I work as director for Nofimas Division of Fisheries-, Industry- and Market Research.This division deals with the whole seafood value chain from catch/slaughtering to consumption, as well as catch based aquaculture and marine biotechnology. In addition to leading the division, my own fields of interest are International Marketing and Strategic Management.
I am educated as a Fisheries Candidate from the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, and I have some additional education from Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, as well as Strategic Management from the Norwegian School of Business and Administration in Bergen. I have been studying in Japan, and I have also worked as a Fisheries Counsellor to the Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo.