Board of directors of Petoro
Arne Sigve Nylund
Chair
Year of election: 2023
Occupation: Self-employed.
Other directorships: Chair of the board of AS Nylund Consulting and ASN Invest AS. Board member of Utror AS and Daytona Holdco AS.
Education: Mechanical engineer in operations technology, BSc in business economics
Career: Technical/operative management roles at Mobil Exploration Inc./Statoil (1983-1996), OIM Gullfaks, Equinor (1996-2001), VP for Production at Equinor (2001-2009), VP for Production for Onshore Plants at Equinor (2009-2013), EVP of Development & Production Norway at Equinor (2014-2021), EVP of Projects, Drilling & Procurement at Equinor (2021-2022)Brian Bjordal
Deputy chair
Year of election: 2016
Occupation: Self-employed
Education: Civil engineer, BSc, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Career: Various positions at Statoil ASA, including senior engineer pipelines & structures; head of Pipeline and Platform Inspection, asset owner representative Europipe development, head of early-phase studies Europipe II, Åsgard Transport, Ekofisk by-pass, Franpipe, director of Process plant Kårstø, director Troll / Sleipner area (Development and Production Norway) (1984-2001), CEO, Gassco AS (2001-2015) Statoil ASAKristin Skofteland
Director
Year of election: 2020
Occupation: Chief Commercial Officer & Legal Counsel Beyonder AS
Other directorships: Chair of the board of Energychange AS, Norsk Ess AS and Battery Norway. Board member of Gassnova SF and Blueday Technology AS
Education: Law degree from the University of Tromsø, Attorney and TRIUM Executive MBA
Career: Various positions in Total Norge AS, including Legal Director and then Director of Gas and Oil Sales, Strategy, Business Development and R&DTrude J. H. Fjeldstad
Director
Year of election: 2015
Occupation: Business Development Director at Hydro Rein AS
Other directorships: Board member of Re Gründerhus AS
Education: Economics degree from the University of Oslo, MBA in Corporate Finance from NHH, MSc in Technology Management (MTM) from NTNU
Career: Various positions in Statkraft and Hydro, including Vice President and general manager of Statkraft Tofte, general manager of Treasury Centre SA; secretary to the board of Statkraft; senior gas manager at Statkraft; chief executive of Paine de l'Ain Power SAS and portfolio manager for gas at Norsk HydroAnne Harris
Director
Year of election: 2024
Occupation: Adviser and board appointments
Other directorships: Board member of Mer AS, board member of Azane Fuel Solutions AS, board member of Aker Biomarine AS, and board member of COWI Holding AS
Education: MSc in Business from BI Norwegian Business School
Career: Deputy Chief Accountant/Head of Controlling & System Development/Admin & HR Manager, Total Norge AS (1980-2000), VP Performance mgt O&E/SVP Fin. reporting Group/EVP HRO&HS, Norsk Hydro ASA (2000-2010), CFO, Entra Property AS (2014-2019), CFO, Statkraft AS (2019-2023)Hege Odden
Board member, elected by the employees
Year of election: 2024
Occupation: Senior adviser, Petoro AS
Education: Master of Science with specialisation in organic chemistry from the University of Oslo (UiO). Bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Oslo (UiO).
Career: Experience from technical roles and project management for early-phase projects in AS Norske Shell (2011-2021)Torbjørn Mæland
Board member, elected by the employees
Year of election: 2024
Occupation: Attorney, Petoro AS
Education: Candidate of Law degree from the University of Bergen (UiB)
Career: Broad experience from all legal aspects linked to the energy industry. This includes experience as an attorney and head of the Statnett legal department and from two of Norway’s major commercial law firms (Thommessen and Schjødt)
