Profile
Svein Richard Brandtzæg
Chair, non-executive, independent
Details
Roles
Chair Board of Directors and Chair Nomination and Compensation Committee
Nationality
Norwegian citizen
Education
Post Doc. at Institute of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 1989;
PhD at Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology/NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 1985;
Foundation Program in Business Administration (Bedriftsøkonom), Norwegian School of Management/Bedriftsøkonomisk Institut, Trondheim, Norway, 1983;
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Materials and Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology/NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 1981.
Career
Norsk Hydro ASA*, Norway
2009-2019 President & CEO of Norsk Hydro ASA (NO);
2006-2009 Executive Vice President, Norsk Hydro ASA and Member of Corporate Management Board, President of Aluminium Products Business Area (NO);
2003-2006 President, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products, Cologne (GER);
2002-2003 President, Hydro Aluminium Metal Products (NO);
2000-2001 President, Hydro Magnesium, Brussels (BE);
1985-2000 R&D, commercial and operational management positions in Norsk Hydro ASA (NO)
External Activities and Interests
Since 2024 Member of the Board of Directors at Eramet Norway AS;
Since 2023 Chair of the Council of Ethics, The Norges Bank Investment Management, Norway;
Since 2022 Member of the Board of Directors and since 2023 Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Nomination and Compensation Committee of dormakaba Holding AG*, Switzerland;
Since 2021 Member of the Board of Directors, Mondi Plc*, United Kingdom.
2020 - 2023 Vice Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Nomination and Compensation Committee; Swiss Steel Holding*, Switzerland
2020-2023 Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors, Den norske Bank (DnB) ASA*, Norway
2019-2022 Chair of the Board of Directors, Veidekke ASA*, Norway
2019 - 2021 Head of Norwegian Government Committee on Business and Industry development in Norway (Dirstriktsnæringsutvalget), Norwegian Government Committee on Business and Industry development, Norway
2019 - 2020 Member of the Board of Directors, SCR Sibelco*, Belgium
2019-2020 Member of the Norwegian Government Committee on New Ethical, Guidelines for the Norges Bank Investment Management (Norwegian Wealth Fund), Norway;
*listed Company