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
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
2006-2009 Executive Vice President and Member of Corporate Management Board, President of Aluminium Products Business Area, Norway
2003-2006 President, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products, Cologne, Germany
2002-2003 President, Hydro Aluminium Metal Products, Norway
2000-2001 President, Hydro Magnesium, Brussels, Belgium
1985-2000 R&D, commercial and operational management positions, Norway
External activities and interests
Since 2024 Member of the Board of Directors of Rotork plc*, United Kingdom
Since 2023 Chair of the Council of Ethics, The Norges Bank Investment Management, Norway
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