Dr Ole Johan Bakke was born in 1961 and graduated from University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine in 1988. He holds two medical specialties: one in Public Health and one in General Medicine. He has worked as a general practitioner and a public health officer since 1992. Dr Bakke was elected member of the board of the Norwegian Medical Association in 2015 until 2023. He has several other assignments in the Norwegian Medical Association. He chairs the committee for the Norwegian Medical Association’s fund for specialist education and he is member of the board of the Norwegian Association of Public Health Officers. Furthermore, he has extensive experience as a board member of various hospitals and other health organisations.