Nils Kristian Nakstad, Chair of the Board
Board member since 2022, Chair since 2022. Chair of the Remuneration Committee.
Previous experience: CEO of Enova since 2008, researcher and Head of Section at SINTEF, in addition to positions at Norsk Hydro, Trondhjem Preserving and Revolt Technology.
Directorships: Member of several different boards and committees. Chaired the government appointed Power Grid Committee and was a member of the Energy Committee.
Wenche Teigland, Deputy Chair
Board member since 2020. Elected Deputy Chair in 2022. Head of the Audit Committee.
Previous experience: CEO of Fount AS since 2023. EVP at BKK 2006–2020. Also served as CEO of Naturgass Vest and held management positions at Shell/Gasnor, Aibel and Aker Engineering.
Directorships: Enova, Wergeland Group, Really AS and Aragon AS.
Maria Sandsmark, Board member
Board member since 2013. Member of the Project Committee.
Previous experience: Researcher at Møreforskning and ECON Analyse. Has also lectured on the environment and resource economy at Molde University College.
Offices: Member of the government-appointed Expert Committee to review the cost-benefit analysis framework for public measures (2011).
Egil Gjesteland, Board member
Board member since 2012. Head of the Project Committee.
Previous experience: Eier Gjesteland Consulting. Project consultant, IT Director and Project Director for a number of Equinor’s oil and gas projects.
Christian Reusch, Board member
Elected in 2020, board member. Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Previous experience: Lawyer with the Attorney General’s Office, Specialist Director at the Office of the Prime Minister, Lawyer/Partner at the law firm Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig.
Hilde Singsaas, Board Member
Board Member since 2022. Member of the Audit Committee.
Previous experience: Director of the Norwegian Environment Agency from 1 March 2025, Director of the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management, former Director of the employers’ organisation Spekter, Director of Communications at Norges Bank, consultant at ECON Analyse, Secretary of State at the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister’s office.
Steinar Jøråndstad, Employee-elected Board member
Employee-elected Board member since 2004, employee since 1980. Member of the project committee.
Previous experience: Team coordinator in Grid Infrastructure North and East at Statnett. Chairs Statnett’s Working Environment Committee. Branch Convenor of the Norwegian Electrician and IT Workers Union.
Ingeborg Ligaarden, Employee-elected Board member
Employee-elected Board member since 2020, employee since 2015. Member of the Audit Committee.
Previous experience: Head of Section for Data Science at Statnett. Previously senior consultant at LR Consulting/Scandpower and a researcher at SINTEF. Experience from key elected positions with Tekna – the Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals.
Børre Langgård, Employee-elected Board member
Employee-elected Board member since 2024. Employed in Statnett since 2014. Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Previous experience: Senior construction manager, substation construction management, member of the Statnett Working Environment Committee. Leader at NITO Statnett. Prior to working at Statnett, management of infrastructure projects since 1994.