CEO/Kommunedirektør of Hemsedal municipality in Norway.

Co-founder of Nordic School of Health Innovation, UIO, NTNU, Karolinska Institutet and Copenhagen University. More info here: https://www.med.uio.no/english/research/school-of-health-innovation/

Expertise: innovation, entrepreneurship, government, neuroscience, mental health, non-communicable disease. Alumni - Young Global Leaders, World Economic Forum. Master's in Mgmt, Norwegian School of Mgmt; Exec. MBA in Strategy, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Admin. Formerly: Political Adviser, Conservative Party, Norwegian Parliament; External Affairs, Merck & Company; Director, Strategy, Southern Norway Regional Health Authority; headed national health practice, Ernst & Young Advisory, Norway, Chief Executive Officer, Oslo Cancer Cluster; Chief Communications Officer and Member, Mgmt Cttee, Akershus Univ. Hospital.