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The Board of Directors consists of 14 members and the current chairman is Leif-Arne Langøy. The current vice-chairman is Wolfhart Hauser. In accordance with the shareholders agreement, three of the members of the Board shall be appointed by Mayfair and six members by DNV Holding. The shareholders have agreed that the chairman is to be elected in accordance with appointment by DNV Holding, and vice-chairman is to be elected in accordance with appointments by Mayfair. The directors are elected for two years terms or until removed by the general meeting.

The members appointed by DNV Holding are:

  • Chairman Leif-Arne Langøy
  • Morten Ulstein
  • Liselott Kilaas
  • Thomas Rehder
  • Christelle Martin
  • Rebekka Glasser Herlofsen

The members appointed by DNV Holding are all board members of Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas and DNV Holding as well.

The members appointed by Mayfair are:

  • Vice-chairman Dr Wolfhart Hauser
  • Sami Badarani
  • Markus Wandt

The five members appointed by and from among the DNV GL employees worldwide are:

  • Nina Ivarsen and Liv Aune Hagen (two from Norway)
  • Clemens Keuer (one from Germany)
  • Mette Bandholtz (one from rest-Europe excluding Norway and Germany) and
  • Bei Betty Xu (one from outside Europe)

Leif-Arne Langøy

Chairman

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 Leif-Arne Langøy

Rebekka Glasser Herlofsen

Member

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 Rebekka Glasser Herlofsen

Christelle G. V. Martin

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 Christelle G. V. Martin

Morten Ulstein

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 Morten Ulstein

C. Thomas Rehder

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 C. Thomas Rehder

Clemens Keuer

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 Clemens Keuer

Mette Bandholtz Nielsen

Member

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 Mette Bandholtz Nielsen

Bei Betty Xu

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 Bei Betty Xu
(Portraits pending for Liselott Kilaas, Wolfhart Hauser, Sami Badarani, Markus Wandt, Nina Ivarsen and Liv Aune Hagen).


Board committees
The Board has set up two permanent working committees, the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee. The Committee members are appointed by and from among the Board members.

The Audit Committee
The Audit Committee acts as a counselling and preparatory committee on matters regarding the Board’s supervisory function with respect to financial reporting, internal control, compliance, risk management and statutory audits.

The Committee consists of three members:

  • Sami Badarani (Chairman of the Audit Committee)
  • Rebekka Glasser Herlofsen
  • Liselott Kilaas

  • May-Kirsti Enger (Secretary)

The Audit Committee’s mandate and tasks are set out in the Board’s instructions for the Audit Committee.

The Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee acts as a counselling and preparatory committee on matters regarding employment terms and conditions for the Chief Executive Officer, management development and succession planning for senior executives, and other matters involving compensation policies and strategies.

The Compensation Committee consists of:

  • Leif-Arne Langøy (Chairman of the Compensation Committee)
  • Morten Ulstein
  • Wolfhart Hauser
  • Markus Wandt

  • Cecilie Heuch (Secretary) 

The Compensation Committee’s mandate and tasks are set out in the Board’s instructions for the Compensation Committee. DNV GL does not have a corporate assembly.

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