The Commission’s members and secretariat

Chair

Siv Hallgren

Chair of the Commission and head of the secretariat 

Work experience from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, executive officer with the Directorate for the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority, chief superintendent of police, prosecutions manager and acting head of the CID in Asker and Bærum Police, head-hunter with ISCO Group AS, trainee lawyer/ lawyer with the law firm Lea, Haavik & Helland and lawyer and partner with Advokatfirmaet Elden DA. She is a former head of the Norwegian Bar Association's Legal Counsel for Aggrieved Parties Committee and was a member of the work group aiming to increase the use of conflict resolution boards, the Criminal Accountability Committee, the Special Courts Committee and the Health Personnel Appeal Board for three years.
 

Deputy chair

Trude Marie Wold

Lawyer 

Member

Dag Jodaa

Helgeland District Court judge 

Jodaa obtained a Master of Laws degree in 1996. He was a deputy judge from 1996-1999, an adviser at the Ministry of Justice and Public Security from 1999- 2000 and a privately practising lawyer and partner with Advokathuset Helgeland DA from 2000-2015.

Member

Rolf K. Sæther

State Authorized Public Accountant

Alternate member

Timothy John Brennen

Professor of psychology at the University of Oslo

Brennen’s research is focused on cognitive psychology, and includes subjects such as identification of persons, false memories and the cognitive effects of trauma exposure. He has served as a court appointed expert witness giving testimony on memory and related subjects.  He has previously worked at the Universities of Tromsø, Savoie and Grenoble, been head of research at the Department of Psychology and Research Dean at the Social Sciences faculty. 

Alternate member

Bendik Falch-Koslung

Lawyer 

Alternate member

Beate Blom

Gulating Court of Appeal judge