About

The chief legal director for DNV GL, a company named the nation’s most innovative company for 2016 by Norway’s leading innovation magazine, Innovasjonsmagasinet, Thor Winther has been a prime contributor to the company’s success. During his career Winther has become a central pillar of safety and sustainability in the maritime, oil and gas and energy sectors, dedicated to the company’s ethos of safeguarding life and the environment. As a world-leading certification body, DNV GL has developed various approaches and methodologies to promote best practices in safety management. Most recently they established the Managing Infection Risk standard at Bumgrungrad Hospital in Bangkok, the first in Asia to be presented with this award. These expansive initiatives have been supported by Winther who has had to show an excellent grasp of international regulation. Amongst its environmental plans to enhance its research and testing capabilities, DNV GL has acquired a test facility in Northeast England. Winther has been at the forefront of increasing the company’s scope across the world, and ensuring their products are compliant with the international standards.