Date of birth: 26 September 1960 in Porsgrunn, Telemark
Son of teacher/deputy head teacher Øivind Limi (1930–2012) and health worker/housewife Eva Skauby (1934–)

Parliamentary terms

Member of Parliament no. 8 for Akershus, 2013–2017, Progress Party
Member of Parliament no. 3 for Akershus, 2017–2021, Progress Party
Member of Parliament no. 5 for Akershus, 2021–2025, Progress Party

Storting committees

2013–2017

Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 17 October 2013–30 September 2017

2017–2021

Member, Election Committee, 7 October 2017–11 October 2017
Second vice chair, Election Committee, 12 October 2017–6 February 2020
Member, Enlarged Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, 12 October 2017–29 January 2020
Member, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, 12 October 2017–29 January 2020
Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 29 January 2020–20 May 2021
Second vice chair, Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 20 May 2021–30 September 2021

2021–2025

Member, Credentials Committee, 1 October 2021–30 September 2025
Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, 19 October 2021–30 September 2025

Parliamentary delegations

2013–2017

Substitute member, Delegation to the EFTA and EEA Parliamentary Committees, 12 November 2013–30 September 2017

2017–2021

Member, Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament, 12 October 2017–29 January 2020
Personal substitute member, Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, 28 September 2018–30 September 2021

Membership of group steering committees

2013–2017

Member, Progress Party Group Steering Committee, 17 October 2013–30 September 2015
Second vice chair, Progress Party Group Steering Committee, 30 September 2015–30 September 2017

2017–2021

Chair, Progress Party Group Steering Committee, 3 October 2017–28 January 2020
Second vice chair, Progress Party Group Steering Committee, 28 January 2020–12 May 2021
First vice chair, Progress Party Group Steering Committee, 12 May 2021–30 September 2021

2021–2025

First vice chair, Progress Party Group Steering Committee, 1 October 2021–30 September 2025

Education and professional experience

Education

Primary and lower secondary school 1967–1976
Telemark Business College, 1976–1979 (economics programme)
Academy of Retail Banking, first division 1982
Institute for Corporate Finance 2006–2008

Professional

Bank associate, Farmers‘ Bank in Porsgrunn 1979–1984 (later Fokus Bank)
Property manager, shopping centre, Olav Thon Group 1994–2000
Development director, Steen & Strøm ASA 2000–2005
Start-up projects director, ICA Norge AS 2005–2011
General manager, Limi & Limi AS 2012–2013

Appointments

Municipal political service

Member, Skien Municipal Executive Board 1983–1987
Member, Oslo City Council 1991–1991 (vice mayor for finance)
Member, Bærum Municipal Council 1995–1999, 2011–2015

Public appointments

Chair, Telemark Accounting and Decisions Committee 1983–1987
Member, Broadcasting Council 1989–1993
Member, Employment Commission ("Kleppe 2" commission) 1992–1993
Board member, Asker and Bærum power company 1997–1999
Member, Specialist Committee for Property and Administration 2011–2013
Board member, Bærum Rental Property Foundation 2011–2013
Board member, CAN (Bærum Municipality’s rehabilitation centre in Altea, Spain) since 2012

Elected party positions

Political vice chair and chair, Telemark Progress Party 1982–1985
Secretary General, Progress Party Youth 1984–1986
Office manager, Progress Party Central Executive Organisation 1986–1988, Secretary General 1988–1994
Chair, Progress Party Research Institute 1992–1994
Member, Progress Party Committee for Development and Renewal 2011–2013
Chair, Akershus Progress Party since 2012