Profile
Svein Richard BrandtzægChair, non-executive, independent
Details
Roles
Chair Board of Directors and Chair Nomination and Compensation Committee
Nationality
Norwegian citizen
Education
Master of Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology/NTNU, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Trondheim, Norway, 1981;
Foundation Program in Business Administration (Bedriftsøkonom), Norwegian School of Management/Bedriftsøkonomisk Institutt, Trondheim, Norway, 1983;
PhD, Norwegian University of Science and Technology/NTNU, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Trondheim, Norway, 1985;
Post Doc., University of Auckland, Institute of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, 1989.
Career
Veidekke ASA (NO): 2019-2022 Chair of the Board of Directors
Den norske Bank (DnB) ASA (NO): 2020-2023 Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors
Norwegian Government Committee on Business and Industry development (NO): 2019 - 2021 Head of Norwegian Government Committee on Business and Industry development in Norway (Dirstriktsnæringsutvalget)
SCR Sibelco (BE): 2019 - 2020 Member of the Board of Directors;
2019-2020 Member of the Norwegian Government Committee on New Ethical, Guidelines for the Norges Bank Investment Management (Norwegian Wealth Fund), Norway; 2014-2020 Chairman of the Board of Directors, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Elected by the Norwegian Government), Norway; 2013-2016 Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sapa AS, Norway; 2012-2019 Norwegian representative in the Bilderberg Meetings Steering Committee, Norway; 2009-2019 Member of the European Roundtable for Industrialists; 2017-2019 Chairman of the Energy and Climate Working Group; 2009-2019 President & CEO of Norsk Hydro ASA, Norway; 2006-2009 Executive Vice President, Norsk Hydro ASA, 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, Oslo, Norway; 2000-2001 President, Hydro Magnesium, Brussels, Belgium; 1985-2000 R&D, commercial and operational management positions in Norsk Hydro ASA
External Activities and Interests
Mondi Plc, UK: Since 2021 Member of the Board of Directors;
The Norges Bank Investment Management, Norway: Since 2023 Chair of the Council of Ethics;
Swiss Steel Holding, Switzerland: Since 2020 Vice Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Nomination and Compensation Committee