Harald Norvik
 Harald Norvik        ( business executive) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 June 1946 Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Norwegian School of Economics | |||||||||||
| Member of | European Round Table of Industrialists, Trilateral Commission | |||||||||||
| Party | Norwegian Labour Party | |||||||||||
| Relatives | Erling Norvik | |||||||||||
Norwegian oil executive and who attended the 2006 Bilderberg.
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Harald Norvik is a former chairman, president, and chief executive of Norwegian oil firm Statoil, a former chairman of telecommunications company Telenor and a director of ConocoPhillips.[1] He attended the Bilderberg Meeting in 2006 and was a member of the Trilateral Commission.
Education
Norvik received his Master of Science Degree in Business from the Norwegian School of Economics.
Career
Between 1979 and 1981 he worked as personal secretary to the Prime Minister of Norway, Odvar Nordli, and also as State Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.[2] From 1981 to 1988 he was finance director and a member of the board at Aker. He was Statoil President and CEO from 1988 to 1999.
He was later a strategic advisor of ECON and a partner of ECON from 2001. He was Chairman of the Board of the book publisher Aschehoug and TV 2 Norway, member of the board of Petroleum Geo-Services and Chairman of OCAS.[3]
He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.[4]
In 2016, Norvik published the book, ‘The government as Capitalist’, together with former CEO of Hydro Egil Myklebust and history professor Einar Lie. The book discusses how government ownership in Norwegian businesses is larger than in other countries, and that the government-owned companies are very large compared to the rest of the economy.[5]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2006 | 8 June 2006 | 11 June 2006 | Canada Ottawa | 54th Bilderberg, held in Canada. 133 guests |
References
- ↑ https://e24.no/i/p6ayME
- ↑ http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/om_regjeringen/tidligere/oversikt/departementer_embeter/regjeringssekr_dep/dep/Olje--og-energidepartementet-1978-1992/Olje--og-energidepartementet-statssekret.html?id=448357
- ↑ https://nbl.snl.no/Harald_Norvik
- ↑ http://www.ntva.no/index.php?option=com_club&view=member&id=336%3Anorvik-harald-johan&Itemid=60
- ↑ http://www.norwaypost.no/index.php/business/general-business/30290
