The Board

Pål Helsing

27.01.09

Chairperson
Kongsberg Oil and Gas Technologies
Mr. Pål Helsing is Executive Vice President at Kongsberg Oil and Gas Technologies , where he is responsible for KONGSBERG's oil and gas activities. Prior to joining KONGSBERG, Helsing was Senior Vice President for Strategy and Technology within Corporate Management in Aker Solutions.
Pål HelsingHelsing has broad international business experience from the oil and gas industry, working in the UK, Australia, Brazil and the North Sea.
Mr. Helsing holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from Glasgow University, Scotland and is also a Business Economist from the Norwegian School of Management .

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Torgeir Kydland

25.01.09

Vice Chairperson
Statoil
Torgeir Kydland is Senior Vice President for Eurasia, Middle East & Asia in Statoil ASA.
Mr. Kydland joined Hydro Oil and Gas Business in 1984 as a reservoir engineer. Prior to that he was 3 years in Statoil. During his first 10 years in Hydro he held various management positions in petroleum engineering. In 1996 he joined the Exploration & Production management team, as Vice President for the Oseberg Field Asset, became Senior Vice President for Troll Field Asset in 1999 and Head of all Hydro’s Oil and Gas Operations in 2001. During 2005-2006 he was General Manager for Hydro’s businesses in Iran and since August 2006 he has been Senior Vice President and Head of Hydro Oil and Energy’s International Business Development.
From October 2007 Torgeir Kydland joined the new merged company StatoilHydro ASA as a Senior Vice President with responsibility for Eurasia, Middle East and Asia.
Torgeir Kydland has a MSc in Mathematics from the University of Oslo.

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Åsmund Bøe

10.06.10

Board Member
Aker Solutions

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Charlotte Demeer Strøm

09.11.09

Board member
Norwegian Shipowner's Association
Mrs. Strøm is an educated laywer from the University of Oslo, and has worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Trade and Industry prior to her current position as Section Leader at the Norwegian Shipowner's Association. Mrs. Strøm is also a board member of ICC Norway. She is married and has three children.

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Grethe Fossli

27.01.09

Board member

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO)
Grethe Fossli has been the head of the Business and Industry Policy Departement in the The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) siden 2006.
As a member of Stortinget (the Norwegian parliament) 1993 - 2005 she was member of The Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs, The Standing Committee on Defence and The Standing Committee on Business and Industry.
Ms. Fossli has been a long-time advisor to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) She is a member of the board of Store Norske Spitsbergen kullkompani (SNSK) and also has several other public positions.

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Yrjar Garshol

10.06.10

Board Member
Rolls Royce
Yrjar Garshol is currently General Manager Commercial at Rolls Royce, Ulsteinvik with Responsibility for Sales & Marketing & Contract Management. Prior to Rolls Royce Marine, Yrjar functioned as Managing Director at Hejllegjerde, as Trade Commissioner & Consul for the Norwegian Trade Council, as Managing Director for Ulstein Forsyningstjeneste, for the Furniture Association of Norway and as a Bank Manager at Sunnmorsbanken.
Garshol holds a B.A., Business Administration, from BI, Oslo and a Masters in International Marketing, IMD, Lausanne as well as a Masters in Master in Project Management from BI, Oslo/Winnipeg

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Odd Sverre Haraldsen

11.09.04

Board member

Ministry of Petroleum & Energy (MPE)
Mr. Haraldsen is Director General in the Petroleum Department of the Ministry. He has been in charge of the Industry and Research affairs section since September 2001. Amongst his responsibilities are supply industry issues, internationalization and research, and development in the petroleum sector.

Mr. Haraldsen began his career in the Ministry in 1977 and has had a number of senior positions since. He was Energy Counsellor at the Norwegian Mission to EU in Brussels in 1995-1999.
He is an economist from the University of Oslo.

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Birgit Løyland

27.01.09

Board member
Norwegian Ministry of Industry And Trade (MTI)

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May Britt Myhr

11.09.04

Board member
SINTEF Group
May Britt Myhr is acting Managing Director of Sintef Petroleum Research. Ms. Myhr holds a MSc in chemistry from The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 1986. She is also member of the OG21 Board.

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Heidi Olufsen

10.06.10

Board Member
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Eli Sætermoen

10.06.10

Board Member
Falck Nutec

Eli Sætersmoen is the Managing Director for Falck Nutec AS. Prior to this, she was a full time professional non-executive board member for a period. She holds an MBA from The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, USA and a Master of Science in Petroleum engineering, Norway. Ms. Sætersmoen has 20 years of experience from the petroleum and finance sector both in Norway and abroad. She is Chair of the Board of Scandpower Lloydes Register AS and Terningen Arena AS. Also, she is member of the board of Bergen Group ASA. She has served as a board member on a number of public and non-public companies. From 2001-2002, Mrs. Sætersmoen was Chair of the board and Deputy Chairman of the board of Statens Nærings- og Distriktsutviklingsfond (SND). From 2002-2005 she was Board Director and Audit Comitte Member of Statoil ASA. From 2003-2004 Mrs. Sætersmoen was Chair of the Board of First Citizen Residential ltd. (Ireland). In February 2005 she was member of “Granskningsutvalget for Hæren”. Mrs. Sætersmoen resides in Oslo, Norway.

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