John G. Bernander

John Gordon Bernander (born 22 September 1957) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and former director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise.

Early life and career He was born in New York City and grew up in Brooklyn and Kristiansand. He was educated at the Norwegian Naval Academy in Bergen from 1976 to 1977 and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1982. After being a junior solicitor in Kristiansand, he was a corporate lawyer in Sørlandsbanken from 1986 to 1988 and in Johan G. Olsen Industrier from 1988 to 1989.

Politics He was a member of Kristiansand city council from 1979 to 1985 and 1987 to 1989, serving the first period in the executive committee. Having chaired Kristiansand Young Conservatives from 1974 to 1975, he chaired the Vest-Agder Conservative Party chapter from 1988 to 1989. He got his first national appointment when serving as a personal secretary (today known as political advisor) in the Ministry of Industry from 1985 to 1986. He has later been chair of Talent Norge from 2015 to 2020 and board member of Amedia from 2016.