Kristin Skogen Lund

Who is Kristin Skogen Lund?

Kristin Skogen Lund is a Norwegian businessperson.

From 1992 to 1995 she worked as a manager in Lever Europe. In 1995 she was hired in the Coca-Cola Company and was the director of Coca-Cola Beverages Sweden from 1997 to 1998. In 1998 she was hired by Scandinavia Online and became CEO before the turn of the year. From 2003 to 2004 she was the CEO of Scanpix. In 2004 she moved to Aftenposten AS—publisher the newspaper Aftenposten—and in 2007 became CEO. Aftenposten AS is owned 100% by Schibsted. Lund has held various board memberships within the Schibsted Group and in the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, and she is a member of the board of the Orkla Group.

In 2009 she left Aftenposten to become director of Nordic activities in Telenor.

Since 2008 she has also served as vice president of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. In April 2010 she became acting president, after Paul-Christian Rieber suddenly backed down. During summer 2010 she was formally elected as president of the organization for two years.

Fortune in 2011 cited Skogen Lund among the "Fortune 50 Most Powerful Women in Business"— Skogen Lund being number 38 in the ranking. She was similarly featured on the "10 Global women on the rise" list. The Norwegian business magazine Kapital has two years in a row put her on the top of the list of Norway's most powerful women. In September 2012 it was made public that she will change position from president to chief executive of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise from November 1, 2012.