The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) reports to the Board of Directors.
The President and CEO is appointed by the Board of Directors. Henrik O. Madsen was appointed in May 2006.
The President and CEO is responsible for the day-to-day management of the organisation. He is not a member of the Board, but attends all board meetings.
The Executive Board
The Executive Board is the President and CEO's management team, dealing with strategic issues, budgeting and planning. The President and CEO has regular business review meetings with the Chief Operating Officers (COO), who are members of the Executive Board.
DNV's business areas
The business is divided into four distinct business areas:
- Maritime
- Energy
- Business Assurance
- IT Global Services
The four COOs are responsible for the operations of their individual business areas and report to the President and CEO.
Within each business area, regional managers are responsible for their individual defined regions.
Senior management
Executive Board
Henrik O. Madsen, President and CEO
Tor E. Svensen, COO Maritime
Remi Eriksen, COO Energy
Bjørn K. Haugland, COO Business Assurance
Annie Combelles, COO IT Global Services
Jostein Furnes, Corporate Finance and Controllership
Cecilie Heuch, Corporate HR and Organisation
CEO's Office
Tore Høifødt, Corporate Communications
Sven Mollekleiv, Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Units:
Jostein Furnes, Corporate Finance and Controllership
Cecilie Heuch, Corporate HR and Organisation
Maritime
Tor E. Svensen, COO
Olav Nortun, Technical Director & Maritime Services
Wilhelm Magelssen, Global Marketing & Customer Support
Karl Mathiesen, Management Support & Adm. functions
Maritime Units
Tore Morten Wetterhus, DNV Petroleum Services
Regional managers Maritime
Jörg Beiler, Region Greater China
Blaine Collins, Region North & South America
Helge Kjeøy, Region Middle East & South East Asia
Ioannis Kourmatzis, Region Europe & Africa
Jon Rysst, Region Nordic Countries, the Baltic & Germany
Paal Johansen, Region Korea & Japan
Business Assurance
Bjørn K. Haugland, COO
Kari Sunde, Director of Human Resources Development
Reimar Kornmeier, Director of Business Build
Renato Grottola, Director of Market & Services
Thormod Fjell, Director of Finance & Systems
Morten Løvstad, Director of Processes & Systems
Directors of Operation
Jahn Henry Løvaas, North & West Europe
Rune Torhaug, Central & Southern Europe
Richard Stolk, North, Central & South America
Thomas Vogth-Eriksen, Asia & Australia
Neelkanta Krishna Kumar, India & Middle East
Energy
Remi Eriksen, COO
Kim Mørk, Services and Technology Development
David Walker, Strategic and Business Development
Lars Kjønø, Finance
Jørn Lunde, Human Resources and SHE & Q
Directors of Operations
Jose Paulo Pontes, South America and West Africa
Peter Bjerager, North America
Hari Vamadevan, Europe and North Africa
Einar Tore Moe, Asia and Middle East
Magne Tørhaug, Nordic and EurAsia
Carl Arne Carlsen, Offshore Classification
Elisabeth Heggelund Tørstad, Cleaner Energy and Utilities
IT Global Services
Annie Combelles, COO
David Sutcliffe, Finance
Patrick Demont, Human Resources
Alain Bloch, Global Sales
Directors of Operations
Sophie Balous, France
Pascal Jansen, Germany and Italy
Johan den Biggelaar, The Netherlands
Nicolas Martin-Vivaldi, Sweden
Kenneth Vareide, TIME
Independent Business Units
Elling Rishoff, DNV Software
Elisabeth Harstad, DNV Research & Innovation
Stein B. Jensen, DNV Climate Change
Senior Management Group
Once a year senior managers take part in a Senior Management Group meeting. Corporate issues related to strategy and leadership are on the agenda. In addition the managers have on these occasions the opportunity to build personal relationships across business areas and geographical borders.
Country Chair
In addition to the regional managers, a number of Country Chairs have been appointed. They act as the President and CEO’s local representatives across business areas within a geographical area. Each Country Chair is responsible for coordinating administrative functions and ensuring that synergy effects are exploited for the benefit of DNV as a whole.