CENATE - Key Persons


Dr. Erik Sauar - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Chief Executive Office and Co - Founder
>25 years of international experience in bringing more than 10 new silicon-based technologies from ideas to industrial commercialization. PhD in Physical Chemistry, MSc Chemical Engineering and MA Anthropology from the Norwegian University of Technology and Science.

Dr. MARTIN KIRKENGEN - CTO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Co - Founder
>13 years of experience in silicon for energy purposes. Former head of the battery department at IFE (Norwegian Institute for Energy Technology). PhD in Physics from the University of Oslo.

Dr. WERNER O. FILTVEDT - COO

Job Titles:
  • COO
  • Chief Operational Officer and Co - Founder
>15 years of experience in equipment and process development. PhD in silane processing from the University of South Eastern Norway.

HELGE AASEN

Job Titles:
  • CEO of Elkem

HÅVARD MOE

Job Titles:
  • CTO in Elkem

JOE ELISTON - Chief Investment Officer

Job Titles:
  • Investment Director

JOSEF FILTVEDT

Job Titles:
  • CEO of Dynatec Group AS

OLAV LEREN MOEN - Chief Strategy Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Strategy Officer
>10 years of strategy & business development experience - mainly from materials industries. MSc in Finance and Executive MBA in Strategic Management, both from the Norwegian School of Economics.

PEDRO GARCIA CRUZ

Job Titles:
  • Senior Project Manager
>20 years of international experience in project management for large scale energy, O&G and industrial projects including renewables, green H2 to ammonia and thermal power plants. MSc is Civil Engineering from the University of Porto.

RICHARD OLAV

Job Titles:
  • CFO in Fred Olsen & Co