Alexandra Bech Gjørv (born 13 September 1965) is a Norwegian lawyer and businesswoman. She is the daughter of journalist

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, and a daughter-in-law of politician Inger Lise Gjørv. She was assigned with

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from 1993 to 2007, and with

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from 2007 to 2010. She chaired the governmental commission appointed after the

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, which presented their findings in the Gjørv Report. In 2015 she became the chief executive of

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. Gjørv graduated as

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in 1990 from the

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, received further education at the

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(1991) and the

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(1993), and passed the New York State Bar Exam in 1994.

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