Leif-Arne Langøy has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Det Norske Veritas (DNV). Walter Qvam has been elected as the new Chairman of the DNV Council. A member and Vice Chairman of DNV’s Board since 2010, Leif-Arne Langøy has held numerous senior positions and directorships in the Aker system and was the CEO of Aker ASA until 2009. He holds an MSc from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen. Langøy is also the Chairman of Sparebanken Møre, a director of Istad AS, and Vice Chairman of The Resource Group AS (TRG).
Walter Qvam holds an MSc in Engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He was employed by DNV from 1980-1994 after which he joined the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) and became Deputy CEO. He was also CEO and Chairman of the Board of Capgemini in Norway and established the consulting company Bene Agere before taking over as CEO of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA in 2007.
