Thor Gjermund Eriksen will take over as CEO at Norwegian infrastructure operator Bane NOR on 1st November 2023. He was most recently CEO of gambling company Norsk Tipping. Eriksen previously worked as a journalist and editor at Dagbladet and Aftenposten before becoming director and later CEO of Amedia in 2006. In 2013 he became head of NRK's broadcasting department, a position he held until autumn 2022. Eriksen has been CEO of Norsk Tipping since 2022. At Bane NOR, he will succeed Henning Bråtebæk, who will continue in the role of acting CEO until Eriksen takes up his position.