Biography
Trine Silje Nygård is a Partner at BackerSkeie. She advices our clients in private and public sectors with executive search, recruitment, evaluations, and related consulting services. Trine Silje has over 20 years of experience in management consulting and managing clients in both private and public sectors, such as the healthcare sector, project-based businesses, professional services, and the renewable energy sector.
Before joining Backer Skeie, Trine Silje was employed at the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Finance and in several internationally recognized consulting firms as a commercial director, CEO, and partner.
Trine Silje holds a degree in economics from the Norwegian School of Economics in strategy and management, and she has a CEMS master’s degree in international economics (1994). She has postgraduate education in board competence from the BI Norwegian Business School, and she has completed an executive management program at Insead in strategy, management, and innovation (2017-18). Additionally, she has recent certifications in project, program, and change management.
Trine Silje is a native Norwegian speaker, speaks English fluently, and additionally speaks Spanish and French at a proficient level.