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 The Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs -Fiskeri- og kystdepartementet
Title: Fishery Minister (2009- )

Name: Ms Lisbeth Berg-Hansen

Political appointments

2000-2001 State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister (Stoltenberg I Government).
1992-1996 Political advisor in the Ministry of Fisheries.
                Member of the Board of the Labour Party (Nordland)
                Bindal local council and its executive committee (16 years)
                Deputy Chair of the Labour Party (8 years)

    
Work experience

2008   Fish farmer, SinkaBerg-Hansen AS, Rørvik 
1996-2000 Home-maker, looking after children
1988-1992 Customer consultant at EWOS A.S., Lørenskog.
1986-1988 Managing Director of Bindalssmolt A.S., Bindal
1985         Teacher in aquaculture, Ytre Namdal Upper Secondary School, Rørvik
1981-1985 Dental assistant at a number of dental surgeries
Between 2001 and 2008, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen was employed full-time on boards and committees.

Board appointments
Previously

2002-2008 Member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise 
2004-2008 Vice President of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise 
Board Member and Deputy Chair of the Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Tromsø
Member of the Board of the Nordland Research Institute, Bodø
Chair of the Board of the Norwegian Seafood Federation (FHL)
Chair of the FHL Aquaculture Division
Chair of the Council of Kysten inn i EU
Member of the Europe Committee of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
Member of the Europe Committee of the Labour Party
Chair of Kjella Helselag (National Association for Public Health)
Chair of the Forum for Active Ownership and Family-owned companies (Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise)
Member of the Board of Aker Seafoods ASA
Member of the Board of Fosen ASA
Deputy Chair of the Board of the Institute of Marine Research
Deputy Chair of the Board of Bodø University College
Member of the Board of KLV (National Knowledge Centre for Salmon and the Aquatic Environment)
Member of the Board of the family-owned company SinkaBerg-Hansen AS
Member of the Board of SOS Children’s Villages, Norway
Member of the Board of Investinor AS
Member of the Government’s Expert Committee on the High North
Member of the Board of Fiskeribladet Fiskaren AS
Chair of the Board of Bindal Kraftlag SA
Member of the Control Committee of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
Deputy Member of Council of Representatives of DnB Nor
    

Education

 

1969-1978  Kjella School, Bindal (primary/lower secondary) 
1979-1980  Asphaugen Upper Secondary School, Bodø – Dental Assistant 
1983-1984  Ytre Namdal Upper Secondary, Rørvik - VK1 Aquaculture 
                 Various courses on aquaculture


Other

2004  Member of the Grønnevet commission
2008  Contributed to the Norwegian Official Report on Vocational Training in the Future


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