Speakers

Brede Nielsen holds the position as SVP Business development and innovation, Technology, at Avinor Group AS since 2022. Before that he was Group CIO since 2013. Avinor is the company responsible for 45 airports in Norway. 51 million passengers a year are traveling through Avinor’s airport network which offers high standard of self service and automatic processes to the passengers, airlines and partners at the airports. Brede’s focus is on ensuring stable and safe operations, and on fostering innovation for Avinor’s business, involving the both the national and international ecosystem around their airports. The digitalization era we all are a part of now, is exhilarating for the business and him personally. Brede has a long experience from Telecom, IT industries, Bank & Finance and now Aviation with management positions as CIO, CEO, EVP and SVP. His formal education is a bachelor’s degree engineering and master’s degree in economics and management.