Torvild Aakvaag, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Torvild Aakvaag

Norwegian businessperson

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1927

Place of Birth: Bærum, Akershus, Norway

Profession: lawyer, businessperson, business executive

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Torvild Aakvaag (born 27 January 1927, in Bærum) was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Bærum, and was a cand.jur.
by education.
He was employed in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1951 to 1956, but left for a career in Norsk Hydro.
He was promoted to head of the judicial department in 1967, and head of the petroleum department in 1970.
He advanced to become assisting director-general in 1977, and director-general (CEO) in 1984.
He succeeded Odd Narud.
He stayed in this position until 1991; after this he was chairman of the board from 1992 to 1997.
He has also been a board member of Orkla Borregaard, Storebrand and Nobel Industrier, and chaired Hydro Aluminium and Korn- og Foderstof Kompagniet.He was decorated as a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St.
Olav in 1989.