The Board of Directors consists of members with various backgrounds, including activists, academics, professionals working in the public or private sector, and representatives of the Rafto Staff and Prize Committee. The Board members work without remuneration. The Board is independent and self-recruiting. In addition to the legally defined work, the Board provides the final approval of candidates for the Rafto Prize nominated by the Rafto Prize committee.
Frode Elgesem - Chairperson
Judge, Borgarting Court of Appeal.
Phone: +47 416 96 089
E-mail: frode.elgesem(at)gmail.com
Anders Skjævestad - Deputy chairperson
Head of Division, DNB.
Elina Troscenko
(Chair of the Rafto Prize Comittee) Advisor, Global Research Programme on Inequality, University of Bergen.
Lovise Aalen
Lovise Aalen
Research Director, Christian Michelsen Research Institute (CMI).
Guri Hjeltnes
Historian and Former director of the HL Center.
Anders Waage Nilsen
Design strategist and business developer.
Anne Lise Fimreite
Professor at Department of Comparative Politics at University of Bergen.
Marianne Støle-Nilsen
(Employee Representative) Senior Education Advisor, The Rafto Foundation.
Roar Bye
(Observer), Leader of Friends of the Rafto Foundation.