Programme Release & Early Bird
The 24th North Sea Decommissioning Conference 2025

Natalia is a project manager and surveyor in marine consultants’ company Norships AS located in Kristiansand.
Natalia educated as marine engineer in Sankt Petersburg and started her caried back in 2008 as DNV surveyor in new building in Russia, Korea and Norway. After some years as DNV approval engineer in Lifting Appliances department and Project engineer at Top Drive department at MHWirth she was back to inspections on site.
Since 2017 she has worked as a marine surveyor focusing on overseeing ship and cargo control, lifting/loading operations in the port, managing hazardous materials inventories, and coordinating the export of ship waste. Natalia specializes in transboundary movement regulations and ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards.
With a strong background in project management, she ensures efficient operations and risk mitigation in marine and logistics sectors.

Ingvild Jenssen is Founder and Director of the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, a global coalition of environmental and human rights non-governmental organisations working for sustainable ship recycling. She represents the coalition in advocacy work at the United Nations and European level. With a strong commitment to environmental justice and conviction that solutions are at hand, Ingvild has spearheaded the Platform’s work on corporate liability and contributed to several publications on the shipbreaking issue. She holds a MSc in Political Science from the University of Oslo.

Svein is living in Stavanger with education from Stavanger Maritime College, Oil Production Technique. He started working wellservice in 1984.

Svein started his career with Smedvig (now Archer) and worked 13 years offshore in the NCS, mainly with slickline and mechanical wireline operations. He then moved onshore for 9 years and took on Operations Manager and Technical Manager positions.

In 2006 Svein moved to Muscat in Oman where he for 9 years held the Country Manager position for Aker Well Services (now Altus). He also spent a year with Vanguard Oiltools in Muscat before moving to Dubai where he worked for Wellcem as Area manager and Expro as Product Line Manager.

In June 2022 Svein Joined Aarbakke Innovation and took the role as Technical and Operational Manager for Axter.

Born 1964 in Norway. Master in Physics and Mathematics, NTH 1989.
35 years experience, in the upstream industry, for the most part within technology development and management, spanning from R&D, financing, commercial rollout, including logistics and training, sustaining engineering, and technology investment through Corporate Venture, and now as a startup entrepreneur. He has worked for Baker Hughes Inteq, and Roxar, and later managing R&D portfolios for Norske Shell, and Shell International, and has had various board and advisory roles.

Jed van Iersel serves as a highly skilled Decommissioning Manager at Liberty Industrial, with extensive experience in managing complex offshore and onshore decommissioning projects. Jed specializes in delivering innovative solutions that prioritize safety, environmental stewardship, and cost efficiency.
With a strong technical background and a proven track record in project delivery, Jed is dedicated to supporting clients in achieving sustainable outcomes as the industry transitions toward greener and more responsible practices. His expertise includes asset dismantling, waste management, and regulatory compliance, making him a trusted leader in the decommissioning sector.
Jed is passionate about driving collaboration within the industry and fostering innovation to meet the challenges of the evolving energy landscape.

Francis Norman is CEO of CODA, the Centre of Decommissioning Australia. He has held this role since CODA was established inn 2020. CODA is the Australian peak body for decommissioning, bringing together the entire industry to deliver the best possible outcomes from all decommissioning activity.