Tore Killingland Explained

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.

Notes and References

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