Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen

CEO, Maritime at DNV

Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen is the CEO of DNV – Maritime and a member of the Executive Board of DNV SE. He was appointed CEO of DNV – Maritime in August 2015 and prior to that he had been the Chief Operating Officer and President of DNV – Maritime and Director of Division Europe, Africa & Americas. After joining DNV in Oslo, in 1990, Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen worked in DNV’s core business areas serving the maritime and oil & gas industries. 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.