Members of the Executive Board


Svein Gjedrem Svein Gjedrem(born in 1950). Appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Norway as from 1 January 1999 for a term of 6 years, and reappointed on 1 January 2005 for a period of 6 years.
Education: Economist from the University of Oslo, 1975.
1975-1979 Economist in the Credit Policy Department and Research Department, Norges Bank.
1979-1998 Ministry of Finance, Secretary General from 1996. Seconded from the Ministry of Finance to the EU Commission in the period December 1994 - July 1995.
Jarle Bergo Jarle Bergo (born in 1945). Appointed Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Norway in 1996 for a term of 6 years, and reappointed on 12 April 2002 for a period of 6 years.
Education: Economist from the University of Oslo, 1969.
1969-1974 Economist, Norges Bank.
1975-1976 Economist, EFTA Secretariat, Geneva.
1977-1993 Norges Bank, Director from 1979.
1993-1995 Executive Director designated by the Nordic and Baltic countries, IMF, Washington D.C.
Vivi Lassen Vivi Lassen (b. 1951) (First appointed in 2002-2005. Reappointed from 1 January 2004 - 31 December 2005 and from 1 January 2006 - 31 December 2009)
Head of performance management department, Statskonsult.
Graduate of law from University of Oslo.
Member of Oslo City Council 1992-1995, Department of Welfare and Social Affairs.
Brit K. Rugland Brit K. Rugland (b. 1958) (Appointed 1 January 2004 - 31 December 2005. Reappointed from 1 January 2006 - 31 December 2009)
Manager and owner of investment company Rugland Invest. Chair, Board of Directors in the new, state-owned gas company Gassco AS. Has broad experience from the petroleum, financial and shipping industries.
Øystein Thøgersen Øystein Thøgersen (b. 1964) (Appointed 1 January 2004 - 31 December 2005. Reappointed from 1 January 2006 - 31 December 2009)
Professor, dr. econ., Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen. His special field is public finances, pensions and monetary policy. Member of the Board, Centre for Monetary Economics (BI) and has been a member of the Norges Bank Watch committee.
Liselott Kilaas Liselott Kilaas (b. 1959) (Appointed 1 January 2004 - 31 December 2007)
Managing director, Zenitel Norge.
Graduate of University of Oslo and Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne. Member of the Board of Directors at Telenor and has broad experience from the ICT sector, petroleum industry and consultancy.
Asbjørn Rødseth Asbjørn Rødseth (b. 1951) (Appointed 1 January 2004 - 31 December 2007)
Professor of economics and dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Oslo University.
Has long experience as a researcher in the field of macroeconomics and general aspects of economic policy, particularly fiscal and monetary policy. Member of the Royal Commission on Pensions. He has also held the posts of chair and vice chair of the Banking, Insurance and Securities Commission.

Employee representatives

Jan Erik Martinsen Jan Erik Martinsen (Appointed 1 January 2004) (born in 1957)
Employee of Norges Bank since 1975.
Chief Safety Delegate in the period 1 January 1994 - 31 December 2000. Represents the employees and served as Deputy Chairman of Norges Bank's Staff Association from 2001-2006. Head of Norges Bank's Staff Association since 1 January 2007.
Torgrim Roll ( (Appointed 1 January 2007)
Cand. Polit. Employee of Norges Bank since 2000.
Represents the employees and serves as Head of Akademikerne in Norges Bank. 

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Last updated 16.01.2007