Nils Kristian Nakstad, Chair of the Board
Board member since 2022, Chair since 2022. Chair of the Remuneration Committee.
Previous experience: CEO of Enova since 2008, researcher and Head of Section at SINTEF, in addition to positions at Norsk Hydro, Trondhjem Preserving and Revolt Technology.
Directorships: Member of several different boards and committees. Chaired the government appointed Power Grid Committee and was a member of the Energy Committee.
Wenche Teigland, Deputy Chair
Board member since 2020. Elected Deputy Chair in 2022. Head of the Audit Committee.
Previous experience: CEO of Fount AS since 2023. EVP at BKK 2006–2020. Also served as CEO of Naturgass Vest and held management positions at Shell/Gasnor, Aibel and Aker Engineering.
Directorships: Enova, Wergeland Group, Really AS and Aragon AS.
Maria Sandsmark, Board member
Board member since 2013. Member of the Project Committee.
Previous experience: Researcher at Møreforskning and ECON Analyse. Has also lectured on the environment and resource economy at Molde University College.
Offices: Member of the government-appointed Expert Committee to review the cost-benefit analysis framework for public measures (2011).
Egil Gjesteland, Board member
Board member since 2012. Head of the Project Committee.
Previous experience: Eier Gjesteland Consulting. Project consultant, IT Director and Project Director for a number of Equinor’s oil and gas projects.
Christian Reusch, Board member
Elected in 2020, board member. Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Previous experience: Lawyer with the Attorney General’s Office, Specialist Director at the Office of the Prime Minister, Lawyer/Partner at the law firm Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig.
Mette Helene Bjørndal, Board Member
Picture: Marit Hommedal
Board Member since 2025.
Steinar Jøråndstad, Employee-elected Board member
Employee-elected Board member since 2004, employee since 1980. Member of the project committee.
Previous experience: Team coordinator in Grid Infrastructure North and East at Statnett. Chairs Statnett’s Working Environment Committee. Branch Convenor of the Norwegian Electrician and IT Workers Union.
Ingeborg Ligaarden, Employee-elected Board member
Employee-elected Board member since 2020, employee since 2015. Member of the Audit Committee.
Previous experience: Head of Section for Data Science at Statnett. Previously senior consultant at LR Consulting/Scandpower and a researcher at SINTEF. Experience from key elected positions with Tekna – the Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals.
Børre Langgård, Employee-elected Board member
Employee-elected Board member since 2024. Employed in Statnett since 2014. Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Previous experience: Senior construction manager, substation construction management, member of the Statnett Working Environment Committee. Leader at NITO Statnett. Prior to working at Statnett, management of infrastructure projects since 1994.