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Wenche Kjølås (born 20 December 1962) is a Norwegian businessperson.
She hails from Stranda,[1] and is educated as a master in economics and business administration from the Norwegian School of Economics.[2] From 1986 to 1992 she worked in Touche Ross. She then became financial manager in Hakon Gruppen from 1993 to 1995 and financial director in Kavli Holding from 1995.[1] She was also managing director in Kavli from 1997 to 1999
From 2006 she was the chief financial officer of Grieg Logistics,[1] and in 2009 she became managing director of Grieg Maturitas.[2] This is the parent company in Grieg Gruppen,[3] and Kjølås is also a board member of the daughter companies Grieg Group Resources (chair), Grieg Seafood, Grieg Property, Grieg Logistics and Grieg Gaarden.[4]
In 1996–1997 Kjølås was a member of the governmental Norges Eksportråd.[5] In 2006 she was noted as being among the most sought-after female board members in Norwegian enterprise, with six memberships on boards of directors.[6] Kjølås chairs the board of Flytoget since 2013,[7] and has been a member of the board of Cermaq (2003–2009), Selvaag Bolig (2011–2013),[8] DOF ASA,[2] Petroleum Geo-Services, Kavli and Q–meieriene.