New Chair of the Board

Rune Skjelvan. Photo: KPMG
KPMG CEO Rune Skjelvan is the new head of DIG's board . Photo: KPMG
By Ed.

11 September 2024 12:57

New Chair of the Board

The DIG annual meeting 2024 elected Rune Skjelvan, CEO and Partner KPMG Norway, as new Chair of the DIG Board.

Rune Skjelvan has been an active board member since KPMG joined DIG as strategic partner in 2022 and has strong ties to NHH, which means that he has good knowledge of DIG, DIG research agenda, and the DIG partnership.

Through his role as CEO at KPMG, he has his finger on the pulse when it comes to trends and developments in society in general and a strong network. 

As chair, Skjelvan looks to continue the important work as Norway's leading research center on digital transformation and sustainable growth.

DIG annual meeting at NHH
Representatives from DIG and the partners gathered at NHH for the center's annual meeting.

Among his ambitions are to strengthen ties between research and businesses even further, in order to have scientific research make a real and positive impact on how Norwegian businesses operate.

“Technology and sustainable growth is at the top of every executive's agenda, and all of them needs better insights to make the right decisions for their companies. As a country, we are at a crucial moment in time, where we absolutely have to drive forward local innovation that can scale globally. International competitiveness in the future will depend on what we manage to do today," says Skjelvan.

Skjelvan will be heading a strategically strong and committed board consisting of

  • NHH’s Director Communication and External Relations Geir Mikalsen
  • Vice rector for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor Malin Arve, NHH
  • VP Group Strategy & Group Innovation Lead Simen Aasen Engebretsen, Gjensidige
  • CHRO Elisabeth Melander Stene, Telenor
  • Director Growth and Development Ole-Jacob Mosvold, Virke
  • Department Director Espen Sjøvoll, DIGDIR
  • Dean and Professor Ingrid Schjølberg,NTNU
Dagfinn Myhre, DIG
Dagfinn Myhre, Telenor Research & Innovation was praised for his tenure as chair of the DIG board.

During DIG’s annual meeting, Vice President, Head of Portfolio Management & Communications Dagfinn Myhre, Telenor Research & Innovation was praised for his sound performance as Chair, an office he has held since August 2022.

DIG leadership and administration extended a big thank you to the other outgoing board members.

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In addition to the formal part of the DIG Annual Meeting 2024, Dagfinn Myhre, Telenor shared his reflections of the year that has passed, followed by DIG leader Professor Bram Timmermans, that updated on DIG’s “State of the Union”.

They both gave the impression that there is good speed and a lot of exciting things on the agenda, and highlighted, especially research on AI in Business and Silver Economy. Onboarding of new PHD candidates, DIG Corporate Workshops and DIG Summit 2024, business cases and The Norwegian Innovation Index were also mentioned. 

Vice-rector Malin Arve and associate professor Håkon Otneim gave us insight on how NHH meets societal challenges, and how DIG partners can contribute in the popular new bachelor profile Business, Economics, and Data Science (BEDS) at NHH. The program, offered in English, received over 1200 applicant earlier this year and launched during this semester.

The audience was presented with ongoing DIG research initiative, with insights from the following DIG research topics by DIG faculty.

  • Sustainable Growth by Tor W. Andreassen 
  • The Role of the Board of Directors (BoD) in Radical Change and Innovation by Therese Egeland and Inger Stensaker 
  • Big vs. Small: Are we more Dishonest towards Big Corporations? by Jareef Bin Martuza
  • Should Greenfluencers be Thrifty or Sophisticated? by Aruna Tatavarthy

In addition, we had two external presentations: “Competition, Digitalization, and AI” by Chief Economist Hans-Petter Håvås Hanson, Norwegian Competition Authority, and “A Home with Mastery and Meaning” by CEO Per Martin Knutsen, Betanien Foundation Bergen.

We would like to thank all contributions and participants for making this DIG annual meeting a success.

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