the benefit of DNV as a whole.
