Øystein Olsen
Governor
Norges Bank
P.O. Box 1179 Sentrum
0107 Oslo
Norway
Born: 1952
Re-appointed Governor of Norges Bank and Chair of the Executive Board on 1 January 2017 for a second six-year term. Øystein Olsen has held this post since 1 January 2011.
Education:
1977: Postgraduate degree in economics (Cand. oecon) from the University of Oslo
Work experience:
2011: Governor, Norges Bank
2005–2010: Director General, Statistics Norway
1999–2005: Director General, Economic Policy Department, Norwegian Ministry of Finance
1996–1999: Head of the Research Department, Statistics Norway
1993–1999: Professor II at BI Norwegian School of Management
1994–1996: Deputy Director General, Economic Policy Department, Norwegian Ministry of Finance
1977–1990, 1991–1994: Research Department, Statistics Norway
1990–1991: ECON Centre for Economic Analysis
1985–1986: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley