Per Terje Vold (born 6 April 1945) is a Norwegian civil servant and businessperson. He grew up at the farm Engan near

Røros Røros ( sma, Plaassja, ) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Some of the villages in Røros include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen. The m ...

, and attended school in Røros and

Orkdal Orkdal is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the munici ...

. He studied science at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top univers ...

and

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analy ...

at the

Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including th ...

, and started his career in the Ministry of Industry and the

Ministry of Petroleum and Energy The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy ( no, Olje- og energidepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry responsible for energy, including petroleum and natural gas production in the North Sea. It is led by Minister of Petroleum and Ener ...

. He then worked in the

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries ...

and

Storebrand Storebrand is a financial services company in Norway. By volume, the company's main activities are related to life insurance and pension savings. However, the company also has major divisions working on investments, banking and, until 1999 and ...

. He was an executive in Storebrand from 1992 to 1994, but was fired by the board of directors after the Airbus scandal, in which he was even sentenced to eighteen days of prison for tax irregularities. After Storebrand he worked in

Statoil Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil and StatoilHydro) is a Norwegian state-owned multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger. It is primarily a petroleum company, operating in 36 countries with additional investments in renewable energy. ...

. He has also been a board member of

DnB NOR DNB ASA (formerly DnB NOR ASA) is Norway's largest financial services group with total combined assets of more than NOK 1.9 trillion and a market capitalisation NOK 164 billion as of 20 May 2016. DNB's head office is located in Oslo. The two l ...

and

Oslo Jazzfestival Oslo International Jazz Festival (Oslo Jazzfestival, established 1986 in Norway) is a Norwegian music event, held in August, with a focus on music form the jazz genre, performed on stages in Oslo. History The pilot project (1984–1985) was ini ...

. On 1 January 1998 he became the new director of the Federation of Norwegian Process Industries, a position he left in 2004. He was succeeded by

Stein Lier-Hansen Stein Lier-Hansen (born 9 May 1955) is a Norwegian organizational director and politician for the Labour Party. From 1988 to 1993 he was the general secretary of the Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers, an organization with more than ...

. Vold was then director of the Norwegian Oil Industry Association in February 2004. He was succeeded by Gro Brækken on 1 January 2010. He intended to move back to the family farm in Røros. Before this he resided in Hosle.

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1945 births Living people Norwegian businesspeople in insurance Norwegian businesspeople in the oil industry Norwegian civil servants Norwegian expatriates in France University of Oslo alumni Norwegian School of Economics alumni Equinor people Norwegian prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Norway People from Røros {{Norway-business-bio-stub