NO/EN
1997 – 2002 Master of Science Mechanical Engineering NTNU
Operations Director- Region Oslo
Espen Bjørshol has worked at Multiconsult Norway for his entire career within the management and control of large projects, and more than 10 years as a line manager. He has experience with projects within most of the company's business areas. Espen has been involved in establishing and leading the company's central unit for project management, fills the project owner role for several large projects, and has over many years contributed to managing the company's structural capital related to projects. He has also been involved in developing and implementing the company's project manager development programs. From September 2024, Espen has assumed the role of Operations Director for Region Oslo, a leadership function intended to contribute to common concerns and coordination across the operational business units in Multiconsult.
He has good insight into the company's business model and strategy, and has a broad network within the company, both in operational and business support units in Multiconsult Norway, and towards several sister companies in the Multiconsult Group. Espen has extensive experience in recruitment and employment.
Overall, Espen has good insight into central parts of the company's diverse operations, which provides him with a foundation for viewing the company from the Foundation's ownership perspective.
Espen has been a member of the Foundation's election committee since 2022, and assumed the role of chair from 2024.
1992 – 1994 Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Geotechnical Engineering
1989 – 1992 Trondheim College of Engineering (TIH), Department of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Line
1988 – 1989 Trondheim College of Physical Education (IHT), Basic Course in Physical Education
Department leader, Management and Governance, Central Region
Signe Gurid has worked at Multiconsult for over 20 years and knows the company and its operations in the region well. Through many years of professional work, as the head of the geotechnical section in the region, and in the last 5-6 years as a project manager for interdisciplinary projects, she has developed a good understanding of the company's real values with human and structural capital as well as the company's relationships at the center, and how these can be maintained and developed. This forms the basis for viewing the company from the Foundation's ownership perspective.
Signe Gurid has been a member of the nomination committee in the Foundation since 2020.
2016: Stanford University – VDC Certified
1989 – 1992: Rogaland College Center – Engineering Education in Electrical/Data
1982 – 1988: Rogaland College Center
Director FE South
Throughout her professional career, Aina has worked in the consultancy industry and has held various roles in both projects and line management. She has a broad understanding of the disciplines represented by Multiconsult and, importantly, an understanding of the interdependencies between these disciplines. In 2016, she became VDC certified and subsequently shared the methodology both internally and externally.
