Board of Directors
Svein_Aaser    

Svein Aaser - Chairman of the board

Svein Aaser (born 1946) is an MBA from Norges Handelshøyskole in Bergen, where he graduated in 1970. He has also had leadership training in Lausanne. Aaser was CEO of Den norske bank and DnB NOR from 1998 to 2006. He was previously CEO of Nycomed, Storebrand, NORA food products and Stabburet Norway. Between 1992 and 1994 he was president of NHO. He has several directorships, including Chairman of the Ski World Cup 2011, the National Museum, Statkraft and a number of other companies.
 
Berge_Gerdt_Larsen    

Berge Gerdt Larsen - Director
Berge G. Larsen (1952) has served as the Executive Chairman of DNO’s Board of Directors since 2002 and as CEO from 1996-2002.  Mr Larsen has more than 30 years experience from the oil and offshore industry. From 1989 to 1995, Mr Larsen served as managing director of Odfjell Drilling & Consulting Company AS. He has also served as chairman of the boards of directors of the Norwegian Rig Owners Association and the Bergen Ship Owners Association. Mr Larsen holds a BSc in chemical engineering from the University of Newcastle and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas, Austin.
 
Bodil Alteren   

Bodil Alteren - Director

Bodil Alteren (born 1963) is HSE Manager in Det norske oljeselskap ASA, and has been since 2006. She holds a Master of Science from NTH and PhD. from NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology).

Alteren was in the period 1993-2006 employed at SINTEF, among other as Senior Researcher. Before this she worked within the mining industry, among others as General Manager and Mining Operations Manager.
 
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Hege Sjo     Hege Sjo - Director
Sjo (born 1968) is employed by The United Kingdom’s largest pension fund manager, Hermes Investment Management Ltd. in London. From 1995 to 2003 she worked at the Oslo Stock Exchange, first as a researcher and Project Manager for Strategy Development, later as Director of Finance and Marketing Director. In the period 2004-2005 she was an advisor within financial communication, stock exchange listing processes and corporate governance. Sjo is a deputy member of the business supervisory board at StatoilHydro and a member of the board of directors at Polarcus Ltd. Sjo is qualified as a Bachelor of Commerce from Stirling University in Scotland and holds a degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH).
 
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Nomination Committee

  • Finn Haugan (Chair)
  • Øyvind  Eriksen
  • Helge Eide
 
Kaare Gisvold

Kaare Gisvold - Director

Kaare Moursund Gisvold (born 1943) is an independent investor and advisor. Gisvold has a PhD from NTNU in Norway. He serves, amongst other things, as chairman of the board in the media business Polaris.

Gisvold was reelected as member of the Board 24 June 2009. Gisvold served as Chairman of the board of Det norske from 2005 until February 2009.
 
Maria_M._Hanssen    

Maria Moræus Hanssen - Director

Maria Moræus Hanssen (born 1965) has worked in Aker since June 2008. Ms. Moræus Hanssen is a reservoir engineer from NTNU in Norway (1988) and a petroleum economist from the French Petroleum Institute IFP (1991). She worked for Norsk Hydro from 1992, mainly on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, where her areas of responsibility included North Sea exploration, field development on the NCS, the integration of Statoil and Hydro and platform chief (on Troll B and others). She was also senior vice president for gas supply and infrastructure in StatoilHydro.
 

Gunnar Eide   

Gunnar Eide - Director
Gunnar H. Eide, (born 1947) is currently the Manager for the early phase development in Det norske.
Eide holds a Master of Sience from NTNU/Berg. Experience from the oil industry includes DNV (74-83), Saga Petroleum (83-99), Norske Hydro (00-02), and Petoro (02.08). He has long experience with field development planning and execution of development projects and business development. Eide came to Det norske in 2007 from Petoro as Area Manager for licenses in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea. In Det norske the main tasks have been Frøy development planning and Draupne Hanz commercialization project.
 
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Carol_Bell     Carol Bell - Director
Carol Bell (born 1958) is a British citizen living in London. She graduated from the University College in London where she in 2005 received a PhD at the Institute of Archaeology. She also has an education in geology. Since 2008 she has been a senior adviser in the area of ​​oil and gas for the consulting company Europa Partners. Before that, she was Managing Director of The Chase Manhattan Bank, and operating as a senior investment banker for oil and gas companies in Europe. She holds several board positions including as board member of the Norwegian Petroleum Geo-Services ASA and earlier for Revus ASA.