Nils Kristian Nakstad, Chair of the Board

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Board Member since 2025.

Steinar Jøråndstad, Employee-elected Board member

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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

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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

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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.