UWC Atlantic College alumna leads the commission of Enquiry into the Utøya Massacre in Norway
16th August 2011
Alexandra Bech Gjørv attended UWC Atlantic College between 1982-1984 and is also an alumna of Suffolk University Law School in Boston. She has been appointed as chairwoman of the international independent 7-22 Terror Investigation Commission where she will lead the enquiry
Current Position
Partner, Advokatfirmaet Hjort Da
Memberships and Honorary Posts
Present
2010 Vice chair of the board of Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK)
2010 Director Norske Skog ASA, member of audit committee
2010 Director Eidsiva Energi as
Previous
2000 - 2008 Director, Schibsted ASA, member of compensation committee
2005 - 2007 Chair of the Center for Renewable Energy at NTNU, Sintef & IFE
2006 - 2008 Chair of Nominating Committee for Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO)
2001 - 2006 Director of Sintef. Scandinavia’s largest research foundation
2002 Member of Energi 21 (committee for a Norwegian R&D strategy in the energy sector)
She has a degree in Law from the University of Oslo and a Diploma in Legal Studies from Oxford University
