New CEO

Andreas Gilhuus becomes new director at Ibsenhuset

The board of Ibsenhuset has today appointed Andreas Gilhuus (48) as the new director of Ibsenhuset. He comes from the position as general manager at Bølgen Kulturhus in Larvik. There were 25 applicants for the position.

The position has the ultimate administrative responsibility for Ibsenhuset's management and operations. The job advertisement called for a thorough understanding and knowledge of the culture, music and entertainment industry, as well as management experience, industry understanding and financial knowledge.

The appointments committee has been very keen to continue and further develop Ibsenhuset's qualities, and is very pleased that Andreas Gilhuus will now take this work forward.

- "Andreas meets the criteria for the position in a very good way. He has solid management experience from similar operations, a large network and has shown great understanding of the cultural center's role in the local community, says chairman of Ibsenhuset Ingjerd B. Martinsen

- With Andreas, we get a skilled and experienced leader who will take good care of the values and ambitions of Ibsenhuset. We are very pleased that he accepted the position.

Gilhuus is also a happy man himself.

- I'm very grateful to be chosen for such an exciting job, and I'm looking forward to getting to know the employees and users of the building better. Ibsenhuset has many exciting projects in the pipeline, which I'm looking forward to developing.

When Andreas Gilhuus will take up the position as director of Ibsenhuset will be clarified shortly.