New board of directors appointed for NORFUND

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed the following board of directors for the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (NORFUND):

Einar Steensnæs, Haugesund, chair

Borger A. Lenth, Koppang, deputy chair

Grete Faremo, Oslo, member

Marianne Damhaug, Oslo, member

Åsa Sildnes, Averøy, member

Knut Borch, Tromsø, deputy member

Ove Christian Bugge, Kolbotn, deputy member

The board will take up its duties on 1 June this year, and its term of office will be four years. As Mr Steensnæs is currently a member of the Storting (the Norwegian parliament), the deputy chair will act as chair until Mr Steensnæs steps down from the Storting. Mr Steensnæs will not, therefore, assume the chairship until 1 October this year.