Thorhild Widvey
Director
Board of Directors
kvaerner
Norway
Biography
Thorhild Widvey (born 1956) was Minister of culture from 2013 to 2015 and Minster of Petroleum and Energy from 2004 to 2005. Ms Widvey was state secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2005 and in the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries from 2002 to 2003. Prior to this she was a Member of Parliament (Stortinget) from 1989 to 1997, representing Høyre (the Conservative Party of Norway). Ms Widvey is chair of the board in Statkraft AS; and has previously held a number of board positions both in privately and stock listed companies, including e.g. HitecVision AS (2006 to 2015); ENI Norway AS (2007 to 2015), Aker Drilling ASA (2005 to 2006), Oslo Havn KF (2012 to 2015), Aker Philadelphia Shipyard AS (2011 to 2015) and the Norwegian Church Abroad (2006 to 2015). Ms Widvey holds no shares in Kværner ASA, and has no stock options. Ms Widvey is a Norwegain citizen. She has been elected for the period 2016–2018.
Research Interest
Engineering,Business Management, Business Administration
