Tore Killingland

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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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Nytt om navn". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 January 2002. p. 14.
  2. ↑ "Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications - Political Advisor". Government.no . Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "State Secretaries at the Office of the Norwegian Prime Minister". Government.no . Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Fra Naturvernforbundet til direktørjobb" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 3 December 2006.
  5. ↑ Ravn, Linn Karen (20 June 2007). "Går etter to uker i Enpro". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 26.
  6. ↑ ""Green team" i pr-bransjen". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). 19 March 2008. p. 124.
  7. ↑ Riisnæs, Ida Grieg (4 June 2008). "Stiftelse er nær konkurs". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 10.
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Preceded by Chairman of Natur og Ungdom
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