State secretary Peder Weidemann Egseth

Historical archive

Published under: Solberg's Government

Publisher: The Office of the Prime Minister

State secretary Peder Weidemann Egseth (Conservative Party)

Peder Weidemann Egseth

Appointed: 14/01/2019
Left: 14/10/2021

Education

2013 – 2013 Copenhagen Business School / Copenhagen, Denmark – MCs Accounting, Strategy and Control
Financial Statement Analysis, Accounting, Strategy. Focus on the oil & gas industry

2013 – 2013 Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Trondheim, Norway
Followed Petroleum Economics course at the inst. of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics- no official grade

2007 – 2010 BI Norwegian School of Managment / Oslo, Norway - Bachelor in Finance
Relevant subjects: Financial Strategy, Options and Futures, Financial Investments, Credit Rating, Statistics, Econometrics.

2006 – 2007 Tromsø College / Norway – Bachelor in Safty and Environment in Arctic
Relevant subjects and papers: Accident analysis and satefy, term paper in oil well security was published by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway as an excellent paper. (http://olje.mikromarc.no)

Professional Experience

2019 – present Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister / Oslo. Norway – Political Advisor
Political Advisor for the Prime Minister, Erna Solberg. Responsible for the day – to – day contact with the Norwegian Parliament

2017 – 2019 Head of the Press Team for the Conservative Party / Oslo, Norway
Headed a team of five press officers. Election strategies, contact with media, crisis communication. The Conservative parti won the re-election in sept. 2017.

2016 – 2017 Head of the Political Election Team for the Conservative Party / Oslo, Norway
Policy Papers (En plattform for et digitalt Norge), research and strategie.

2015 – 2016 Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Oslo, Norway – Political Advisor
Political Advisor for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Børge Brende. Responsible for the day – to – day contact with the Norwegian Parliament

2014 – 2015 Conservative Party / Oslo, Norway – Political Advisor
Political Advisor for the Conservative Parys members of The standing Committee on energy and the environment.

2010 – 2014 Fokus Bank (Danske Bank) / Oslo, Norway
Acquisition & Leverage Finance, shipping, large corporates, Institutional clients. Participated in the building of the banks Oil Service Team.

Summer 2009 Fokus Bank (Danske Bank) / Oslo, Norway – (Summer internship)
Worked as an intern in the CIB (Corporate and Institutional Banking) department, tasks included cash managment and large client devision. Analyzed different companies’ cashflow with the purpose to reduce currency risk and optimize cashflow structure.

2003 – 2006 McDonalds Tiller / Trondheim, Norway

Extra Curricular Activities and Leadership Capabilites

2007 – Present Trondheim Norwegian Conservatives / Trondheim, Norway

2008 – 2010 The Student Politics Group at BI / Oslo, Norway
Founder and leader for the student politics group at BI. Representing BI in the student welfare councel.

2008 – 2011 The Norwegain Youth Atlantic Treaty Association / Oslo, Norway
The Norwegian Youth Atlantic Treaty Association is a youth group working for national safety-, foreign- and defense- policy. The Association is a youth association under The Norwegian Atlantic Committee. The Norwegian Youth Atlantic Treaty Association yearly gets invited to NATO summits and conferences.