Petter Fredrik Wille was the first director of the Norwegian national human rights institution (NHRI), where he currently is a special advisor.

He has a law degree from the University of Oslo, is deputy judge in a town court and worked for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he, inter alia, has been Head of Division in the legal department, deputy Director General in the UN department, ambassador for Human Rights and ambassador to the Council of Europe, as well as Counsellor at the permanent Mission of Norway to the UN in Geneva. He has experience as teacher and examiner in human rights and international law at the University of Oslo and is the author/co-author of several articles and books on human rights.