The Managing Director has day-to-day responsibility for the administrative activities at NHH and also acts as the secretary to the board, with responsibility for preparing matters of discussion for the board and advising the board with regard to these matters.
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Fagereng qualified with a degree in Law from the University of Oslo in 1969 and has long experience of the public sector. He has been the Chief Executive of several local authorities, including Lillehammer, Stavanger and Bergen. During his time in Lillehammer, Fagereng was involved in the successful bid by the town to host the 1994 Winter Olympic Games. Fagereng also has experience of the educational sector, having work as a lecturer at the Norges kommunal- og sosialhøyskole (Norwegian municipal and social college) and as a consultant at the University of Bergen. Fagereng was appointed Managing Director of NHH in 1998 and was reappointed for a second six year term in 2004. He is also currently Chairman of Bibsys (the Norwegian national university library system) and Utdanning i Bergen (education in Bergen).
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Petersen originally comes from Haugesund and graduated with the Siviløkonom degree from NHH in 1976. He began working at the school in the same year and started working as an advisor of studies in 1977. Petersen became the head of department for the Office of Academic and Student Affairs in 1989. In 1991 Petersen was appointed as Under Director General and in 2002 he became Deputy
Managing Director. Petersen is currently also Chairman of Samordna opptak (the Universities and Colleges Admission Service in Norway).
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