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Oil & Finance 2020

Daniel has worked as an equity research analyst at Arctic Securities since 2018, covering oil & gas as well as renewables. He has previously worked at Rystad Energy and Telenor, and holds an MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from NTNU.

Torbjørn Kjus has 19 years of experience in analysing the global crude and refined products markets. He worked 6 years as an oil analyst and trader in Norsk Hydro in Oslo and BP trading in London before he took up his role as Chief Oil Analyst in DNB Markets in Oslo in 2007. He held this position for 11 years but currently works as Chief Economist and Headf of Investor Relations in Aker ASA, the Industrial Investment company. Torbjørn was by Norwegian institutional investors ranked as the number one financial analyst independent of sector when he resigned from DNB in 2018. For the Oil & Gas sector Torbjørn was ranked as the number one financial analyst during his last four years in DNB. Torbjørn annually executed 250 presentations on the global oil & gas markets to investors and oil industry worldwide and was frequently quoted in media such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Platts, Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, etc. He regularly briefed the US Treasury in Washington D.C. on the global oil market and provided consultations about the market to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum, to the Norwegian Pension Fund (NBIM) and to the Norwegian Central Bank. Oil “legends” like Ray Hunt, Olav Refvik and numerous hedge funds in London and New York have leaned on Torbjorn to interpret the global energy space, in addition to oil producers and oil consumers worldwide. Torbjørn is particularly known for having predicted the 2014-2016 oil price crash as a consequanse of the US shale oil revolution.

Anders Wittemann is an independent E&P strategy and business development consultant with Wittemann E&P Consulting (WEPC) since 2011 and as oil industry expert with M&A advisor INFIMA, with focus on the North Sea region. Anders has previous background from management consulting including McKinsey & Co and Petroleum Engineering with Shell working in UK and Oman. Anders has an MBA from INSEAD and an M.Eng in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College and NTNU.

Philip Lambert is CEO of Lambert Energy Advisory Ltd (LEA), which is one of London’s leading M&A and Strategic Advisory firms, having been advisors on over $110 billion of Energy M&A transactions in the last few years.

LEA was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Mayfair, London. LEA also has senior representation in Oslo, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow and Tokyo. LEA gives strategic and M&A advice to a select group of the world’s leading NOC’s, IOC’s, Independents and Renewable Companies.

LEA has built up a very significant Norwegian business since 1999 when LEA was selected as the core advisor to the Norwegian Government on the privatisation of Statoil. LEA is also deeply involved in Energy Transition advisory work, globally.

Prior to 1999, Philip was head of Dresdner Kleinwort’s Global Energy Investment Banking team.

Bjørn Inge Tønnessen has more than 30 years of experience from the oil & gas industry and financial markets. Tønnessen holds a B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from University of Stavanger and has a 4-year business degree (Siviløkonom) from Stockholm University. He has held leading positions in three oil&gas companies; Elliott-backed Edge Petroleum, HitecVision-backed Spike Exploration, and Svenska Petroleum Exploration. Tønnessen is also chairman of Questerre, a Canadian oil and gas company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Further, Tønnessen has seven years experience as lead equity research analyst, mainly with DNB.

- MBA from The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Sub degrees from Rotterdam School of Management and University of Mannheim.
- 1997-2001: Exxon Mobil Norway: Controlling and Financial Reporting and analysis
- 2001-2005: BP Norway: Commercial Adviser, Business development Adviser, Commercial Lead Valhall re development project
- 2005-2017: Statoil Norway and -International: Various Managerial and VP positions within Business development- and Field Development planning and execution
- 2017- : Commercial and Business Development Director Lundin Norway

Until January 1, 2020 Moræus Hanssen was the COO and deputy CEO of Wintershall Dea, the international oil and gas company. Trained as a reservoir engineer and a petroleum economist, she has a long career in oil and gas, starting in Hydro, moving on to Statoil through the StatoilHydro merger, serving 5 years as an investment director with Aker before moving on to Engie. She served 2 years as the Managing Director of ENGIE´s E&P business on NCS before spending 3 years in Paris as the CEO of ENGIE E&P International SA and then 2 years in Hamburg as the CEO of DEA AG which merged with Wintershall May 2019.
Moræus Hanssen sits on the board of Alfa Laval, a Swedish technology / manifacturing company within heat transfer, separation and fluid handling, and was recently appointed Chair of the board of Oslobygg, the city of Oslo´s new real-estate company. She has previously served as the vice chair of the board of Yara International and of Hafslund ASA, as well as in non-executive roles in EMGS and Det Norske oljeselskap.

Lønne is responsible of Oil & Gas Investment Banking at SB1 Markets. He has more than 10 years of experience from the sector, focusing on M&A, equity capital markets and debt financing.

Sigbjørn Aanes has for many years served as head of communications for the Conservative party, state secretary and was one of Erna Solberg's closest advisers. His responsibilities included positioning and managing Solberg's reputation in the press and he was central to the development of the Conservatives strategies for the 2011-2017 elections. Previously, Sigbjørn worked as information manager in Norwegian Oil and Gas. He has broad experience from political communication, message development, change management, strategy work and crisis management.