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Frank Børre Pedersen Program director in Group Research and Development From May 1st, Frank Børre Pedersen is the new programme director in Group Research and Development with responsibility for ”Shaping the future of Digital Assurance”. We met him to learn more about his new role.
After 25 years in the company, five different CEOs and many different strategies, Frank Børre is back to basics, working with research and development. He can look back at 18 years in the business area as a consultant, key account manager and head of department before he moved to research in 2014. With the new DNV strategy we also have a new research strategy. In this new research strategy “Shaping the future of Digital Assurance” is at the core and a new research program has been created to deliver on the goal. In his new role, Frank Børre is heading the new programme. We asked him to tell more about the new research strategy and share more about his time with DNV. How has the new strategy been received as you see it? I have experienced many launches of new strategies and they always create a lot of excitement. However, this time I think
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it is more than just excitement. The new strategy focusing on “Shaping the future of assurance” has hit a nerve in whole of DNV – not just in research. First of all, I think the “Shaping the future” creates a very forward-leaning aspiration that many people appreciate and want to be part of. It is much more exiting to “shape” than to “follow”. And also, the clear focus on “assurance” as a common description of what we do and how we create value has been very welcomed. Now we see a clear red thread across the entire company, covering services, industries, competence, and technologies. When I started in 1996, we were 3500 people, focusing on only maritime and oil&gas and with a very Norway centric business. Now that we are truly global, operating in more industries with more services, this common description of what we do is extremely important to cater for collaborations and joint delivery to customers. And since DNV is a knowledge-based company, a common understanding of what we do and how we deliver value is needed.
