Åslaug Haga

Director

Åslaug M. Haga is currently the CEO of Renewables Norway – the Norwegian wind power association. She has background from foreign service, national politics, private sector and international organizations. Ms. Haga has been State Secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs and at the prime minister’s office. She has held three ministerial cabinet positions in the Ministries of culture, local & regional affairs and oil & energy. She has also been a member of Parliament. Ms Haga has served in various positions in the ministry of foreign affairs – including postings at the Norwegian Mission to the UN in New York and the embassy in New Delhi. Before joining Renewables Norway, Ms Haga was the Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and Assistant Secretary General in the International Fund for Agricultural Development. From 2016 to 2020 she was Chair of the board for the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Haga was appointed to the Norfund board as a director on 24 August, 2022.