Torstein Dale Sjøtveit

Torstein Dale Sjotveit
Torstein Dale Sjotveit in 2012
Born	(1955-05-10) 10 May 1955 (age 62) Miland, Norway
Occupation	Chief Executive Officer of Sarawak Energy

Datuk Torstein Dale Sjøtveit (born 10 May 1955) is a Norwegian business executive.

He is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of East Malaysia based Sarawak Energy (SEB); a position he has held since November 2009. He leads the state owned, fully integrated utility company, responsible for development, generation, transmission, distribution and retail of electricity, to serve more than 500,000 customers throughout the State of Sarawak.

Prior to joining Sarawak Energy, Torstein was the President and CEO of Europe’s biggest shipbuilding group, Aker Yards ASA/STX Europe ASA.

He was awarded the Pingat Panglima Gemilang Bintang Kenyalang (P.G.B.K) (Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak), by the Governor of Sarawak, in recognition of his contributions to Sarawak. This award carries the title of Datuk.

Torstein has also been a Director on the Board of the International Hydropower Association since 2011.

In the period since Torstein commenced as CEO, Sarawak Energy has experienced significant business growth, with:

Over the same period, the rate of power theft in Sarawak has been reduced by half and Sarawak Energy’s distribution network has the best ever performance in the System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI), moving from an average duration of 419 minutes per year, per customer in 2002, to 168 minutes per year, per customer in 2013.

Torstein Dale Sjøtveit was born in Miland, a small village 12 km outside the small industrial town of Rjukan, in Norway. His interest in industrial development can be attributed to the transformative impact of hydropower upon his hometown of Rjukan, turning it from a remote rural area located in a narrow valley just under Gaustatoppen – one of Norway’s highest mountains – to an important industrial town and a famous Norwegian tourist destination.