Board chairman in DNB and DNB Bank since 2008 (board member since 1999) and chairman of the Compensation Committee.
Law degree from the University of Oslo. Long-standing managing director and owner of Tanum AS. Former board member in DnB Holding, Den norske Bank and Vital Forsikring.
Board chairman in the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, E-CO Energi Holding AS, E-CO Energi AS and Nordisk Film Kino AS. Vice-chairman of the board of Oslo University Hospital. Board member in Cappelen Damm AS, Try AS, Europris AS and the Abel Prize. Former board chairman in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, NRK.
Board vice-chairman in DNB since 2012 (board member since 2009). Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Risk Management Committee and the Compensation Committee.
Master’s degree in business administration and authorised financial analyst from the Norwegian School of Economics. President and CEO of E-CO Energi. Former head of the Finance and Administration Department in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, NRK, and group executive vice president, Financial Reporting and Finance, in the SpareBank 1 Alliance. Experience from Kreditkassen.
Board chairman in Oslo Lysverker and Opplandskraft DA. Former board chairman in Energy Norway and political adviser for the Conservative Party’s parliamentary group.
Board chairman and board member in a number of technology companies, such as Zalaris ASA, Admincontrol AS, Startuplab AS and Nevion Europe AS. Former board member in, among others, Schibsted, Aftenposten and Norfund.
Board member in DNB since 2014. Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and member of the Audit Committee.
Graduate of the Norwegian School of Economics. CEO in Elkjøp Nordic AS. Former Chief Operating Officer of Statoil Retail Europe and CEO of Plantasjen ASA and Rema Industrier AS.
Chairman of the Board of Elkjøp Norge AS and Lefdal Elektromarked AS. Former chairman of the Board of Statoil Norge AS. Former and current board chairman and board member in several Norwegian enterprises.
Board member in DNB since 2012 (former member of the Board in DNB Bank 2010-2012). Member of the Compensation Committee, the Audit Committee and the Risk Management Committee.
Graduate engineer with a Master of Technology Management degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Executive vice president in Telenor Scandinavia and CEO of Telenor Norway. Former chief technology officer in Telenor and head of Telenor’s fixed network business in Norway, and CEO of Conax.
Board member in SAS. Former board chairman in Data Respons and board member in EMGS and Ekornes, as well as a member of the European Commission Advisory Group on ICT matters.
Deputy board employee representative since 2016
Løvås has been employed in the Group since 1974 and has been an employee representative for the Group since 2000. She has long experience from Personal Banking, both as an employee representative and as a customer adviser. She has completed courses within management and has studied corporate development and restructuring. She has also previously been a deputy board member in the bank and the holding company.
Samuelsen has been employed in the Group since 1986. He has completed courses in human resource development and vocational pedagogy at Akershus University College. He worked as a full-time employee representative in the Finance Sector Union (Sparebanken NOR and Gjensidige NOR Sparebank) from 2001, and is now a board member in the Finance Sector Union DNB with responsibility for Markets, Group Audit, Corporate Communications and LCI. He was a board member in Sparebanken NOR, Buskerud region, until the regional boards were wound up.
