The Board’s primary mandate is to support the center in fulfilling its goals of spurring AI adoption and thus unlocking increased competitiveness and societal development across the region. With long-standing experience across the Nordic ecosystems and a breadth of distinguished professional perspectives, the Board is exceptionally well positioned to steer the initiative forward.
„I am truly excited to be the first chairperson of this important initiative where we plan to unlock the enormous opportunities, encourage research, development and implementation of AI, but at the same time preserve our common Nordic values; democracy, human rights and equality, in an active dialogue with businesses and policymakers in the region.“ Says Katrín Jakobsdottir, Chairperson of the board.
The members of the New Nordics AI Board of Directors are:
Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Iceland): The former Prime Minister of Iceland brings unparalleled political insight. During her tenure, she was a driving force behind the development of Iceland’s national policy for artificial intelligence.
Staffan Truvé (Sweden): A representative of the deep tech sector, Truvé is Co-founder and CTO at Recorded Future. As the first Chairman of AI Sweden, he holds deep ties to the Swedish tech industry.
Maria Ervik Løvold (Norway): Representing the financial sector, Løvold is Group Executive Vice President for Personal Banking at DNB and a member of the Group Management team, bringing expertise in scaling digital services.
Haktan Bulut (Denmark): A leading figure in digital transformation, Bulut serves as Executive Vice President for Digital Solutions and CITO at the pension giant ATP.
Ville Voipio (Finland): Voipio holds significant industrial board assignments, serving as Chairman of the Board for both the global measurement technology company Vaisala and the trade association Technology Industries of Finland.
Cecilia Leveaux (Nordic Council of Ministers): Senior Advisor of Digitalization at The Nordic Council of Ministers. Observer on the Board of Directors.
