Bente Angell-Hansen
President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA),
Education
Degree in social sciences, University of Oslo. Programmes of study: political science, concentrating on
international politics; French; public law
Work experience
January 2018 President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority
2014‐2017 Ambassador to the Republic of Austria and Permanent Representative to the
International Organisations in Vienna
2011‐2014 Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2007‐2011 Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Norway in
Geneva
2005‐2007 Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary
2000‐2005 Director General, Department of International Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister
1998‐2000 Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995 Assistant Director General, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1993 Assistant Director General, Department of External Economic Affairs I,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1991 Head of Division, Department of External Economic Affairs I,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1990 Head of Division, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1986‐1990 Executive Officer, North‐South Section, Department of Multilateral Development
Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1982‐1985 Attaché/Second Secretary, Norwegian Embassy in Canberra, Australia
1979 Foreign Service Trainee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1978‐1979 Executive Officer, Ministry of Trade and Shipping
1976‐1978 Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs