Per Terje Vold is a Norwegian civil servant and businessperson.

He grew up at the farm Engan near Røros

Røros

is a town and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Other villages include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen....

, and attended school in Røros and Orkdal

Orkdal

Orkdal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Orkanger. Other villages in the municipality include Kjøra, Geitastrand, Gjølme, Thamshavn, Fannrem, Vormstad, Svorkmo, and...

. He studied science at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

 and economics

Siviløkonom

Siviløkonom is an academic degree issued within the field of business administration and economics and a professional title in Norway , obtained after 5 years of studies...

 at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, and started his career in the Ministry of Industry

Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry is a Norwegian ministry responsible for business, trade and industry. It is led by Trond Giske . The department must report to the legislature, Storting.-History:The Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Shipping, Industry, Craft and Fisheries was created...

 and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy 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 Energy Ola Borten Moe...

. He then worked in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an international economic organisation of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade...

 and Storebrand

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, since 2006, P&C insurance products...

. 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

Statoil

Statoil ASA is a Norwegian petroleum company established in 1972. It merged with Norsk Hydro in 2007 and was known as StatoilHydro until 2009, when the name was changed back to Statoil ASA. The brand Statoil was retained as a chain of fuel stations owned by StatoilHydro...

. He has also been a board member of DnB NOR

DnB NOR

DNB ASA is Norway's largest financial services group with total combined assets of more than NOK 2.0 trillion and a market capitalisation NOK 102 billion as per December the 31st. The Group includes brands such as DNB, Vital, Nordlandsbanken, Cresco, Postbanken, DnB NORD and Carlson...

 and Oslo Jazzfestival. On 1 January 1998 he became the new director of the Federation of Norwegian Process Industries

Federation of Norwegian Process Industries

The Federation of Norwegian Process Industries was an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. On 1 January 2006 it was merged with the Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries to form the Federation of Norwegian Industries....

, a position he left in 2004. He was succeeded by Stein Lier-Hansen

Stein Lier-Hansen

Stein Lier-Hansen 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 100,000 members...

. Vold was then director of the Norwegian Oil Industry Association

Norwegian Oil Industry Association

The Norwegian Oil Industry Association is an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise.The current director-general is Gro Brækken. Chairman of the board is Steinar Våge....

 in February 2004. He was succeeded by Gro Brækken

Gro Brækken

Gro Merete Brækken is a Norwegian businessperson.She was born in Narvik, and lived in Mo i Rana, Moss and Trondheim during her youth. She took her education at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, graduating in chemical engineering in 1975. She worked in Norske Shell from 1976 to 1982 and...

 on 1 January 2010. He intended to move back to the family farm in Røros. Before this he resided in Hosle

Hosle

Hosle is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its population is 5,713.-References:...

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