Lars Erik Fjørtoft

Lars Erik is a partner and head of Risk Services. He has 25 years of experience as a consultant and auditor for companies from both public and private sectors. 

Lars Erik has extensive experience in leading and managing large multi-stakeholder projects related to the introduction of new technology/solutions, especially in transaction-intensive business with high requirements for availability and security. He is a specialist in the financial sector and with a particular focus on digital ecosystems, payment and the eID area.

Lars Erik has previous experience as a head of the Banks' Standardization Office (BSK, now Bits) where he led a number of modernization activities for the industry. He has been responsible for work on investigating the introduction of a fintech regulatory sandbox in Norway, the establishment of FinansCert, and he was also the "owner" from the financial industry's side of the project for the establishment of a consent-based loan application, i.e. the project that led to the establishment of Digital Interaction Public Private (DSOP).