
Marchand has been a director of Selvaag Bolig ASA since 2012 and served as chair in 2018-19 while Olav H Selvaag was acting CEO. She has broad management and boardroom experience. Earlier positions include executive vice president for the retail market in Norway at DNB and CEO of Batesgruppen, the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund, Eksportfinans and the Haavind law firm. Marchand has boardroom experience from such companies as Oslo Børs, Norske Skog and Fornebu Utvikling. She currently works full-time in boardroom positions, serving as chair of Gjensidige Forsikring ASA, Nationaltheatret AS, Norgesgruppen Finans AS and Boligbygg KF, as a director of Norgesgruppen ASA, Scatec Solar ASA, Eiendomsspar AS and Victoria Eiendom AS, and as a member of the nomination committee for Entra ASA. Marchand has a BSc in business economics from CBS Copenhagen Business School. She chairs the company’s audit committee and sits on its compensation committee.
Marchand is a Norwegian citizen.