Kristin Skogen Lund

Norwegian business leader (born 1966)

Kristin Skogen Lund (born 11 August 1966) is a Norwegian executive who served was CEO of Schibsted ASA from 2018 to 2024. She was the Director General of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) from 2012 to 2018.²

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Born Aug 11, 1966.¹

About

She currently serves as Board Chair for several companies and organisations, including INSEAD and Delivery Hero.

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Companies

Vend MarketplacesChief executive officer Dec 1, 2018 to Jun 7, 2024²⁵

Early life and education

Date not recordedINSEAD³
Date not recordedUniversity of Oregon³
Date not recordedFHS/Sjefskurs³

Kristin Skogen Lund grew up in Oslo. She attended University of Oregon in Eugene, where she obtained a B.A. with honours (Summa Cum Laude) in International Studies and Business Administration. She obtained her M.B.A. from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. Kristin Skogen Lund graduated from the Norwegian Defence University College Executive Programme during fall 2018.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.⁸

Since 2024Chair, Norwegian Refugee Council⁷
2018 to 2024Chief executive, Vend Marketplaces⁶
Date not recordedWorked at Telenor^{4 5}
Date not recordedWorked at Unilever^{4 5}
Date not recordedWorked at Aller X^{4 5}
Date not recordedWorked at Scanpix^{4 5}
Date not recordedWorked at Aftenposten^{4 5}
Date not recordedWorked at The Coca-Cola Company^{4 5}

Early career

From 1992 to 1995, Kristin Skogen Lund worked as a manager in Lever Europe. In 1995, she was hired in the Coca-Cola Company and was the director of Coca-Cola Beverages Sweden from 1997 to 1998. In 1998, she was hired by Scandinavia Online and became CEO before the turn of the year. From 2003 to 2004, she was the CEO of Scanpix. In 2004, she moved to Aftenposten AS—publisher of the newspaper Aftenposten—and in 2007 became CEO. Aftenposten AS is owned 100% by Schibsted. Lund has held various board memberships within the Schibsted Group and in the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, and she has been a member of the board of the Orkla Group.

Telenor (2009–2012)

In 2009, Kristin Skogen Lund left Aftenposten to become EVP (director) for Nordic activities within Telenor, in which capacity she served from February 2010 to November 2012. This included portfolio responsibility for Telenor Norway, Telenor Denmark, Telenor Sweden, Telenor Broadcast, Telenor Holding, Telenor Media and Content Services, and Telenor Digital Services, Her portfolio from September 2011 also included a global responsibility for development and digital services.

Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (2012-2018)

From 2008, Skogen Lund served as Vice President of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. In April 2010, she became acting president, after Paul-Christian Rieber suddenly stepped down. During summer 2010 she was formally elected as president of the organization for two years. In 2012, she became the Director general of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise.

Schibsted (2018-2024)

Skogen Lund was appointed CEO of Schibsted in 2018. As CEO of Schibsted from 2018 to 2024, Kristin Skogen Lund led extensive strategic changes to the group.

In 2019, Schibsted’s international marketplaces business was spun off into Adevinta. Schibsted and Skogen Lund subsequently played a key role in Adevinta’s acquisition of eBay Classifieds Group in 2020. As part of the transaction, parts of the business, including the Nordic marketplaces, were acquired by Schibsted.

In 2024, the group was split in two: the media operations were separated and acquired by the Tinius Trust and continued under the Schibsted name, while the marketplaces business continued as the publicly listed company Vend.

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Personal life

CitizenshipNorway⁹
SpouseChristian Lund¹⁰

Awards

2019Knight of the Legion of Honour^{11 23}
2016Inspiring Fifty Nordic^{11 22}
2008Årets kvinnelige medieleder¹¹
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2008^{11 14}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2009^{11 20}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2010^{11 12}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2011^{11 19}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2012^{11 21}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2013^{11 13}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2020^{11 15}

More awards (3)

Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2021^{11 18}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2022^{11 16}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2023^{11 17}

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About

Companies

Early life and education

Career

Early career

Telenor (2009–2012)

Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (2012-2018)

Schibsted (2018-2024)

Personal life

Awards

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