EQUINOR - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- EVP Legal & Compliance
- Executive Vice President Legal & Compliance of Vår Energi
Aksel Luhr is the Executive Vice President Legal & Compliance of Vår Energi. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Luhr holds the role of regular secretary to the Board of Directors of Vår Energi. Mr. Luhr represents Vår Energi in the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers' Legal Advisory Panel and Offshore Norge's Legal Committee, including membership in the Standard Contracts Board. Mr. Luhr has a law degree as cand. jur. from the University of Oslo and is licensed as advocate and member of the Norwegian Bar Association.
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- Employee
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Representative
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- President and CEO of Eni Next LLC
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- EVP Safety & Sustainability
- Executive Vice President Safety & Sustainability of Vår Energi
Ellen Waldeland Hoddell serves as Executive Vice President Safety & Sustainability of Vår Energi. Ms. Hoddell has 15 years of experience within the oil and gas industry in Norway. She has held several positions within the area of Sustainability and Safety within Eni Norge and Vår Energi, including risk and barrier management, technical and operational safety and emergency preparedness and response.
Ms Hoddell graduated with a master's degree in Risk Management and Societal Safety from the University of Stavanger in 2010.
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- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Safety & Sustainability Committee
- Chairman of Oman Cables
- Jan Inge Nesheim ( Employee Representative )
Marica Calabrese has over 20 years of experience in the energy business, recently appointed as Fabio Ignazio Romeo is currently the Chairman for Oman Cables. Romeo worked as Chief Strategy Officer in Prysmian Group S.p.A. from January 2014 to April 2021.
Education:
Fabio Ignazio Romeo holds an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Politecnico di Milano, and a graduate degree and doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.
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- Member of the Audit Committee
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- Member of the Remuneration and Leadership Development Committee
Guido Brusco has over 25 years of experience in the energy business for Eni SpA Group across different countries and senior positions. Guido is currently Chief Operating Officer Natural Resources for Eni S.p.A and has previously served as Upstream Director, Executive Vice President for the Sub-Saharan Region and Managing Director in Angola and Kazakhstan.
Education:
Guido Brusco holds a degree cum laude in mehanical engineering from Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
Job Titles:
- Employee
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Safety & Sustainability Committee
- Representative
Role: Board member - employee elected representative
Hege Susanne Blåsternes has worked for Vår Energi since 2019. She currently holds the position of Vice President Subsurface, and previously held several leadership positions within the company. She has more than 20 years' experience in the industry. She serves on the Board of Directors as an employee representative from Tekna.
Education:
Hege Susanne Blåsternes has a Master's degree in petroleum geophysics from the University of Bergen in 2002.
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- Member of the Audit Committee
- Jan Inge Nesheim ( Employee Representative )
Role: Board member - employee elected representative
Jan Inge Nesheim has worked offshore for Vår Energi for more than 25 years (Exxon and Point Recources). He holds the position as Discipline Responsible Mechanical on Balder. Prior to joining the Company, he worked offshore for other companies such as Smedvig Drilling. During recent years, he has been an employee-elected board member representing the trade union SAFE, as well as the head of the local trade union. Previously, he has represented the employees in numerous committees, such as the Working Environment Committee and the Works Council. Nesheim has also served in multiple positions within the central SAFE trade union.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Bargem Stubholt - Chair
- Partner at Selmer
Liv Monica Bargem Stubholt is Partner at Selmer, a Norwegian corporate law firm, with a focus on ESG, governance and the energy sector. She has previously served as Investment Director at Aker ASA, President and CEO of Aker Seafoods ASA, CEO of Aker Clean Carbon AS, EVP in Kværner ASA, and State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Energy.
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- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Chairman of the Safety & Sustainability Committee
Marica Calabrese has over 20 years of experience in the energy business, recently appointed as CEO of Eni Rovuma Basin, Eni's affiliate in Mozambique and General Manager Upstream of Mozambique Rovuma Basin. She previously served as Head of Resources Development Integrated Studies Africa Region at Eni S.p.A. Between 2017 and 2019 she worked in the M&A department at Eni S.p.A. where she was in charge of following M&A opportunities from origination, through negotiation, up to closing of the deal. She spent the first 14 years of her career in the Upstream Division of Eni S.p.A. in the Reservoir Department and in Eni Norge AS.
Education:
Marica Calabrese holds a degree cum Laude in Environmental Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and a master's degree with honours in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College of London.
