TECO2030 - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Company As Member of the Board of Directors
Birgit Marie Liodden joined the Company as member of the Board of Directors in early September 2020. For the past 15 years, Liodden has promoted the next generation, diversity, sustainability and the need for change across the maritime industry.
Liodden is one of the most profiled young shipping female executives globally. She holds executive board roles in The Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue, The Factory, Greenstat and Bellona Foundation. She is the Founder & CEO of The Ocean Opprtunity Lab. Her maritime background involves five years in Wilh. Wilhelmsen head office, Project Manager Global Systems & Processes, 4.5 years as an entrepreneur working with Nor-Shipping, OECD, Wilh. Maritime and Sea Trucks Nigeria. This includes Director of Nor-Shipping, Founder & SG of YoungShip International, Director of Sustainability, Ocean Industries & Communication at Oslo Business Region, and Project Manager for Oslo European Green Capital's cross-industry Business program. She has received plural awards & rankings for her leadership in Norway and abroad. In 2012 Liodden was awarded Shipping Name of The Year in Norway and she was a finalist for World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders in 2018.
Erling Hoftun has extensive experience with Green Maritime Technologies, among 19 years of project management and sales and marketing experience within Scanship ASA. Mr. Hoftun also has several years of projects within offshore activities. Mr. Hoftun is responsible for building the Innovation Center in Narvik. He joined TECO 2030 in January 2021.
Over 10 years of experience in project management and engineering at AVL. Leading project teams in Fuel Cell Systems, HV Battery Pack development an DE for various OEMs (e.g. DAIMLER, MAN, CAT, Ford, Maserati,). 4 years project management for fully automated intralogistics systems at SSI SCHÄFER. 2 years on-site project management in the US to develop logistics systems for Walgreens, Walmart, Amerisource etc. MSc Automation Technology & Business from CAMPUS 02 University of Applied Sciences and Technical University of Dublin.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Company As Member of the Board of Directors
Herman Marcussen joined the Company as member of the Board of Directors in September 2020. Mr. Marcussen has more than 30 years experience in the shipping industry and is presently working with SeaLeague AS,is presently working with SeaLeague AS, where he is a partner and member of the board.
Mr. Marcussen has a wide experience from shipping finance, secondhand and newbuilding transactions as well as corporate transactions. He has previously been a partner and board member with P.F.Bassoe AS / Pareto for several years. Furthermore, Mr. Marcussen has been a board member of Scanship ASA. Mr. Marcussen has a business degree from Oslo Business School / BI.
Kirkhusmo is a shipping, offshore and finance lawyer with approximately 25 years of experience from major law firms in Oslo and London in addition to management positions from the international shipping industry.
She is Master of Law from the University of Oslo and currently partner in the Energy, Shipping and Offshore department in SANDS Law firm DA. She has many years of practice as General Counsel of a large international shipping group consisting of several stock listed companies which a diversified fleet and bulk vessels, chemical tankers, gas vessels and conducting ship supply services and technical management of vessels. Kirkhusmo has extensive experience as Board member from private and public companies, hereunder from the Board of Directors of GIEK - the Norwegian Export Credit Agency.
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology & Project Officer
Mr. Arild Eiken educated in 1999 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology within Marine Technology. He has broad international experience in leading technical and executive management positions within the hydrogen, maritime and offshore oil and gas industries. Arild has worked both at reputable O&G operators and service providers covering ship design, FPSO-, FLNG-, Platform technology and the complete hydrogen value chain. He has in-depth competence in the development of products, systems and solutions within the clean energy sector covering multiple professional disciplines. Since 2017 he has been instrumental in the development of zero and low emission technologies for maritime applications. Arild joined TECO in 2020 as Chief Technology Officer and is responsible of hydrogen related technologies.
Job Titles:
- Head of Sales, EMEA & Far East
Kristiansen holds a degree in refrigeration engineering. Kristiansen has a variety of skills which include sales, aftersales, management and international shipping with a strong trackrecord within the marine industry, marine electro, refigeration engineer from Royal Carribean Cruises, combustion engineering and environmental industry. Kristiansen joined TECO in 2019.
