Martinus Brandal is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 engineer and businessperson. He is chair

Chair (official)

The chairman is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the members of the group. The chairman presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in an...

 of Aker Floating Production

Aker Floating Production

Aker Floating Production is a Norwegian Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel operator. The company is part of the Aker Group with Aker ASA owning 44.27% of the company. It is also listed on Oslo Stock Exchange....

 and Aker Solutions.

Brandal was educated with a bachelor in electrical engineering from Oslo University College

Oslo University College

Oslo University College , Norwegian: Høgskolen i Oslo is the largest state university college in Norway, with more than 11,000 students and approx. 1100 employees...

. He worked for the ABB Group from 1985 to 2004, including management positions in the Zürich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

 headquarters. During this period he also sat on the boards of Aker Kværner

Aker Kværner

Aker Solutions ASA is a Norwegian multinational provider of services related to engineering, construction, maintenance, modification and operation of both large and small industrial facilities. The company, with roots back to 1841, has its headquarters in Oslo and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange...

 and Aker Seafoods

Aker Seafoods

Aker Seafoods is a Norwegian Whitefish fishing, seafood processing and sale company that is part of the Kjell Inge Røkke controlled Aker Group who own 65.0% of the company. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway.The company operates 15 fishing...

. In 2004 Brandal started forking for Aker, and in 2006 he was appointed 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 Aker Kværner (later renamed Aker Solutions), a position he held until 2008, when he became president of energy technologies of the Aker Group.