Job Titles:
- Employee
- Member of the Remuneration and Leadership Development Committee
- Representative
Role: Board member - employee elected representative
Martha Skjæveland has worked for Vår Energi since 2006. Martha has more than 30 years of experience in the oil industry and across drilling, operations, projects, service companies and commercial. She has been the leader of the union Industri Energi within Vår Energi since 2010. She was also Eni Norge's representative in the Eni Corporate European Works Council from 2011 to 2018, and deputy Board Member of Eni Norge's board of directors from 2016 to 2018.
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- CEO
- Chief Executive Officer of Vår Energi
Beyond 2025, we have a clear ambition to sustain production. High value, cost discipline and scale are key drivers for our long-term production profile. This is founded on improved recovery, infill drilling, near-field developments and maturation of our robust project pipeline of standardised, efficient and low-risk subsea tie-backs.
The project pipeline continues to grow as our exploration team delivers world-class results.
Vår Energi was the operator of the largest new discovery on the NCS in 2022 with Lupa in the Barents Sea, and our successful track record extends into 2023 with the Countach discovery in the same region.
To deliver on our targets and ambitions, we leverage strong capabilities and a heritage that dates back to the early beginning at the NCS. Even though Vår Energi is a young company, we have nearly 60 years of experience.
Nick Walker is the Chief Executive Officer of Vår Energi and leads the Company's strategy, market engagement and stakeholder management. Mr. Walker held the position of CEO of the leading European E&P independent Lundin Energy until mid-2022 when he led the sale of the Company to AkerBP. He has also previously worked with BP, Talisman Energy, Africa Oil and Vedanta - Cairn Oil & Gas and has over 30 years of international oil and gas experience in technical, commercial and executive leadership roles. Mr. Walker holds degrees in Mining Engineering from Imperial College London, Computer Science from University College London as well as an MBA from City University Business School, London.
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- Member of the Audit Committee
- Senior Partner at HitecVision
Ove Gusevik is a senior partner at HitecVision, which he joined in 2021 from his role as Head of Investment Banking at SpareBank1 Markets. Ove Gusevik brings more than 30 years of investment banking experience, including being one of the founders of First Securities and serving as CEO Norway and Nordic Head of Energy at Alfred Berg ABN AMRO. His experience also includes being Chairman and board member of companies at the Oslo Stock Exchange. He has played a leading role in many of the largest energy industry transactions in Scandinavia, including within the oil and gas sector.
Ove Gusevik holds a Master of Science degree in economic history from the London School of Economics as well as an MBA from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He also holds a BA degree from the University of Agder. Further, he completed the officer training programme in the Norwegian Army during his military service.
Job Titles:
- CFO
- Chief Financial Officer of Vår Energi
Stefano Pujatti is the Chief Financial Officer of Vår Energi. Mr. Pujatti has been with the company since 2019 and has more than 20 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry. Previously, he held the position of VP Planning & Control of the Africa sub-Saharan region in Eni S.p.A's headquarters in Italy and has had several international assignments in Eni major oil and gas subsidiaries. Mr. Pujatti began his career as an auditor with KPMG, where he also obtained his CPA qualification. Mr. Pujatti holds a Master of Economy degree from Catholic University in Milan, Italy.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Remuneration and Leadership Development Committee
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- Executive Vice President
- EVP People & Communication
Tone Rognstad is the Executive Vice President for People & Communication. She joined the company in 2022 and comes from the role as VP for Project Management and Control in Equinor ASA. During her 15 years as an executive in Equinor ASA, she gained extensive managerial experience within the field of people, leadership and organisational development. She held roles in corporate, shared services and the business areas. Prior to joining Equinor ASA, Ms. Rognstad held various executive leadership positions in General Electric, both in Norway and internationally, within the areas of marketing, risk and operations. Ms. Rognstad holds a bachelor's degree in Banking and Finance from BI Norwegian Business School.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer of Vår Energi
Torger Rød is the Chief Operating Officer of Vår Energi. Mr. Rød joined the company in June 2021, as CEO, and was responsible for listing the company at the Oslo Stock exchange as well as the Neptune acquisition. He took the position as COO in September 2023. Previously, he was with Equinor for 23 years (including 11 years in executive positions), both in Norway and internationally. Most recently, he served as SVP and Head of Corporate Safety and Security, and prior to that role, he was SVP and Head of Project Development. Mr. Rød holds a Master's degree in Industrial Economics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.