School Board

The School Board supervises the general running of the school and is responsible for ensuring that the school is run in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Meetings are held approximately eight times per year.

In addition to the board members, the following representatives have the right to meet and speak at the meetings: The Principal, a Trondheim Kommune representative, staff representatives, a parent representative and a student representative.

Stiftelsen Birralee International School Trondheim runs a school and a kindergarten through two separate limited companies, or aksjeselskap.

Vedtekter Birralee International School Trondheim AS

Our Vision

School of Excellence

The aim of the school is to develop the whole child to his or her full potential as a world citizen, prepared to face the opportunities and challenges of a changing world.

Board Members

Harald Ratchje

Board Member

Region manager, Azets Insight AS
Previously worked at SINTEF Materials and Chemistry (Head of Administration), IBM (Manager) and the Norwegian Army (Officer)
Master of Knowledge Management (Copenhagen Business School)
On the board since 2013

Trude S. Nordgaard

Board Member

Kindergarten Leader, Læringsverkstedet Sætra Idrettsbarnehage
Previously worked as a fagleder in Trondheim Kommune
Master of Knowledge Management (Copenhagen Business School)
On the Board since 2019 (Deputy Board Member since 2018.)

Dr. Shyam Chand

Board Member

Senior Research Scientist, Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse (NGU) and Norwegian Centre of Excellence, CAGE, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, The Arctic University of Norway (UiT).
Previously worked as Researcher at National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS), UK and Scientist at National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), India.
Doctorate in Marine Geophysics, NGRI.
Deputy Board Member since 2019

Lisbeth Vassaas

Chair

EU Advisor, Innovation Norway
Bachelor of Business Administration (NTNU and the Norwegian School of Management), Bachelor of Arts in French language and literature, NTNU.
Previous working experience from business consulting companies, private and public organisations in the field of business development manager, international business management and European Adviser.
On the Board since 2012

Britt Nergård

Board Member

Senior Lawyer, SANDS Advokatfirma
Previously worked at NSB (CFO) and Trondheim Kommune (director).
Master in Law (University of Oslo) and Business Economy (BI)
On the Board since 2017 (Deputy Board Member since 2013)

Kenneth Stoltz

Board Member

Head of Communications, Næringsforeningen i Trondheimsregionen
Previously worked as journalist, editor and senior communications advisor at NTNU
Cand.philol. in French language, literature and political science, NTNU
On the Board since 2024 (Deputy Board Member since 2019)