Tor Erik Silset
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Chief Executive Officer at VIS Forsikring
Location: Oslo, Norway 15 work roles 6 schools
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Tor Erik Silset is listed as Chief Executive Officer at VIS Forsikring, a with 37 employees, based in Oslo, Norway. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Tor Erik Silset.

Tor Erik Silset previously worked as Chief Executive Officer at Norsk Hussopp Forsikring and Deputy Chief Executive Officer & COO at Norsk Hussopp Forsikring. Tor Erik Silset holds Mbe/ Siviløkonom, Master In Business & Economics, Top 10 Percentile Of Class from Handelshøyskolen Bi.

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Highly experienced senior executive whose strength lies in transformational leadership and building culture, engagement and high-performing teams within technology, finance and product. Holds a master’s degree in business and administration. 15 years leadership experience within performance management/ finance, business- and product development, technology and analytics in Scandinavia. Part of top management in leading nordic general insurer Gjensidige for more than 12 years and holder of several board positions. Strong proven track record of value creation and as a transformational leader. People oriented leader who strongly believe employee engagement, empowerment and collaboration drive results. Nurtures openness and trust to create physiological safety and high performance teams. Good at facilitating, communicating and implementing strategy and drive results based on insight. Strong communication and relationship skills at all levels in organization. Broad experience within different competency areas gives an edge in problem solving, coaching of others and holistic strategic thinking. Often seen as innovative and strong at thinking out of the box, willing to learn from other industries and utilize new technology. Takes actions in a structured, result oriented way and is always interested in learning and developing.

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VIS Forsikring
Vis Forsikring
Chief Executive Officer
Oslo, NO
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37
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15 roles

Tor Erik Silset work experience

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Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Coo

Oslo, Norway

Hired as new CEO for company overlapping with current CEO towards the summer of 2024.

Feb 2024 - Jul 2024

Group Evp - Technology & Insight (Chief Technology & Information Officer)

Oslo, Norway

Group Executive Vice President for Technology & Insight (CTIO) in the Gjensidige Group. Member of senior top management group and head of tech division responsible for all aspects related to ICT including data and analytics. Division of approx 350 high performing leaders and employees. Annual budget more > 1,5 billion NOK. Reporting to Group CEO.Focus on technology strategy as an enabler to create the best customers experiences and using data and analytics as a competitive advantage. Strong employee engagement focus, modernization of infrastructure, agile principles and strong development partners are pillars in the strategy in addition to a platform of security, resilience, compliance and cost control .Key results:- Established perhaps the world's best digitalization and automation solutions within insurance - Consolidated ourselves at a leading level within data and analytics within FSI in the Nordics and Europe, including establishing a modern data and analysis platform- Delivered the first phase of a new group-wide core system- Modernized the entire infrastructure and solutions for cloud in MS Azure and built market-leading development and design platforms- Reduced technical debt and significantly strengthened our security and preparedness for stable operations in the future- Transformed the culture, and improved employee engagement from bottom 10% to top 10% amongst tech workers cross-industry- Increased attractiveness as a technology employer and was named the year's climber within IT by Universum in 2022 and recruited over 100 new technologists in the last 2 years- Streamlined the underlying operations and consolidated our position as the most cost-efficient IT operation in the Nordic insurance industry according to Waagstein research. Norwegian Title: Konserndirektør Teknologi & InnsiktFrom September 2023 on garden leave before starting a new job in February 2024.

Jun 2020 - Jan 2024

Svp - Property & Liability Nordic/ Country Manager Denmark- Analytics, Product And Pricing

Oslo Area, Norway

Nordic Head of Product and Pricing business unit responsible for business and product development and profitablity for a portfolio of approx 10 billion NOK within Property, Liability, Travel, Leisure, Marine, Transport, Animals and Agricultural products with strong financial results and growth. Responsible for the excellent work of 32 people including 4 department managers in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. 15 people reporting directly.Country Manager (from January 2018) for all departments in Analysis, Product and Pricing Division in Denmark consisting of Motor, Property, Accident & Health and Analytics - in total around 30 people. - Founder and board member Gjensidige Bolighandel AS (now transformed into "Boligselgerforsikring"- Chair and board member at Natural Perils Pool (Naturskadepoolen) - Norway- Member of General Assembly Norsk Hussoppforsikring- Board member in Gjensidige Baltic AAS - Baltics 3th largest Insurance Company during successful turn-around in 2016 og 2017 from significant loss to profitable business.- Board member at FDC AS - Insurance system integrator - Denmark in 2016-2018 during successful turn-around and thereafter successfully sold the Company to Total Specific Solutions in January 2018- Deputy Chair at Natural Perils Pool - Norway June 2017 - June 2019Reporting to EVP Analysis, Product & Pricing and member of top management group in Analysis, Product & Pricing.Norwegian title: Direktør Eiendom Ansvar Norden - Analyse, Produkt og Pris

