Kristian Botnen is the new Vice President of NITO
An extraordinary congress of Norway's largest organization for engineers and technologists this afternoon elected Kristian Botnen as the new vice president.
Botnen is currently a member of the Executive Board and has a long career as a union representative in NITO. He is also head of the NITO Stat collective agreement area.
"This is an incredibly exciting position that I look forward to taking on. I would like to thank the members of NITO, who have given me this confidence. Engineers and technologists are important in the major societal challenges Norway is going through, especially in technology, industry, health and emergency preparedness. At the same time, our working life is changing. This is an exciting time to take on the role of Vice President," says Botnen.
NITO currently has over 122,000 members, and is growing rapidly. An extraordinary congress was called after the previous vice president Safina de Klerk resigned from her position. In addition, there was a vacancy on the board, and the extraordinary congress has elected Agnes Synnøve Gjertsen from NITO Nord-Rogaland and Sunnhordaland as a new board member.
Since Kristian Botnen was elected vice president, his place on the executive board also became vacant. The extraordinary congress elected Ida Hegreberg from NITO Nordland.
President Kjetil Lein is very pleased with the new forces on NITO's Executive Board.
"I would like to congratulate Kristian, Agnes and Ida, and look forward to further cooperation. NITO has many skilled union representatives who will help set the direction. Their expertise and commitment will be valuable when we have to raise our most important issues on behalf of our members," says Lein.
