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Gitmark is a former chairman of the International Young Democrat Union (2007–2009).
He has a study qualification from Kristiansand Cathedral School from 1997 and a degree in business economics from the Norwegian School of Economics from 2003. [1] After 12 years as a parliamentary representative, he was associated partner of Amrop AS between 2013 and 2014, which runs business consulting and management recruitment. From 2014 he runs communications consulting with his own company and as senior advisor in the department for public and public relations in Burson-Marsteller AS. [2] [3] From 2013, Gitmark is also chairman of the deepwater technology company Seabed Separation AS in Trondheim. [2]
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