Tore_Killingland

Tore Killingland

Tore Killingland

Norwegian politician (born 1953)

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.

References

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