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The Alumni Award is an award given to outstanding alumni who have shown strong community involvement, excelled professionally and is a recognition of fantastic achievements and contributions in career and society.
Winners must demonstrate dedication, passion, commitment and be excellent role models for all our current students and future alumni.
The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honour bestowed by BI Norwegian Business School upon an outstanding alumnus. The award is presented to notable alumnus for excellence in commitment, leadership, and volunteer contribution to society.
Criteria of nomination:
The Young Alumni Award is given to the alumnus who has demonstrated the values derived from a business school education by making a significant impact on their industry and having professional accomplishment on national or international level. The recipient must have graduated within the past 10 years.
Criteria of nomination:
The Young Alumni Award will be given to four outstanding alumni, one from each of BIs’ four campuses in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger.
The nominations process is open to the public for a limited time each year.
Deadline for nomination was 31 August 2024.
Nominators need to specify which award category the candidate is nominated for, add a statement of support and submit online. The nomination committee may also nominate in all categories within the official deadline.
BI Alumni Advisory Board.
The Alumni Awards ceremony will this year take place at the Annual BI Alumni Celebrations at our four campuses on the following dates:
| Stavanger | TBA - Distinguished Alumni Award OR Young Alumni Award |
| Oslo | 17 October - Distinguished Alumni Award & Young Alumni Award |
| Trondheim | TBA - Distinguished Alumni Award OR Young Alumni Award |
| Bergen | TBA - Distinguished Alumni Award OR Young Alumni Award |
During her internship, Farstad developed a trading model that was used to invest two billion kroner in the stock and bond markets. This proves that it is possible to achieve an enormous amount as a young student and early in his working career. These are achievements that are inspiring for our students who are looking forward to entering the job market.
When we call to ask him to share his experiences, and career advice with students, he never says no. Whether it's Back to School, Academic Day, Roadshow, Career Days, Bry deg-week, or anything else. He always says, "Yes, I can come." or "I'm in." This year's Young Alumni graduated as a real estate agent from BI in 2018 and is today one of the founders behind Heime, where the goal is to create neighborhoods and homes where community and social sustainability flourish.
She has built a career that has great impact and impact on society and is an alumni that our students look up to, as well as being a champion for gender equality in a male-dominated industry, while also inspiring our students who are looking forward to entering the job market.
He has built a career that has great impact and impact on society and is an alumni that our students look up to and inspire our students who look forward to entering the job market.
He has a heavy responsibility for investments in energy, oil services and maritime industry. In addition, he is a member of Folketrygdefondet's board for the period 2023-2027. He has built a career that has great impact and impact on society and is an alumni that our students look up to and inspire our students who look forward to entering the job market.
He has built a career that has great impact and impact on society and is an alumni that our students look up to and inspire our students who look forward to entering the job market.
Diversity as a superpower for business task solving has a huge impact on society. In addition, the work he has done on the establishment and management of Turban Day is recognized.
As well as being the chief analyst in Nordea's Sustainable Finance department. She is known for her positive attitude and contribution to panel debates and events and is a strong ambassador for BI. Her career path is inspiring for our students who are looking forward to entering the job market.
At the same time, Nikolai was one of the best students in the year he graduated from BI. He received the London Bridge Ward Scholarship for further studies at Cass Business School in London. In London, Nikolai had several internships, including at the London Stock Exchange. After completing his Bachelor's degree at BI, he started as an Execution Trader at Beringer Finance. He worked there for a year before taking a master's in International Security at IBEI in Barcelona. During the finalisation of his master's thesis in spring 2020, Nikolai started his own company BlueC together with two friends. A company that builds a business model around ocean-based ecosystem services.
In addition, she is regional director for the Nordics and the Baltics in the Manpower group, where she has been top manager for the past 12 years. She has also previously been in the top management of Storebrand. As a manager, Maalfrid focuses on motivating his employees. She believes that motivation in the form of responsibility is important for satisfaction in the workplace. She is a person who focuses on people's lives and professional development.