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BI Alumni

BI Alumni is your global community with more than 245 000 alumni. We give you the opportunity to stay connected, stay informed and advance your career.

BI Alumni Award Programme

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.

Distinguished Alumni Award

The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honour bestowed by BI 黑料专区 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:

  • Must be a graduate of BI 黑料专区 Business School or one of its predecessor institutions.
  • Must have achieved broad recognition for extraordinary performance, advancement of knowledge or professional field of work, or volunteer contribution to society through application of his or her BI 黑料专区 Business School education.

Young Alumni Award

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:

  • Must be a graduate of BI 黑料专区 Business School.
  • Excelled early in life and shown potential for continued success.
  • Attained increasingly responsible positions within their organisation, business or field of work.
  • Received recognition for significant professional contributions or creative work through honours, awards and/or media attention.

The Young Alumni Award will be given to four outstanding alumni, one from each of BIs’ four campuses in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger.

Nomination process

Deadline and nomination form

The nominations process is open to the public for a limited time each year.

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.

Deadline for nomination was 15 September 2025.

Nomination committee

Alumni and Industry Relations Office

Nomination guidelines
  • The nomination committee is to review nominations according to the current criteria and make recommendations to the judging committee. The nomination committee shall present their assessment and recommendations to the judging committee.
  • Completed nominations are active and under consideration for one additional year, if not recommended in the year submitted. Nominations not selected after two years of eligibility will expire. Any re-submitted nominations must contain new material.
  • Current employees of BI 黑料专区 Business School are not eligible to win Alumni Awards.
  • The nomination committee may select to change the category of a nomination. The committee shall consult the nominators in order to verify that the change is appropriate if the nomination is part of the final recommendations by the committee.
Judging committee
  • Karen Spens, President, BI 黑料专区 Business School
  • Marius Eriksen, EVP, Full-Time Programmes BI 黑料专区 Business School
  • Ida-Cathrine Jørgensen, Director, Business Relevance, BI 黑料专区 Business School

Award ceremonies 2025

The Alumni Awards ceremony will this year take place at the Annual BI Alumni Celebrations at our four campuses on the following dates:

Oslo 9 October - Distinguished Alumni Award & Young Alumni Award
Bergen TBA - Distinguished Alumni Award OR Young Alumni Award
Trondheim 7 November - Distinguished Alumni Award OR Young Alumni Award 
Stavanger 4 November - Distinguished Alumni Award OR Young Alumni Award 

Previous winners

Liselotte Farstad

Young Alumni Award 2023

Liselotte Farstad

Her efforts and involvement started during her studies when she had an internship in the Government Pension Fund Global (Oljefondet). 

Christian H. Skjelbakken

Young Alumni Award 2023

Christian H. Skjelbakken

Christian H. Skjelbakken is an inspiration for BI students and an example of how to give back as an alumni from BI.

Elin Sinervo

Distinguished Alumni Award 2023

Elin Sinervo

Her efforts as CEO of Volkswagen Møller Bilfinans, strong leadership figure and the ability to lead with a focus on people, have been mentioned in the nomination for this award.

Kristian Vogt

Distinguished Alumni Award 2023

Kristian Vogt

His efforts as a leader in Telia Norway, as well as international experience in Accenture, have been mentioned in the nomination for this award. 

Morten Borge

Distinguished Alumni Award 2023

Morten Borge

His efforts as CEO of Ferd AS, and the vision of Ferd AS creating value for society as a whole, have been mentioned in the nomination for this award. 

Runar Hollevik

Distinguished Alumni Award 2023

Runar Hollevik

His efforts as CEO, and how he sees NorgesGruppen as a team where each individual contributes to lifting the team to new heights, has been mentioned in the nomination for this award. 

Sumeet Singh Patpatia

Distinguished Alumni Award 2023

Sumeet Singh Patpatia

His efforts to highlight diversity as value creation in businesses is something that has been highlighted in the nomination. 

Thina Saltvedt

Distinguished Alumni Award 2023

Thina Saltvedt

Her efforts as chair of the expert committee appointed by the government to explore opportunities for climate-friendly investments leave her mark on the public debate.

Nikolai Herman Skeie Wiencke

Young Alumni Award 2021

Nikolai Herman Skeie Wiencke

During his time as a student, Nikolai was an active member of the local student organisation at BI - campus Trondheim, and represented the school at BI's Case competition.

Maalfrid Brath

Distinguished Alumni Award 2021

Maalfrid Brath

Maalfrid Brath has several years' experience as a senior manager and board member. She is currently a board member of NHO and Young Entrepreneurship Norway.