Young Energy Conference 2018

Trude Meland is researcher at the Norwegian Petroleum Museum in Stavanger. She has a master’s degree in history from the University of Bergen and has been employed at the Petroleum Museum since 2000 where she has worked with documentation and dissemination of the Norwegian oil industry. The recent years she has focused her research on work life and safety offshore and the industry's impact on urban structures.

Cathrine is a managing associate with Advokatfirmaet Thommessen, one of the top law firms in Norway. She mainly works with regulatory and contractual issues within the oil and gas sector, including construction projects. Her experience includes nearly three years as a Senior Legal Counsel in an oil company. She is frequently speaking at legal seminars, and is an appointed member of the Norwegian Bar Association's panel on energy, hydropower and oil and gas law.

Responsible for the digitalisation of Johan Sverdrup. She joined Equinor in 2011 and since then she has worked with strategic procurement and negotiation, as the advisor to the executive vice president for Technology, projects and drilling, before embarking on the challenge to lead Johan Sverdrup through a digital transformation. Lawyer of background, change agent at heart!

Alexandre works in business development for the Software House in Aker Solutions. Software House develops industry leading digital solutions for customers of Oil & Gas market.

Since 2005, he worked in sales, tendering, project management and Digitalization in corporate for various industries based in different countries (Brazil, France, and Norway).

Lars Atle Andersen (born 1973) held the position as VP Operations – Engineering from the establishment of Aker BP in December 2016, and moved over to his new position in May 2018.

He has more than 20 years experience from the oil and gas industry, mainly from DNV GL and BP, working within the areas of HSE, risk management, process safety, engineering and business development.

Before taking up his position with Aker BP, he came from the role as BP’s Engineering Authority for the North Sea (Norway and UK).

Andersen holds a Masters Degree from NTNU in Trondheim.

Jens Festervoll has 17 years of experience in the energy sector as a consultant and professional across the energy value chain, primarily in oil and gas. He is a Senior Advisor for Corporate Innovation in Equinor and Equinor’s Corporate Liaison for the Techstars Energy Accelerator. He has worked as a Program Manager to set up Statoil’s recently established Digital Centre of Excellence. Prior to that, Festervoll was Vice President for Corporate Strategy in Statoil.
In addition, he has held a number of positions from gas trading, business development and analysis in Norsk Hydro and Statoil. Festervoll has a keen interest in innovation, digitalization and change management; and holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Oslo and University of Essex. Festervoll sits on the Board of Subsea Valley Cluster, a Norwegian Centre of Expertise technology cluster delivering world leading engineering from subsea to space

Started in the oil and gas industry in 2007 as a geophysicist, working for PGS, followed by Total and eventually joined Equinor in 2012. Spent a further four years exploring north west Europe for hydrocarbons, before moving to my current role modelling world energy demand for Equinor’s flagship publication, Energy Perspectives. The results of this modelling will be presented in my talk.

Ulf Rosenberg is a Communication professional with a deep understanding of industrial and political issues and developments gained from his 25 years as a journalist in Stavanger Aftenblad, covering the oil and gas business, and 9 years as Communication Manager in the French owned oil company GDF SUEZ E&P and German owned VNG Norge. Both companies have now been acquired by Neptune Energy, and will soon fully merge to become one entity in Norway.
As a reporter he got the opportunity to travel to many of the fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, and visiting most of the important oil and gas producing countries in the world. In his Communication Manager role he has been active is building his companies’ reputation and industrial position.

Ulf is well known for his leadership in industry committees and also the cultural life. He is currently the Chairman of the committee for politics and public affairs in Norwegian Oil Gas Association.

Based on his background as an educated musician from the music conservatorium in Stavanger, combined with organisational and administrative skills, he was for many years the vice president and president for the Norwegian Band Federation (Norges Musikkorps Forbund), the largest youth organisation and cultural organisation in Norway, and he is currently the President of the European Brass Band Association, responsible for the annual European Championships for brass bands.

Ulf is also a board member of NPF’s Stavanger chapter.

Tommy Hansen is currently Director for industry policy, public affairs and communications in the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association since 2017. He was previously responsible for communications and public affairs in the Association. Prior to this Hansen had a long career at Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The first years as journalist and producer and later including serving as Deputy head of radio newsroom, Commissioner channel 1, Deputy Director Radio, and Director Communications and Services.

Since graduating from Kingston University in London in 2008, Sanda has worked for various UK companies and brands like Shell, Google, Westfield London. After seven years in London, she moved back to Norway to work as a graphic designer and creative director at Melvær & Co in Stavanger, working with energy companies like Talisman, Repsol, ONS, Subsea 7 and Petoro. In 2016 she moved to Oslo and worked for ANTI Advertising as Chief Marketing Officer. Sanda currently works in design and architecture company Snøhetta as Strategic Advisor.

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2018 – Strategic Advisor
Snøhetta

2018 Brand Manager
Tom Wood AS

2016-2018 Chief Marketing Officer
Anti Inc AS

2011-2016 Creative Director
Melvær & Co

2010-2011 Art Director
Net-A-Porter

2009-2010 Art Director
Portas

2008-2009 Designer
Antidote

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2005–2008 B.A. Hons, Graphic Design
Kingston University

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2017 Board memeber
Kreativt Forum

2013-2016 Board memeber
Melvær & Co

2011-2016 Board member
Sterk Reklame