Board
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Kristin Clemet, Chair, Oslo
Born in 1957, Master’s degree in Business and Economics (siviløkonom). Heads the think tank Civita. Ms Clemet has extensive political experience and was Minister of Education and Research from 2001 – 2005, deputy director of the Confederation of Business Enterprise (NHO) from 1998-2001, Minister of Labour and Administration from 1989 -1990 and a member of the Storting (parliament) from 1989 - 1993. Ms Clemet also has a number of other directorships.

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Borghild Holen, Director, Oslo
Born in 1955, Master’s degree in Business and Economics (siviløkonom). Head of the international section of the International Corporates and Institutions Division of DnB NOR bank. Ms Holen has a background from the Norwegian credit finance institution Eksportfinans, was a member of the North-South/Development Assistance Commission (1993-1995) and is a former director of the Norwegian Guarantee Institute for Export Credits (GIEK).

jebsen_web Finn Jebsen, Director, Oslo
Born in 1950, Master’s degree in Business and Economics (siviløkonom). Jebsen is working as a self-employed and holds extensive experience from Norwegian industry. He worked for 25 years in the Orkla Group, where he was a member of the Group Executive Board since 1984 and CEO from 2001 to 2005. He has extensive board experience, including Kavli Holding AS, KLP Forsikring, Kongsberg Gruppen and Norsk Hydro ASA.
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Svein Tveitdal, Director, Froland
Born in 1947, civil engineer. Director of Klima 2020 AS and ambassador for the environment of Arendal Municipality. Mr Tveitdal is a former director of GRID Arendal and divisional director of the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP), at its head office in Nairobi, Kenya. He is currently chairman of the boards of the Asplan Foundation, Sørlandet Europakontor, Frameworks AS and Purity AS and is a board member of the University of Agder, Earthprint Ltd and the environmental foundation ZERO.

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Stein Tønnesson, Director, Oslo
Born in 1953, PhD in history. Senior researcher at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) and director of the research programme "East Asian Peace" at Uppsala University. He is the former director of PRIO and leader of the programme committee "Development Paths in the Global South" under the auspices of the Research Council of Norway. His boardroom experience includes CARE Norway and the Institute for Social Research (ISF).

sydnes_web Anne Kristin Sydnes, Alternate Director, Oslo
Born in 1956, political scientist. Sydnes has been head of the international section in the Norwegian Church Aid. She has worked at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute as a researcher and as assistant director, and was from 1998 to 2000 director at Statoil, responsible for human rights issues and land analysis. Sydnes was the Minister of Development in the first Stoltenberg Government (2000-2001). She is a member of the board in Energigården AS.