– Norges første Europeiske Kvalitetsleder er kåret ..
NFKR gratulerer Torgeir Halvorsen som en av vinnerne av den
Europeiske Kvalitetsleder prisen!
Den Europeiske Kvalitet Organisasjonen, EOQ, med 34 medlemsland, har nylig kåret adm.dir. Torgeir Halvorsen, som en av 3 vinnerne av den Europeiske Kvalitetsleder prisen for 2015. Prisen deles ut hvert år blant søkere fra medlemslandene. Utnevnelsen ble gjennomført under en seremoni under EOQ’s 60 årsjubileum i Helsinki 1. juni.
Torgeir Halvorsen ble også utnevnt til årets NFKR Kvalitetsleder for 2015 sist november.

Torgeir Halvorsen har bakgrunn som leder fra Industri, IT industri og bilbransjen de siste 20 år. Han er adm.dir i Jæger Automobil AS, styreleder i Toyota Forhandlernes Forening, styremedlem i Norges Bilbransjeforbund, deltager i International Car Distribution Program (ICDP, UK) og Automotive Fellowship (AFI, UK) i tillegg til Internt Utviklingsprogram sammen med Lean Enterprice Academy.
Se vedlagt utdrag fra EOQ pressemelding:
Utdrag fra EOQ Press Release
Winners of the EOQ European Quality Leader Award 2015 
The European Organization for Quality (EOQ) hascelebrated the winners of the European QualityLeader Award 2015 at the 60th EOQ Congress, in Helsinki/Finland on June1st,2016.
TheEuropean Quality Leader (EQL) Award is yearly granted by EOQ. An EOQ ‘QualityLeader’ is a leader in an organization having succeeded in moving the organization to success for the different stakeholders through his leadership and through the change and Quality improvement processes, in its broadest sense, he has implemented directly through his team.
Mr. Torgeir Halvorsen from Norway, CEO at Jaeger Automobil AS. He participated in building and leading Jæger Automobil A/S from one local car dealership representation in 1998 to 7 dealerships and service points in 2015, with plan of development of 3 more, in 2016-17. Under his leadership a traditional Car dealership was transformed into a Lean TTW Model, by studying, training, customizing and implementing Toyota TPS/TSM manufacturing philosophy, processes, people management and quality and problem solving methods in a sales and service business; winner of the Lean Price Norway 2016.
The EOQ President, Mr. George Georgiades, announced the winners of the European Quality Leader Award 2015 during the Gala Dinner of the EOQ 60th EOQ Congress held in Helsinki/Finland on June 1st, 2016.
The European Quality Leader Award is granted in recognition of outstanding individuals, who devote their time, energy and knowledge in sharing their beliefs to the benefit of the European Society.
The European Organization for Quality (EOQ) associates more than 70.000 members and 500,000 companies within its member and partner organizations in Europe and worldwide. EOQ is the European interdisciplinary organization striving for effective improvement in the sphere of quality management as the coordinating body and catalyst of its Member Organizations aiming to improve European society through the promotion of Quality in its broadest sense.
