About

Sveinung Heggen was appointed as general counsel for Borregaard, a Norway-based company engaged in bio-refineries, in January 2013. In his current role he is responsible for all legal matters in the Group and for whistle-blowing procedures. Before joining Borregaard he joined Orkla’s legal department as attorney-at-law from 1992, acting as a legal adviser for the hydropower and energy division. In this role he participated in a number of M&A transactions on an international level; driving forward more than 50 acquisitions between 1992 and 2010 in a number of European countries, as well as participating in several divestment transactions in 2011 to 2012. Prior to that he held different positions in the Ministry of Finance’s tax law department from 1985-1992, which involved him drafting tax laws to be proposed to parliament. In this capacity he was in charge of approving new regulation, responsible for tax assessment and tax assessment laws. Heggen holds a Cand Jur. degree from the University of Oslo.