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Styret i Petoro

Standing from left: Hilde Myrberg, Per-Olaf Hustad, Trude J H Fjeldstad and Lars Kristian Bjørheim. Seated from left: Per A Schøyen, Gunn Wærsted and Marit Ersdal. Photo: Kjetil Alsvik

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Gunn Wærsted

Chair
Years of election/re-election: 2014/2016
Other directorships: Chair, Telenor and Nordea SA (Luxembourg).
Education: MBA, BI Norwegian Business School.
Career: Executive vice president in DnB responsible for capital management and life insurance, CEO, Vital Forsikring ASA and member of corporate executive management, 1999-2002, CEO, SpareBank 1 Gruppen AS, and head, SpareBank 1 Alliance, 2002-07. Global head of wealth management, president of Nordea Bank Norge and member of the corporate executive management of Nordea, 2007-16.

HILDE MYRBERG

Deputy chair
Years of election/re-election: 2006/2017
Occupation: Self-employed.
Other directorships: Director, Norges Bank, CGG SA and Nordic Mining AS. Member, nomination committee, Det norske ASA.
Education: Law degree, MBA from Insead.
Career: Head, market sector, Hydro Oil & Energy, 2002-06. A number of posts in Hydro, including business development for Hydro Energy, head of marketing activities in the power area, corporate legal executive and board secretary.

Per-Olaf Hustad

Director
Years of election/re-election: 2014/2016
Other directorships: Chair, NOBU Group AS
Occupation: Independent consultant.
Education: MSc petroleum technology, Norwegian Institute of Technology (now Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Career: Statoil, 1976-80, then more than 30 years with Shell – including executive positions in operator companies and major projects. Head of exploration and production for Shell in Norway to 2012.

PER A SCHØYEN

Director
Years of election/re-election: 2007/2017
Occupation: Consultant.
Education: Law degree, various management programmes.
Career: Partner, Kluge, 2005-14. With Esso/ExxonMobil 1977-2004, head of corporate affairs from 1989, other positions in Norway and abroad. Also judge and assistant police attorney as well as scientific assistant, University of Oslo.

Trude J H Fjeldstad

Director
Years of election/re-election: 2015/2017
Occupation: Chief executive, Statkraft Treasury Centre, Brussels.
Education: Economics degree, University of Oslo, financial analyst and MBA in corporate finance, Norwegian School of Economics.
Career: Previously secretary to the board, Statkraft, senior gas manager, Statkraft, chief executive, Plaine de l’Ain Power SAS and portfolio manager for gas in Norsk Hydro ASA.

Marit Ersdal

Director (elected by the employees)
Years of election/re-election: 2014/2016
Occupation: Senior adviser, technology department, Petoro AS.
Education: MSc technical physics/reservoir technology, Norwegian Institute of Technology (now Norwegian University of Science and Technology).
Career: Long experience from Norwegian and international companies, mainly in the reservoir and production technology area.

Lars Kristian Bjørheim

Director (elected by the employees)
Years of election/re-election: 2014/2016
Occupation: Senior adviser, licence follow-up, Petoro AS.
Education: MBA, BI Norwegian Business School, 2003.
Career: Experience from various roles in Petoro within accounting and licence follow-up. Has been a consultant in Accenture.