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
Nina Ivarsen
Elected by: Norway
Nationality: Norwegian
Born: 1962
Position: Chair of VEFF and Head of Global Employee Forum, DNV
Elected 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
Elected 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
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.
MANON van BEEK
Member of the board: Since 2024
Nationality: Dutch
Born: 1970
Position: CEO of TenneT Holding B.V.
Education: MSc, Business Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1996, MSc, Business Economics, Universtà degli Studi de Modena e Reggio Emilia, 1995, Propaedeuse, Law, University of Amsterdam, 1991.
Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Chair of the Aufsichtsrat TenneT TSO GmbH; Member Board TenneT Verwaltungs GmbH; General Member Board of German-Dutch Chamber of Commerce DNHK; Council of the Thinktank Agora Energiewende; Chair Board Refugee Talent Hub Foundation; Member Supervisory Board of the Delft University of Technology
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
Andreas Ringman Uggla
Nationality: Swedish
Year born: 1980
Position: Deputy CEO, Doktor24 Group
Appointed by Det Norske Veritas Holding AS
Member of the DNV Board since: 2022
Education: M.D Karolinska Institutet Medical School, Master of Science in Medicine, Stockholm Sweden (2008), Ph.D. Karolinska Institutet, Dept. of Woman's & Children's Health, Stockholm Sweden.
Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS, Advicium AB
Adam Niklewski
Nationality: Polish
Born: 1980
Position: Head of Section Fleet in Service West Poland and Baltic States, DNV; Decarbonization Expert for North Europe, DNV
Elected by and from the employees in Europe excluding Norway
Member of the DNV Board since: 2023
Education: : Master of Engineering, Naval Architecture, Gdansk University of Technology (2004), Total Quality Management, Gdansk University of Technology (2005), International Executive MBA, Rotterdam School of Management (2016), DNV and Futureboards' ESG for Boards competence program (2023)
Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Polish LNG and bioLNG Platform (employers society)
Jianxin Chen
Nationality: Chinese
Born: 1978
Position: BDM Certification Greater China, DNV
Elected by and from the employees worldwide excluding Europe
Member of the DNV Board since: 2023
Education: Bachelor of Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University (2000), DNV and Futureboards' ESG for Boards competence program (2023)
Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS