Work Experience 

1/2012–10/2013 Government Affairs Manager at Microsoft Norway

1/2009–12/2011 Advisor at the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association

12/2007–12/2008 Advisor at Gambit Hill & Knowlton

06/2004–12/2007 Political Advisor in the Conservative Party Parliamentary Group

8/1995-06/1999 Apprentice at Nera Networks AS

Summer jobs on fishing boats and in aquaculture

Other Experience

* Military Service at Haakonsvern Naval Base 18.09.00–07.08.01. Elected representative of military conscripts in Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane 

Education 

2005 Business Economics I and II and Organisational Psychology at BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo 

2001–2004 Environmental and Aquaculture Technology at Bergen University College

1999 Investments and Financing, Macroeconomics at BI Norwegian Business School, Bergen 

1995–1999 Technical and General Subjects at Nordhordland Upper Secondary School 

Appointments

2012–2013: Board Member of Smart City Bærum

2004–2013: Deputy Leader of The Coast into the EU

2005–2007: Board Member of the Norwegian Pro-EU Movement 

2002–2004: Deputy Chairman of the Young Conservatives 

2001–2002: Chairman of Hordaland Young Conservatives 

2000–2003: Leader of Austevoll Conservatives 

1999–2006: Deputy Leader of the Education Office in Austevoll 

1999–2006: Member of the Committee for Education and Culture (Chairman 2003-06), Austevoll 

1999–2006: Member of Austevoll Local Council 

Also other minor appointments and deputy member of various committees and boards