Board
Mimi K. Berdal
Ms. Berdal currently runs a private corporate law and consultant practice after a number of years as partner in the law firm Arntzen de Besche advokatfirma AS in Oslo, Norway. She has extensive experience e.g. within the areas of corporate law, M&A and oil and gas. She has previously also been an advisor to Total Norge AS. Ms. Berdal holds a law degree from the University of Oslo. She is on the board of several Norwegian companies, listed, public and private, hereunder deputy chairman of Itera ASA and Infratek ASA, and non-executive director of Gassco AS, Q-Free ASA, Gjensidige Pensjon og Sparing AS, Copeinca ASA and Camposol PLC.
Marianne Elisabeth Johnsen
Ms. Johnsen is currently founder and partner in a management consulting company working with turnarounds in industrial enterprises in the Nordic countries. Previous experience includes a top management position at Ullevaal University Hospital and a position as director of strategy and business development in the industrial company Elkem ASA. Ms. Johnsen has gained extensive board experience during the last ten years both as Director and Chairman of the Board in different companies within the areas of technology, shipping, offshore, health, finance, aquaculture and most recently in oil and gas. Ms. Johnsen graduated as a lawyer from the University of Oslo before obtaining an MBA (with honors) from Solvay Business School in Brussels.
Ms. Johnsen is a Norwegian citizen and resides in Oslo.
Ole Wiborg
Mr. Wiborg is currently CEO in the investment company Wega Oil ASA after a number of years as CFO in the quoted international E & P Company PA Resources AB. In addition, he served as CFO in the quoted distressed debt collector Aktiv Kapital ASA. Previous experience includes CEO of the Fred. Olsen associated venture capital vehicle Hurd AS as well as CFO of the formerly quoted shipping company Loki AS. His experience also includes international banking as head of credit department covering shipping and offshore drilling clients in the Scandinavian region for Chase Manhattan Bank, London. Mr. Wiborg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Boston University. Mr. Wiborg is a Norwegian citizen and resides in Bærum.
Ole Nygaard
Mr. Nygaard is the chief petroleum engineer of DNO International ASA, a position he has held since 2004. Mr. Nygaard came to DNO International ASA in 2002 from the position as Petroleum Engineering Manager for the Huldra field development in Statoil. Prior to this he was employed by Statoil for 24 years holding positions as petroleum engineering manager for projects like Gullfaks, Troll and Huldra. He served as chief reservoir engineer for Statoil from 1991 to 1994. Before joining Statoil in 1979 he worked two years with Phillips Petroleum Norway on the Ekofisk project. Mr. Nygaard has altogether more than 30 years of experience from positions in the oil and offshore industry. Mr. Nygaard holds a master of science in petroleum engineering from the University of Stavanger.
Bjarte Fagerås
Mr. Fagerås is currently CEO of OCTIO Group, a technology and service company which specializes in offshore oil and gas reservoir monitoring systems for enhanced oil and gas recovery. He also holds the positions as Chairman of the Board of Spectraseis AG in Zurich Switzerland and a Director of Ascend Geo in Denver Colorado. His previous experience ranges from CEO of Technocean AS, a subsea service company, CEO of Exploration Resources, a marine geophysical services company listed on the Oslo Børs early 2005, Vice President and CTO at I/O Corporation (now ION), President of Geophysical Instruments AS, Vice President Research & Development of Aker Geo ASA and Technical Manager of PGS Reservoir. Mr. Fagerås started his career in research and development at Geco / Schlumberger where he over a 10 years period held several technical and management positions. Mr. Fagerås holds a MSc in Physics and Mathematics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and a post graduate degree in Business Management and Finance. Mr. Fagerås is a Norwegian citizen.
John Howell
Dr. John Howell is one of the founders of Amergy AS – one of the precursors of Rocksource, and he is the Vice President Technology. After a brief period in industry he read for a PhD in reservoir sedimentology at the University of Birmingham (1992). He spent 15 years in academia at the universities of Liverpool and Bergen working extensively with the oil industry. Dr. Howell has worked in a diverse range of basins on six continents, published over 80 scientific papers and edited three books. Since the inception of Rocksource he has been the VP Production with responsibility for the technical work that has led to the production success in the US. More recently he has become Chief Technology Officer where he holds responsibility for competence and quality in all subsurface activities. He is also a member of the management team.
Contact Information
Address:
Thormøhlensgate 53 D
Postboks 994 Sentrum
N-5808 Bergen
Norway
| Phone: | +47 05369 |
| From abroad: | +47 21 49 32 69 |
| Fax: | +47 55 36 87 98 |
Per Anders Muri
VP Corporate Communications
Phone: +47 91 11 61 21
per.anders.muri@rocksource.com