1995-99
Ambassador to India, Bhutan and Nepal (resident in New Delhi) and ex officio Resident
Representative of NORAD, the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation. During this
period in addition Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from 1995-96.
1989-94
Special Adviser on Energy Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the
IEA.
(Vice Chairman of the Governing Board of the IEA 1991-94
and Chairman of the IEA’s Committee on non-Member Countries 1992-4. Head of
Norway’s Delegation to the negotiations on the European Energy Charter 1991-4).
1987-89
Special Adviser on International Affairs, Office of Prime Minister Brundtland
1985-87
Head of Energy Affairs Division, MFA
1982-85
Board Director and Director for External Affairs, Norsk Agip (affiliate of the Italian
state oil company Agip), Oslo
1980-81
Political Adviser to Minister of Petroleum and Energy Gjerde and later Minister Johanson,
both Social Democratic Party.
1977-79
Senior Executive Officer, Political Department, MFA on secondment to Office of Prime
Minister Nordli as Secretary to the Minister for Nordic Affairs
1971-76
Various positions at Norwegian embassies in London and Moscow and in MFA (entered career
foreign service 1972).
