Board of Directors

For DNV Group AS

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

Leif O. Høegh (Vice Chair)

Member of the board: Since 2025
Nationality: Norwegian
Born: 1963
Position: Board pluralist

Education: MA in Economics, University of Cambridge, MBA, Harvard Business School.

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS; Chair of Höegh Autoliners ASA, Höegh Eiendom AS, Leif Höegh & Co AS, Leif Høegh Stiftelse, Lucy Høegh’s Stiftelse, Board member Civita AS.

Lasse Kristoffersen

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  

Irene Waage Basili

Member of the board: Since 2025
Nationality: Norwegian
Born: 1967
Position: CEO, Shearwater GeoServices

Education: Business administration, Boston University School of Management

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS, Pacific Basin Ltd.,

Hanna Biermann

Member of the board: Since 2025
Nationality: German
Born: 1985
Position: Senior Consultant, Safety & Risk Management, DNV 

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS.

Hector Salomon Galindo Alvarado

Nationality: Mexican
Born: 1981
Position: Group Legal Counsel, Region Americas, DNV

Directorships outside DNV: Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas; Det Norske Veritas Holding AS.