NO/EN
1997 – 2002 Master of Science Mechanical Engineering NTNU
Operations Director- Region Oslo
Espen Bjørshol has worked at Multiconsult Norway for his entire career within the management and control of large projects, and more than 10 years as a line manager. He has experience with projects within most of the company's business areas. Espen has been involved in establishing and leading the company's central unit for project management, fills the project owner role for several large projects, and has over many years contributed to managing the company's structural capital related to projects. He has also been involved in developing and implementing the company's project manager development programs. From September 2024, Espen has assumed the role of Operations Director for Region Oslo, a leadership function intended to contribute to common concerns and coordination across the operational business units in Multiconsult.
He has good insight into the company's business model and strategy, and has a broad network within the company, both in operational and business support units in Multiconsult Norway, and towards several sister companies in the Multiconsult Group. Espen has extensive experience in recruitment and employment.
Overall, Espen has good insight into central parts of the company's diverse operations, which provides him with a foundation for viewing the company from the Foundation's ownership perspective.
Espen has been a member of the Foundation's election committee since 2022, and assumed the role of chair from 2024.
2020 - 23 Master of Technology Management and Digital Transformation (MTDO)
1994 - 98 NTNU MSc / Siv.Ing Civil and Environmental Engineering. Geotechnics and project management.
2021 - dd Multiconsult Norway AS. Professional Director Geo
2018 - 2021 Multiconsult Norway AS, Oslo. Head of department Geo
2016 - 2018 Multiconsult Norge AS, Oslo. Head of Innovation and Implementation Geo
2014 - 2016 Multiconsult Norge AS, Oslo. Head of section geotechnics building and infrastructure
2012 - 2014 Multiconsult Norge AS, Oslo. Group leader geotechnics transport and infrastructure
2011 - 2012 Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Region East. Head of Section Rock and Geotechnics (leave of absence)
2008 - 2011 Multiconsult Norge AS, Lillehammer/Oslo. Siv. Ing. Geotechnics.
2006 - 2008 Multiconsult Norge AS, Trondheim. Head of section/group leader geotechnics and ground investigations
1999 - 2006 Multiconsult Norge AS, Trondheim. Siv.Ing. Geotechnics
Technical Director Geo.
Odd Arne has 25 years of experience in the company with management experience, both as a discipline, assignment, group, section and department manager and technical director. This has given him a deep insight into the industry, the role of advisors and has made him solution-orientated and efficient. He is particularly skilled at managing people and teamwork and has good interpersonal skills, is a good listener and gets the best out of those he works with. Odd Arne has a large network in the company and has very good interdisciplinary insight and understanding of what it takes to deliver good solutions as consultants. These are qualities that mean he is involved in many different processes both locally and across the company. In this context, it may be relevant to mention participation in both rigging and evaluation related to the process of introducing the advisor ladder/career system in Multiconsult Norway, as well as the recently established pilot with the Professional Council in Multiconsult Norway. In addition to this, Odd Arne is heavily involved in and keenly interested in professional development both in terms of technology, but also related to the role of the consultants and what we must deliver in the future in order to maintain our relevance. Together with the above, his insight into the opportunities (and challenges) that technological developments bring for consultants is a key and relevant source of expertise and a good starting point for viewing Multiconsult from an owner's perspective when working for the Foundation.
2016: Stanford University – VDC Certified
1989 – 1992: Rogaland College Center – Engineering Education in Electrical/Data
1982 – 1988: Rogaland College Center
Director FE South
Throughout her professional career, Aina has worked in the consultancy industry and has held various roles in both projects and line management. She has a broad understanding of the disciplines represented by Multiconsult and, importantly, an understanding of the interdependencies between these disciplines. In 2016, she became VDC certified and subsequently shared the methodology both internally and externally.
