Norway’s oil, energy services, and mining sectors operate at the intersection of heavy industry, geopolitics, and advanced digital systems. These environments blend IT, OT, safety systems, and global supply chains, where cyber incidents can quickly escalate into operational, environmental, or national-level risks. The leaders below are shaping how cybersecurity, resilience, and digital governance are embedded into some of Norway’s most critical industrial organizations.
Ingvild Berlin Kalleberg — Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of IT and Cybersecurity, Aker Solutions
Ingvild Berlin Kalleberg is an experienced executive technology leader with a strong track record in digital transformation across energy, industry, healthcare, finance, and consulting. At Aker Solutions, she aligns IT and cybersecurity strategy tightly with business objectives, focusing on operational excellence and measurable value creation. Known for building strong teams and setting ambitious goals, she operates at board and executive level while also contributing to the wider Norwegian technology community through leadership and mentoring roles.
Sindre Skjønsberg — Chief Information Security Officer, Equinor
Sindre Skjønsberg has progressed through multiple senior security roles within Equinor, building deep institutional knowledge across incident response, detection, risk management, and disaster recovery. Now serving as CISO, responsibility spans enterprise-wide cybersecurity for one of the world’s largest energy companies. The background combines hands-on technical expertise with governance and advisory leadership across IT and OT environments, supply chain security, and executive decision support.
Charlotte Stråmyr Norwich — Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Security Officer, Rana Gruber ASA
Charlotte Stråmyr Norwich brings a people-centered leadership approach to cybersecurity and corporate security in the mining sector. At Rana Gruber, she is part of the executive leadership team, overseeing IT, digitalization, physical and logical security, risk management, QHSE, and emergency preparedness. With experience across technology, banking, and industry, her focus is on building trust, strong leadership culture, and long-term organizational resilience alongside operational security.
Kjetil Andreas Laasby — Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Odfjell Technology
Kjetil Andreas Laasby is a senior IT and cybersecurity executive with more than two decades of experience in highly regulated, international industrial environments. At Odfjell Technology, he leads business-critical technology platforms, cybersecurity, and operational resilience across global IT and OT landscapes. His work emphasizes stability, scalability, and trust, positioning technology and security as strategic enablers of long-term business value rather than standalone control functions.
Cybersecurity at the Core of Industrial Resilience
In oil, energy services, and mining, cybersecurity is inseparable from safety, continuity, and national interest. The leaders featured here demonstrate how Norwegian industrial organizations are integrating cyber risk into executive decision-making, operational resilience, and culture. Their work reflects the evolving role of the CISO and CIO as strategic leaders responsible not only for protection, but for enabling sustainable, trusted industrial operations in an increasingly complex threat landscape.