Svein Harald Øygard

Mr. Svein Harald Øygard (born 1960) has many years of experience from both the public and private sector. In 1985, he joined the Ministry of Finance where he held several positions, including State Secretary of Finance. Between 1995 and 2016, Mr. Øygard worked at McKinsey & Company. In 2009, he was called to serve as the Interim Central Bank Governor of the Icelandic Central Bank where he also headed the Bank restructuring Coordination Committee. Mr. Øygard later worked as Senior Partner Corporate Finance at Sparebank1 Markets, and as industry advisor until the beginning of 2021. Today, he is an independent advisor and holds board appointments in various international companies like TGS-NOPEC, Seadrill, DBO Energy, AGR Petroleum Services, Holu, Nettbil, Labrida and Akershus University Hospital. He has a degree in Economics (Cand. Oecon); Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Finance, Industrial Economics, Statistics and Econometrics. Mr. Øygard has been elected for the period 2021-2023.