Photo: NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons²⁰

Alexandra Bech Gjørv

Norwegian lawyer and businesswoman (born 1965)

Alexandra Bech Gjørv (born 13 September 1965) is a Norwegian lawyer and businesswoman. She has been chief executive of SINTEF since 2016.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Alexandra Bech Gjørv (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Sep 13, 1965.¹

Companies

SINTEFChief executive officer¹⁷
SINTEF EnergiChair¹⁸
HafslundChair Sep 2018 to Nov 2023¹⁹

Early life and education

1990University of Oslo Candidate of Law³
1991Suffolk University³
1993University of Oxford³
Date not recordedUWC Atlantic College³

Career

Occupation: lawyer, chief executive officer, businessperson.⁹

2018 to 2023Chair, Hafslund⁸
Date not recordedWorked at University of Oxford⁴
Date not recordedChief executive, SINTEF⁵
Date not recordedChairperson, SINTEF Energi⁶
Date not recordedChairperson, Statkraft AS⁶
Date not recordedChair, July 22 Commission⁷

Gjørv graduated as cand.jur. in 1990 from the University of Oslo, received further education at the University of Oxford (1991) and the Suffolk University in Boston (1993), and passed the New York State Bar Exam in 1994.

She was assigned with Norsk Hydro from 1993 to 2007, and with Statoil from 2007 to 2010. She chaired the governmental commission appointed after the 2011 Norway attacks, which presented their findings in the Gjørv Report. In 2015 she was appointed chief executive of SINTEF, succeeding Unni Steinsmo from January 2016.

From Wikipedia’s article on Alexandra Bech Gjørv (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

CitizenshipNorway¹⁰

Born on 13 September 1965, Gjørv is the daughter of journalist Toppen Bech. She is married to Espen Gjørv, and a daughter-in-law of politician Inger Lise Gjørv.

From Wikipedia’s article on Alexandra Bech Gjørv (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Awards

1990HM The King's Gold Medal^{11 15}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2008^{11 13}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2024^{11 14}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2025^{11 12}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2026^{11 12}

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataAlexandra Bech Gjørv on Wikidata
2
WikipediaAlexandra Bech Gjørv on Wikipedia
3
WikidataAlexandra Bech Gjørv: education, on Wikidata
4
WikidataAlexandra Bech Gjørv: Worked at University of Oxford, on Wikidata
5
WikidataAlexandra Bech Gjørv: Chief executive, SINTEF, on Wikidata
6
WikidataAlexandra Bech Gjørv: Chairperson, SINTEF Energi, on Wikidata
7
WikidataAlexandra Bech Gjørv: Chair, July 22 Commission, on Wikidata
8
WikidataAlexandra Bech Gjørv: Chair, Hafslund, on Wikidata
9
WikidataAlexandra Bech Gjørv: occupation, on Wikidata
10
WikidataAlexandra Bech Gjørv: citizenship, on Wikidata
11
WikidataAlexandra Bech Gjørv: award, on Wikidata
12
Wikidataaward, as reported by Kapital (magazine)
13
Wikidataaward, as reported
14
Wikidataaward, as reported by Kapital (magazine)
15
Wikidataaward, as reported
16
WikidataAlexandra Bech Gjørv: IMDb, on Wikidata
17
WikidataSINTEF, Chief executive officer
18
WikidataSINTEF Energi, Chair
19
WikidataHafslund, Chair
20
Wikimedia CommonsAlexandra Bech Gjørv photo by NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, CC BY-SA 2.0

Companies

Early life and education

Career

Personal life

Awards

Links

Sources