The Board of Directors

Dr. ing. in Marine technology, NTNU 2002.

Master of Science building and construction technology, NTH 1985.

Project director

Arnor Jensen has an unusually strong background from company management and project management, combined with a strong professional foundation. In addition to the positions mentioned above, he has been a board member of Barlindhaug AS and a board member/chairman of subsidiaries (entrepreneur, property and consultancy). He has led the implementation of demanding studies and detailed engineering assignments for large infrastructure developments nationally and on Svalbard. Partly as part of projects for international customers.

Aligned with his academic background, he has participated in several research projects at NTNU and participated in academic committees nationally and internationally. As head of FE Nord, Arnor has the overall professional responsibility in Multiconsult for Coastal, Marine and Arctic technology ("competence centre"). A technology environment that he himself has spearheaded the development of.

Arnor knows Multiconsult's operations very well and has a good strategic ownership perspective for further commercial development of the values ​​that have been developed through the company's operations over a long period of time.

Arnor knows the Foundation well through participation in the election committee from 2015, later as a member of the board from 2020 and as deputy chairman from 2021. From 2021, Arnor has also led the election committee in Multiconsult ASA, as a representative of the largest owner, the Foundation.

2022 NTNU, strategy and management 7.5p

2000 Høgskulen i Gjøvik, Quality management

1989 – 1992 Hærens Ingeniørskole, building and construction technology

Head of department Building and Property in Østfold

Kristin Høili knows the construction industry very well after a versatile career in companies with various roles in the industry.

In addition to Multiconsult's consulting and planning activities, she has experience from the supplier industry, property development and more. Kristin has worked with project management since 1999 and started at Multiconsult in 2007 to establish a unit for project and engineering management in the Østfold region. This unit quickly became central to the interdisciplinary assignments in Østfold, where architects and consultants were co-located.

Kristin has extensive experience from various line management positions in Multiconsult Østfold. In addition, she has been part of the management team for the Building & Property business area for a long period of time, which covers the entire company. In parallel with managerial duties, she has continuously participated in assignments as project and assignment manager.

This background provides a good starting point for seeing the company from the perspective of the owners of the Foundation. Kristin has been a member of the Foundation's board of directors since 2018, and before that a deputy member for one year.

1984 NTH, Master of Science from the mechanincal line. Plumbing and refrigerator technology

1988-91 Various Dr. Ing. courses in plumbing technology

Executive board in RIF (10 years, 2 years as deputy chairman), Board member of Sweco Norge A/S, current chairman of NEMITEK (industry association VVS energy and environment).

Senior advisor in region Vest.

Jon-Viking has extensive experience as a trained employee, manager at various levels, and as a board member in a consulting engineering company, including in one of the large companies in Norway. His has also experience from his role of being owner of a company. This gives Jon-Viking a good understanding of the various parameters that are decisive for the commercial success and survival.

Jon-Viking is analytically minded and has worked extensively with strategy and business development and is familiar with accounting and accounting analyses. He has good communication skills and is used to representing a business externally both directed towards customers and cooperation partners.

Odfjell Drilling Ltd, Chairman and CEO of Odfjell Technology Ltd

1986 Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) - MSc in Mechanical Engineering

1992 California Century University - Economics Studies (remote learning)

1986 - 1988 Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) - Responsible for system analysis

1988 - 2000 Kværner ASA, Project Director Åsgard B, production platform, and Corporate Director for field development

2000 - 2007 Aker Kværner ASA, Corporate Director for national and international field development

2007 - 2010 Aker Kværner ASA, later Aker Solutions ASA, CEO

2010 - 2022 Odfjell Drilling Ltd. CEO

2022 - Odfjell Drilling LTD, Chairman and CEO of Odfjell Technology Ltd.

Simen is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. He started his career in 1986 as a Researcher at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, in the system analysis department. In 1988, he joined Kværner Engineering, gradually taking on various leadership roles including Project Director for the Åsgard B platform for Statoil and later as Corporate Director for major projects in Norway and internationally. Following the merger with Aker, he was appointed Corporate Director for major field developments nationally and internationally in the new company, AkerKværner. In 2007, he was appointed CEO of AkerKværner ASA, which later became Aker Solutions ASA. In 2010, he started as the CEO of Odfjell Drilling and has worked there since. In 2022, Odfjell Drilling was divided, and he now holds the position of Chairman of Odfjell Drilling and CEO of the newly established Odfjell Technology. In his earlier career at Kværner and Aker Solutions, Simen worked with Multiconsult on several major projects. He was a member of the board of Multiconsult from 2018 to 2020.

Lawyer (partner), Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS

2016 Licenced attorney of law

2014 Ph.D. University of Oslo, the Faculty of Law

2006 Cand.jur., University of Oslo, the Faculty of Law

Hedvig Bugge Reiersen (b. 1979) has a PhD in company law from the University of Oslo and is a lawyer (partner) in Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS. She works with M&A and disputes within company law and has extensive experience as an advisor of foundations and listed public limited companies. Hedvig's consultancy includes, among other things, the establishment and follow-up of corporate governance guidelines, remuneration schemes for leading persons and other issues related to corporate law.

Since 2017, Hedvig has been engaged as secretary and legal advisor for the Multiconsult Foundation and has an in-depth understanding of both the Foundation and Multiconsult ASA. She is a board member (deputy chairman and member of the compensation committee) of Endúr ASA and heads the Norwegian Bar Association's legal committee for company law.

1992-1998 NTNU, Master of Science in electro and computer technology

2000-2001 NTNU, Practical pedagogically education (20 vt), media studies (10 vt)

1998 NTNU, Musical science

1995-1996 NTNU Undergraduate psychology (20 vt)

Head of department of Construction and Industry, FE Vest

Tove has extensive experience as a trained employee and manager at various levels in Multiconsult, and thus knows the business well. She has shown a good understanding of the value of collaboration across a large corporation, i.e. the potential that may be released when the entire company functions as an integrated team.

She also has a versatile experience from external board positions and business operations. This has given her a good understanding of the essentials of creating business results. Through the external positions, she also has good training in distinguishing the different roles of owners, board and administration in a company.

Tove was a member of the foundation's board of representatives 2018 – 2022, the last year as leader.

1976 - 1980 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)  Master of Science (M. Sc.), Civil Engineering

2013 - Present Project Director for design assignments in large construction projects:

Electrification of Halten, Tampen and Grane-Balder. Power from shore

Yggdrasil Electrification, Power from Shore

Fornebubanen, subway tunnel project

Follobanen, railway tunnel project

University Campus Ås

University Campus Livsvitenskapsbygget

1991 - 2019 Various management functions in Multiconsult:

Head of department and regional manager

CEO of Multiconsult 

Chairman of the board of Multiconsult's subsidiary

Chairman and board member of many design groups

Board member of RIF

Technology management

Market and business development

Has been part of the group management in the period 1994 - 2019

2006 - 2010 Project Director Snow White LNG Plant. Civil and Structural Engineering

2001 - 2006 Project Manager Snow White LNG Plant. Civil and Structural Engineering

1981 - 1993 Project engineer/project manager for concrete platforms related to Troll A, Gullfaks C, Draugen, Oseberg and Heidrun oil and gas fields. Experience from early project phases to implementation/construction

Project director

Ola has more than 40 years' experience of managing large, complex assignments in all of Multiconsult's business areas, from the concept phase to implementation/construction. 

In addition, he has more than 30 years of extensive experience in the management of Multiconsult through various line, staff and board functions.