Major General
Odin Johannessen
Norway
Major General Odin Johannessen (retd) was Chief of the Norwegian Army when he retired in 2019. His service record includes Director Operations in the Norwegian Defence Staff, Commander Brigade North and Telemark Battalion and Commandant at The Norwegian Military Academy in Oslo. He has served in NATO operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan. Odin Johannessen is now director of The Norwegian Business and Industry Security Council, and serves the Norwegian business sector in an advisory capacity on matters relating to industrial espionage, sabotage, terrorism, organized crime, fraud, corruption, digital threats and more.