Tor-Petter Johnsen is a civil engineer in telematics from NTH and holds a master's degree in technology management (MTM) from NTNU, NHH and MIT Sloan. He has worked for 25 years as an independent consultant, primarily for the Research Council, various ministries and companies. Professional special areas are environmental monitoring, environmental technology, HSE and petroleum technology as well as network management. Johnsen was head of Aquateam before joining NIVA as deputy managing director in 2013. He has been responsible for NIVAs administration and NIVAs subsidiaries and has also been section manager for Project Support and for Data Science. Johnsen was appointed Managing director in January 2021.