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