Randi Runa Svenkerud Flesland (born 17 November 1955 in

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) is a Norwegian

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. Flesland was educated at

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, with education in

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, with addition of psychology and pedagogy in the universities of Oslo and

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. She had several leading positions in Norges Statsbaner, for 17 years until 2000, such as head of Intercity, Financial director and finally deputy CEO. She then became director of the Norwegian National Airport Administration; later the agency became

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. She was in charge of a substantial restructurering of work processes and increased efficiency in order to make financial room for large safety investments. She resigned December 2005 after a long conflict of interests with the trade unions for traffic controllers. She was instead hired in

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. In 2008, she became the new director of the

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. She has also held several executive board positions, mostly within transport and public health. She shares the name Flesland with Norway's second largest airport.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Flesland, Randi 1955 births Living people Norwegian expatriates in Ireland Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Norwegian State Railways people Norwegian people in rail transport Directors of government agencies of Norway Avinor people