The Board of Directors at DNB Bank ASA

Date of birth: 1959

Other key roles: Board member of Norce Research and chair of the Board of Time Energipark.

Background: Educated in economics and administration from the University of Stavanger. Former CEO of Lyse 1998-2025. Former chair of several Lyse companies, most recently Lyse Tele (Altibox/Ice). Former chair of Sandnes Sparebank, chair of the board of Renewable Norway, deputy chair of Enova and board member of the Research Council of Norway.

Date of birth: 1961

Other key roles: Chair of the Board of Telenor.

Background: Master’s degree (higher division) in Economics and Business Administration (Siviløkonom) from NHH Norwegian School of Economics, as well as Master of Philosophy in Finance, and participation in the PhD programme at London Business School. Employed at Norges Bank and Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) (1997–2008) and head of NBIM’s office in New York (2000– 2008). Employed at Danske Bank, including as Head of Markets Norway (2011–2014) and Capital Markets (2014–2018).

Date of birth: 1966

Other key roles: CEO of Vygruppen since 2020.

Background: Master’s degree in Economics and Business Administration (Siviløkonom) and state-authorised public accountant from NHH Norwegian School of Economics. Extensive experience within economics, finance and strategy work. Executive Vice President of the Network Norway and Post divisions at Posten Norge. Chief Financial Officer of Posten Norge. Financial adviser at Procorp. Chief Financial Officer of Ocean Rig. Auditor/adviser at Arthur Andersen. Member of the Board of Directors of Farstad Shipping and the Employers' Association Spekter.

Date of birth: 1966

Background: Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Örebro. Several key roles at Danske Bank, including Executive Vice President of Large Corporates & Institutions at Danske Bank, and Head of Markets and Corporate Institutions in Danske Bank's Swedish operations.

Date of birth: 1967

Other key roles: CEO of Posten Bring AS since 2024.

Background: Master’s degree in Economics and Business Administration (Siviløkonom) from NHH Norwegian School of Economics. Several roles in Telenor’s group management since 2017, including Executive Vice President with responsibility for Telenor Asia and Executive Vice President with responsibility for Telenor Nordics. Board experience from Telenor subsidiaries.

Date of birth: 1968

Background:  Master of Laws from the University of Copenhagen. Group CEO of Codan Trygg-Hansa, as well as General Counsel, Legal & Compliance Director of Codan Trygg-Hansen.

Other Key Roles: Chair of the Board of Directors of the Danish Norli Group and of Fundrock Asset Management Denmark.

Date of birth: 1982

Other key roles: Investment partner in Salvesen & Thams since 2023, member of the Board of Directors of Statkraft and Chair of the Audit and Sustainability Committee. Chairman/member of portfolio companies in Salvesen & Thams.

Background: Msc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics. Røsæg has broad management experience from Norwegian industry, including as CFO and Deputy CEO of Yara. Røsæg has also held senior positions in strategy and finance at Sapa and Orkla.

Date of birth: 1972

Other key roles: Chief employee representative for the Group and Chair of the Board of the Finance Sector Union DNB. Member of the Executive Committee of the Finance Sector Union of Norway.

Background: Education in finance from BI Norwegian Business School. DNB employee since 1999, with several roles and positions of trust, including on the former supervisory board in DNB.

Born: 1963

Other key roles: Chief employee representative for the Group and deputy leader of the Finance Sector Union DNB. Chairman of the election committee of the Finance Sector Union and chair of the Oslo Akershus region of the Finance Sector Union. Chair of the board of Gregers Kvartal housing cooperative. Has previously held other key positions of trust including as the DNB Group’s main safety representative and as member of the former supervisory board in DNB.

Background: Education in coaching and relationship management from Akershus University College (now OsloMet) and in project management, leadership, labour law and sustainability from BI Norwegian Business School. Employed at DNB since 1982.

Born: 1975
Other key roles: Chief employee representative and chair of Econa DNB. Party leader for the Conservative Party in Bærum municipality, member of Bærum executive committee and municipal council, deputy chairman of the main committee for health and welfare in Bærum, board member of Voll tennis club.

Background: Master of Science in Business (siviløkonom) and Master of Management from BI Norwegian Business School, in addition to studies in computer science and mathematics. Works with innovation in DNB. Previous experience from Posten Norge (the Norwegian postal service), the Norwegian Communications Authority, Teleplan Consulting and Telenor. Employed at DNB since 2017.