About Birgit Farstad Larsen

MEMBER TYPE:  

Member of the Board 

YEAR OF BIRTH: 

1974

NATIONALITY:

Norwegian

EDUCATION:

• M.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 1999
• Scandinavian International Management Institute (CBS-SIMI Executive). Managing the Service Delivery System (MSDS), Copenhagen Business School, 2011
• Completed several leadership development programs in COWI and externally.

ON THE BOARD SINCE:

2019

EXECUTIVE POSITIONS:

Senior Vice President, Buildings, COWI AS (Norway)  

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Financial and risk management
• Business development and project management
• Strategy development and implementation
• Cross-cultural understanding from working with projects globally
• Senior management experience from Nordic consulting companies
• Customer relation management including sales, marketing and branding
• People management in knowledge-based companies
• Operational excellence in service companies
• Experience with innovation

CONSIDERED INDEPENDENT OF COWI?:

No