Svein Richard Brandtzæg

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Person.png Svein Richard Brandtzæg  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(businessman, chemist)
Svein Richard Brandtzæg.jpg
Born23 December 1957
Haugesund, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materNorwegian University of Science and Technology, BI Norwegian Business School
Member ofBilderberg/Steering committee, European Round Table of Industrialists
Member of the Bilderberg Steering committee.

Employment.png Director General of Norsk Hydro

In office
March 2009 - 2019
Preceded byEivind Reiten
Bilderberger

Svein Richard Brandtzæg is a Norwegian business executive. Brandtzæg succeeded fellow Bilderberger Eivind Reiten as chairman and CEO of Norsk Hydro in March 2009.[1] He is a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee.

Education

Brandtzæg has a PhD in Chemistry from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. He also has a graduate business degree from BI Norwegian Business School.

Career

He has worked at Norsk Hydro since 1979, working on Søderberg aluminum cell technology in Karmøy. In 1985, he joined the state-owned aluminum company Årdal og Sunndal Verk (ÅSV) when it merged with Norsk Hydro, and since then has held a number of leadership positions in the aluminum division of Norsk Hydro. He was appointed CEO of Norsk Hydro on 12 January 2009 after Eivind Reiten chose to resign from the position.[2] He took over management of the company on April 1.

On 1 January 2014, Brandtzæg was appointed chairman at NTNU, by Per-Kristian Foss, who vacated the position upon becoming Auditor General.[3] Brandtzæg is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.[4]

In his capacity as CEO of Norsk Hydro, Brandtzæg is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists, a lobbying group of Europe's largest industrial companies.[5] Brandtzæg is a member of the Bilderberg Conference.[6] In 2019 he was succeeded as chief executive officer of Norsk Hydro by Hilde Merete Aasheim.[7]

Personal

He is married and has three children.


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/20103 June 20106 June 2010Spain
Hotel Dolce Sitges
Barcelona		The 122 guests met in the Hotel Dolce Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.
Bilderberg/201231 May 20123 June 2012US
Virginia
Chantilly		The 58th Bilderberg, in Chantilly, Virginia. Unusually just 4 years after an earlier Bilderberg meeting there.
Bilderberg/20136 June 20139 June 2013Watford
UK		The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting.
Bilderberg/201429 May 20141 June 2014Denmark
Copenhagen
Marriott Hotel		The 62nd Bilderberg, with 136 guests, held in Copenhagen
Bilderberg/201511 June 201514 June 2015Austria
Telfs-Buchen		The 63rd meeting, 128 Bilderbergers met in Austria
Bilderberg/20169 June 201612 June 2016Germany
Dresden		The 2016 Bilderberg meeting took place in Dresden, Germany.
Bilderberg/20171 June 20174 June 2017US
Virginia
Chantilly		The 65th Bilderberg Meeting
Bilderberg/20187 June 201810 June 2018Italy
Turin
Hotel Torino Lingotto Congress		The 66th Bilderberg Meeting, in Turin, Italy, known for months in advance after an unprecedented leak by the Serbian government.
Bilderberg/201930 May 20192 June 2019Switzerland
Montreux		The 67th Bilderberg Meeting
WEF/Annual Meeting/201126 January 201130 January 2011World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201225 January 201229 January 2012Switzerland2113 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/201323 January 201327 January 2013World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201422 January 201425 January 2014World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201620 January 201623 January 2016World Economic Forum
Switzerland		Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201717 January 201720 January 2017World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/201922 January 201925 January 2019World Economic Forum
Switzerland		"The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one."
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References

  1. ↑ http://www.hydro.com/en/Persons/Svein-Richard-Brandtzag/
  2. ↑ http://hydro.com/en/press-room/Archive/2009/Svein-Richard-Brandtzag-new-chief-executive-of-Hydro/?_t_id=1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg%3d%3d&_t_q=Svein+Richard+Brandtz%C3%A6g&_t_tags=language%3aen%2csiteid%3ac48b27ea-1106-4c77-bce5-795a00f6eacd&_t_ip=107.4.82.19&_t_hit.id=Hydro_Web_Models_Pages_NewsArticle/_a1ecc2c7-37cb-4fc8-a661-8c6d48ddb386_en&_t_hit.pos=2
  3. ↑ https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=no&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.regjeringen.no%2Fno%2Faktuelt%2Fkunnskapsdepartementet-har-oppnevnt-nye-%2Fid747426%2F
  4. ↑ http://www.ntva.no/brandtzaeg-svein-richard/
  5. ↑ Industrialists warn May they will not invest if Brexit uncertainty persists, Financial Times (May 30, 2018).
  6. ↑ Marit Tronier Halvorsen, Disse nordmennene skal på et av verdens mest myteomspunne møter, Dagens Næringsliv (June 5, 2018).
  7. ↑ https://www.tu.no/artikler/hilde-merete-aasheim-blir-konsernsjef-i-hydro-etter-svein-richard-brandtzaeg/460605
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