Lars Andreas Lunde was appointed State Secretary in a 50 % position for the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and in 50 % position at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries on October 30^th 2020.

His work experience include positions as Higher Executive Officer at Statistics Norway, Political Adviser at the Conservative Party's parliamentary group, State Secretary at the Ministry of Climate and Environment (2013 – 2018) before he became Assistant Director General at the Section for Climate, Forest and Green Economy at the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) in 2018.

Lunde is a Civil Engineer in Marine Technology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).