Knut Orbeck-Nilssen Chief Executive Officer DNV - Maritime Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen is the CEO of DNV - Maritime and a member of the Executive Council. He was appointed CEO in August 2015 and prior to that he had been the Chief Operating Officer and President Maritime. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was awarded a First Class Honour's Degree in Civil Engineering in 1990.