Job Titles:
- Chief Development Officer
Mr. Shyam Thapa holds a Master of Science in Energy and Environmental Engineering. Thapa has held a profession within Research and Development for more than 10 years of invaluable experience of successfully overseeing projects from conception to completion.
Mr. Thapa has been in charge of R&D in a family business turning it into a multinational 350 employee company. Thapa has a proven ability to improve efficiency by finding solutions to complex problems at tight schedules in the field of process and environmental technology, and manage the research team members. Thapa has developed multiple new product lines and successfully been awarded five patents. Thapa joined TECO in October 2020.
Mr. Tore Enger, born in 1963, founded TECO Group in 1994. Tore is a true entrepreneur and has initiated a large number of products and services to the Maritime Industry throughout the last 25 years.
He has an extensive network in the industry and is thus crucial for TECO 2030's access to shipowners. Tore was also the Chairman and major shareholder of Scanship Holding ASA (now Vow ASA), which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, for approx. 10 years (2008 - 2017).
Ms. Bettina Nowak is an Austrian citizen who has lived in the US since 2000. She holds a Degree in Hotel Management from Austria and has been working in the hospitality industry in Europe and the US until 2004, when she started working in the Cruise Industry.
In 2007, Bettina entered the position as Managing Director for Scanship Americas, a position she held for 11 years until she joined TECO as CEO of TECO 2030 Inc. in Miami in 2018.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Board Member of Shipowner MPC Container Ships ASA
- Company As Member of the Board of Directors
Pia Meling joined the Company as member of the Board of Directors in early September 2020. Meling has broad management experience from the shipping and the maritime industry.
She is currently the Managing Director of Grieg Green, a world-leading ship recycling and
Meling is also Board member of shipowner MPC Container Ships ASA, logistics provider Westport AS, Singapore-Norway Chamber of Commerce and she is a member of the Ocean portfolio board in The Research Council of Norway.
Mr. Pål Christian Johnsen holds a Master of Finance and Accounting from The Flinders University of South Australia.
He has previously worked for TECO Group in various projects from 2006 to 2010 in addition to, amongst others, Økokrim (Special Investigator) and AS Naturbetong (CFO), before joining TECO in October 2018.
Mr. Lange joined the TECO Group of Companies in 2000 and became a partner in TECO Group from 2005. Lange has held various positions, such as CEO, CFO and board member, in TECO Group controlled companies.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- President and CEO of SunHydrogen, Inc
Since 2009, Tim Young has served as President and CEO of SunHydrogen, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to make renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water.
Through his outreach to the public and to leaders in the renewable energy field, Mr. Young has bolstered ...
the company's visibility as a key player in the developing green hydrogen market and rallied a strong investor base. Mr. Young's proven fundraising ability, along with his leadership and direction of SunHydrogen's long-term and short-term goals and strategies, has enabled the company to engage international industrial partners, attract top industry scientists, and most importantly continue to hit milestones toward commercializing its nanoparticle-based green hydrogen technology.
Prior to founding SunHydrogen, Mr. Young demonstrated a track record of success in management and leadership positions bringing new products to the market in the digital, cable, and broadcast media industries. Among others, Mr. Young was the President of Rovion, a digital advertising company, and served a decade-long career at Time Warner Inc.
Today, Mr. Young is grateful to be at the forefront of the renewable energy industry. He is driven by innovation and strives to create tangible environmental change by bringing SunHydrogen's vision to fruition.
Mr. Tor-Erik Hoftun holds a Bachelor in Nautical Studies from Vestfold University College, Arctic Specialization University of Norway (UIT) and The University Centre Svalbard (UNIS).
He worked as Project Engineer and Project Development Manager in Scanship AS with focus on wastehandling and water purification. Tor-Erik joined TECO in March 2018 and has been an important part of the development team.