Jan 2016 - Jun 2020

Svp - Chief Performance Officer/ Group Controller

Oslo Area, Norway

Head of Group Performance Management department responsible for strategical Financial Planning and Performance Management; long- and short term financial planning, forecasts, analysis, facilitate top management scorecards, fasilitate Business Reviews and Performance Management process, valuation and profit realization on strategic- and M&A projects. Responsible for taking necessary actions to meet the goals and objectives in all the different business segments (Bank, Insurance, Savings, Pension) and countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Baltics). Responsible for group administration costs of approx 5 billion NOK. Facilitating the group efficiency program "15 within 2015" bringing our cost ratio down to below 15% which is industry leading for a general insurer in Europe. Facilited a major turn-around in own department bring down number of team members fra 21 to 11 highly skilled employees - achiveing better deliveries, performance and satisfaction from key stake holders as CEO, CFO and Group Board.Reporting to CFO for Group and part of CFO leadergroup consisting of Strategy, Risk and Capital management, Investment Center, Actuary, Investor Relations, M&A, Group Performance ManagementBoard member in Gjensidige Baltic AAS - Baltics 3th largest Insurance Company.Finalist in the "Årets Unge Leder" competition by Assessit in 2014 Norwegian title: Direktør Økonomi- og Forretningsstyring Konsern/ Konserncontroller

May 2011 - Jan 2016

Vp - Head Of Group Business Controlling

Head of department at Group level responsible for senior management reporting, controlling and business support for all group business units and support areas for insurance, banking and savings. Manager for 10 employees.

Dec 2009 - May 2011

Vp - Director E-Channels

Head of department with business responsibility for webportals, CRM solutions, insurance systems and other IT solutions/ processes in the Commercial division. Manager for 3 employees.

Dec 2008 - Dec 2009

Vp - Chief Business Developer

Chief Business Developer commercial financial products. Manager for 3 other business developers

Jun 2008 - Nov 2008

Senior Manager Commercial Distribution

Senior Manager Commercial Distribution - Major Accounts and Broker segment. Managing and developing the segment and the regional distribution. Project manager for different development projects.Channel Manager SME market. Responsible for distribution og sales channels within small and medium sized businesses - 5 different Call Center units in 5 regions in Norway. A total of approx 60 people in a matrix organization. Responsible for marketing plans and sales campaigns as a part of the job. Participated in the start up of the pension and savings division (Gjensidige Pensjonsforsikring). Responsible for establising sales processes and tools for the sales people.

Aug 2005 - May 2008

Chairman Of The Board

Gjensidige Business Services
Jun 2022 - Sep 2023

Styreleder / Chairman Of The Board

Norsk Naturskadepool / Norwegian Natural Perils Pool

Oslo, Norway

6 years as board member. Last 2 years as chairman of the board.

Jun 2019 - Jun 2021

Senior Consultant

Senior Consultant within - Strategy & Process (a lot of ABC costing modelling for diffent customers, management consulting within call center optimalization and trafic management)- CRM & Business Intelligence (a lot of Siebel CRM and Analytics implementations). Hands on in debt configuration and programming experience in Siebel/ Oracle, Java, SQL and ETL-tools.- International experience and projectleader experience from Norway and abroad.Mainly Finance, Telecom and Pharma

Aug 2001 - Jul 2005

Insurance Sales Representative

Worked part-time in addition to my business school studies as a salesrep of insurance and bank products to consumer market by telephone and face to face

Jun 1998 - Jul 2001
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Tor Erik Silset education

Mbe/ Siviløkonom, Master In Business & Economics, Top 10 Percentile Of Class

Activities and Societies: Kontrollstyret, BI Charity

Master Of Management Course In Innovation (-06/-07), Insurance Economy (-11), Coaching Program (-06)

Corporate Finance

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Advanced Programme in Corporate Finance - 2013

Gjensidige Executive Program 2012, Finance, Value Creation, Value Capture, Strategic Branding

Leadership Development Program

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Tor Erik Silset works for VIS Forsikring.

What is Tor Erik Silset's role at VIS Forsikring?

Tor Erik Silset is listed as Chief Executive Officer at VIS Forsikring.

Where is Tor Erik Silset based?

Tor Erik Silset is based in Oslo, Norway while working with VIS Forsikring.

What companies has Tor Erik Silset worked for?

Tor Erik Silset has worked for Vis Forsikring, Norsk Hussopp Forsikring, Gjensidige, Gjensidige Forsikring, and Gjensidige Business Services.

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Tor Erik Silset holds Mbe/ Siviløkonom, Master In Business & Economics, Top 10 Percentile Of Class from Handelshøyskolen Bi.

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