Contents | Executive managementFrom left: Olav Boye Sivertsen, Tor Rasmus Skjærpe, Roy Ruså, Jan Rosnes, Marion Svihus, Grethe Kristin Moen, Laurits Haga and Kjell Pedersen. | ||
Kjell PedersenPresident and CEO Education: MSc petroleum technology, Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH). Career: Has had a long international career, holding a number of leading posts both upstream and downstream in Exxon and ExxonMobil. President and CEO of Petoro since 2001. | Grethe Kristin MoenVice president mature oil fields Education: MSc chemical engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Career: Long experience from Norwegian and international petroleum operations. Has held a number of management posts in the production, technology and commercial areas at Statoil and Shell. Her most recent post at the latter was head of the E&P business in Norway and of HSE in Europe. | Jan RosnesVice president gas fields/new developments Education: MSc petroleum engineering, Stavanger University College. Career: Broad experience from project and strategy work with Shell in Norway and the UK and with Statoil, among others. At Petoro, has been vice president for projects and strategy and for technology and ICT. | |
Laurits HagaVice president marketing and sales Education: Economics degree. Career: Long experience from the Norwegian and international oil and gas business. Held a number of management posts with Mobil and was head of the gas division in ExxonMobil Norway before joining Petoro. | Roy RusåVice president technology Education: BSc petroleum, Rogaland Regional College. Career: Long experience of the Norwegian oil and gas business from Statoil and Baker Hughes Inteq. Previously headed Petoro’s projects and strategy department. | Marion SvihusChief financial officer Education: MSc in business economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen. Career: Long experience from Statoil, where she held a number of senior management position in the fields of economics, analysis, finance and strategy. Also eight years of experience from the banking and financial sector. | |
Olav Boye SivertsenVice president legal affairs Education: Law degree from the University of Oslo. Career: Has earlier held posts as legal affairs officer at ExxonMobil, head of the legal affairs department for Mobil Norway, and in posts at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, the Ministry of Labour and Local Government and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Also has international experience from Mobil’s US business. | Tor Rasmus SkjærpeVice president strategy and organisation Education: MSc engineering, Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH). Career: Long experience of Norwegian oil and gas operations, most recently as head of Petoro’s licence management department and before joining Petoro as head of Norsk Hydro’s operations in the Tampen area of the North Sea. | ||