Director, Department for International Cooperation at the Research Council of Norway
Rune Vistad has extensive leadership experience and expertise in research policy. He has held three director positions in the Research Council of Norway and is currently the Director for the Department for International Cooperation.
He has previously worked 10 years in Brussel in the Financial Mechanism office where he was the Head of the Programmes Department and has held a number of positions in the Norwegian administration. Vistad has a Master of Science from the University in Trondheim (NTNU).
Vistad is the Norwegian representative on the board the NordForsk and the Board of Directors of the Joint Research Centre (JRC).