He has over 20 years of experience in management and organizational development as a line manager and consultant. Bjørnar has broad industry experience from the private and public sectors, including industry, professional services, retail, transport, public administration, banking, and insurance.

Previously Bjørnar led the consultancy unit of EY in Norway within management, organization, change, and HR. He has assisted several large Norwegian companies with significant change and organizational development processes and has been an adviser to many managers. With a Master Black Belt in Lean, he has supported several businesses in improving their core and support processes. He has acquired a deep functional insight into many industries and functions. Bjørnar also has extensive experience in Norwegian and international industry, has sat on the management team of 2 different global industrial companies, and helped build the management development program within production for a large Norwegian brand group.

Bjørnar is a civil engineer from NTNU and a business economist from BI Oslo.