Board of Directors election 2026
The 2026 election of employee representatives for the constituency Norway in the Board of Directors of DNV Group AS will be held from 15 to 29 April 2026.
Two DNV employees based in Norway will be elected to the Board of Directors for a two-year term.
Who is eligible to vote?
- Must be an employee within DNV Group, i.e. subsidiaries where DNV Group AS has a majority shareholding/controlling interest
- Must still be employed by DNV group at the start of the election
- All employees will have one full vote
- All employees eligible to vote will receive an email with a link to the ballot form
Our qualifications and contributions to the Board of Directors:
- Focus on strategy and strategy execution
- Employee perspective in company culture, strategy and financial decision-making
- Broad cross-DNV network and understanding of our different business areas
- Experience from strategy, innovation and development across the DNV portfolio
- Deep technological competence, including Artificial Intelligence and cyber security
- Insight into opportunities, risks and future trends
- Supported by two strong employee organizations with a proven history of constructive collaboration
- Well positioned for the 2026–2030 strategy
- Strong performance driven by trust, technology and competence
- Growing impact through sustainability
- Resilient organization with deep expertise
- Exceptional colleagues!
- Executing the 2026–2030 strategy in a world of geopolitical, environmental and technological uncertainty
- Growing demand for trusted, independent assurance and a responsible voice
- Opportunities and risks driven by digitalization, data and AI
- Accelerating the energy transition while ensuring safety, quality and trust
- Balancing growth, agility and operational excellence
- Continued focus on people, competence and culture as a strategic asset
First and second candidate on the Tekna / NITO list
1. candidate: Grethe Valdø
Personal: Cohabitant with Oddbjørn, two grown up children. Lives in Lierbyen. Recreational activities: Acrylic pour painting, gardening and socializing with good friends and family.
Professional: Senior Engineer working in the Technology Centre-Oslo. Worked over 40 years with Materials Advisory. Started the DNV NITO group in 2011 and has been the leader since then. Elected chair of European Works Council in DNV since 2017.
Member of NITO's Central Tariff Committee, Private sector.
Member of the board in NITO union in Norway.
Been employee representative either as safety deputy or as a member of a Union board more than 25 years.
2. candidate: Olivier Baldan
Personal: Married to Linn Marianne, two boys aged 9 and 6. Lives in Sagene (Oslo). Recreational activities: Triathlon, Basketball, Music.
Professional: Head of Delivery DNV Cyber Norway (Høvik).
Background as a Process Engineer.
Worked 12 years in Safety Risk Management in both Belgium (4 years) and Norway (8) with the last year as Head of Section.
Moved to Thailand from 2020 to 2025 as a "trailing spouse" and worked as a consultant for the UN Environment Programme during that time.
Volunteer work as leader of the technical committee of Engineers Without Borders Norway and English teacher for underprivileged women in Thailand.
Board Member of DNV Tekna.
The other four candidates
Trine Jelstad Olsen, Energy Systems
Principal Engineer, Environmental loading and response
Trine holds a degree in applied mathematics and marine hydrodynamics from UiO in 2010 and has worked with offshore and coastal hydrodynamics in DNV since 2014. Before she joined DNV she worked as a CFD engineer and technical lead for flow assurance projects in FMC.
During her time in DNV, Trine has been involved in the Next Generation Summit as a facilitator, worked on digital assurance for the Group Innovation incubator and lead the climbing community Tindetass for 8 years.
She joined the Tekna board in 2018 and was vice chair of the board for 3 years.
Magnus Bratsberg Johannesen, Energy Systems
Senior Engineer, Environmental loading and response
Magnus has worked in DNV since 2019 after graduating from NTNU with a master in mechanical engineering. In the section for environmental loading and response he has been working with oil and gas, floating solar and coastal structures.
He has also been deputy chair of the Board of CONNECT for two periods and a member of the DNV Tekna board since 2022.
Tara Jahangiry, Maritime
Senior Engineer, Alternative Fuels & Piping Systems
Tara has worked at DNV since 2020 and holds a degree in Marine Technology from NTNU. Prior to joining DNV, she was a Trainee at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Lisbon and a Key Account Manager for Shipping and Oil & Gas at Korn Ferry.
At DNV, she has worked as an Approval Engineer within piping systems and alternative fuels, and as a Fleet in Service Surveyor in DNV Singapore. She has also held leadership roles as Chair of the Board of CONNECT Høvik and Project Manager for DNV’s Senior Management Council.
She joined the DNV Tekna Board in winter 2025.
Vegard Berge, Accelerator - Cyber
OT Cybersecurity consultant, OT Advisory & DFIR
Vegard Berge joined DNV Cyber in 2024 and holds a masters degree in Cyber Security from UiB. He previously worked as a full‑stack developer.
At DNV Cyber, he works with OT and IT security, security testing, and software development, with experience from consulting, cloud security, secure development, OT and IT risk assessments, anomaly detection, and threat modelling. He joined the DNV Tekna board in December 2025.
