Tore Killingland
Tore Killingland (born 1953) is a Norwegian business manager, environmentalist and politician for the Liberal Party.
He took his cand.mag. degree at the University of Oslo. He was a co-founder and chairman of Natur og Ungdom (1971-1973), worked for the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, the Norwegian Consumer Council and the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management.[1] From 1997 to 2000 he was a political advisor in the Ministry of Transport and Communications,[2] and from February to March 2000 he was appointed State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister.[3] Between 2002 and 2006 he served as secretary-general of Friends of the Earth Norway. He was a former assisting secretary-general.
He left in December 2006, and became CEO of EnPro in February 2007.[4] He resigned later in 2007,[5] and was hired as leader of the "Green Team" in Burson-Marsteller.[6] He was also hired as manager of the foundation Green in Practice, but he backed out as the existence of the foundation was threatened.[7] In 2009 he became manager of Jernbanealliansen.
[edit] References
- ^ "Nytt om navn" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten: p. 14. 17 January 2002.
- ^ "Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications - Political Advisor". Government.no. http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/ministries-and-offices/private-secretariesprivate-advisorspolit/ministry-of-transport-and-communications.html?id=426561. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ "State Secretaries at the Office of the Norwegian Prime Minister". Government.no. http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/ministries-and-offices/the-office-of-the-prime-minister-state-s.html?id=410093. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ "Fra Naturvernforbundet til direktørjobb" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 3 December 2006.
- ^ Ravn, Linn Karen (20 June 2007). "Går etter to uker i Enpro" (in Norwegian). Dagens Næringsliv: p. 26.
- ^ ""Green team" i pr-bransjen" (in Norwegian). Dagens Næringsliv: p. 124. 19 March 2008.
- ^ Riisnæs, Ida Grieg (4 June 2008). "Stiftelse er nær konkurs" (in Norwegian). Dagens Næringsliv: p. 10.
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| Preceded by Geir Tveit |
Chairman of Natur og Ungdom 1971–1973 |
Succeeded by Preben Ottesen |
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