Ivar Brandvold is a Norwegian businessperson, currently the chief executive officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

 of Fred. Olsen Energy

Fred. Olsen Energy

Fred. Olsen Energy is a Norwegian offshore drilling rig company, offering services for the offshore industry within development and production of oil and gas. The company operates in two segments; Offshore Drilling and Engineering & Fabrication, the latter of which includes the Northern Irish...

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He graduated from Norwegian Institute of Technology

Norwegian Institute of Technology

The Norwegian Institute of Technology, known by its Norwegian abbrevation NTH was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 85 years, after which it was merged into the University of Trondheim as an independent...

 with a master's degree in mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering

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He then worked at Kongsberg Engineering before being hired by Norsk Hydro

Norsk Hydro

Norsk Hydro ASA is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. Hydro is the fourth largest integrated aluminium company worldwide. It has operations in some 40 countries around the world and is active on all continents. The Norwegian state holds a 43.8 percent...

 in 1984. Having risen to Head of Drilling in Norsk Hydro, he left in 2007 to become Chief Operating Officer

Chief operating officer

A Chief Operating Officer or Director of Operations can be one of the highest-ranking executives in an organization and comprises part of the "C-Suite"...

 in DNO ASA

DNO ASA

DNO International ASA is an independent international upstream oil and gas company. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. DNO operates exploration licenses and producing assets in Yemen, the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Mozambique, Equatorial Guinea...

before replacing Helge Haakonsen as CEO of Fred. Olsen Energy in November 2009.