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Mr. Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen

Mr. Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen
Group President & CEO
DNV

Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen currently serves as DNV’s Group President and CEO. Prior to this role, he led DNV Maritime, where he was appointed Maritime CEO in August 2015. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was awarded a First-Class Honour’s Degree in Civil Engineering in 1990.

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