Cand.Oecon (Master's in Economics), University of Oslo; studies at the Army Officer School, the BI Institute of Business Administration, the Norwegian Defence College and INSEAD, France. Ten years of experience in strategic management consulting. Also, positions in the EU Commission Services, Brussels, EFTA, Geneva, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, the Norwegian Central Bureau of Statistics and the Norwegian defence forces. Former Partner/Senior Executive, Accenture Management Consulting. From 2008 to 2017, CEO, Norwegian Shipowners' Association, serving in same period as board member of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA). From 2018 Special Advisor, Ocean, to the UN Global Compact.