The Nomination Committee

The Nomination Committee currently consists of the following:

Einar Fredrik Semb

Leader of the Committee

Elected as a member of the Nomination Committee for a period of 1 year by the Annual General Meeting held on 13 May 2011.

Mr. Semb has over 26 years experience in the oil & gas sector with posts in Exxon, Saga Petroleum and First Securities before founding PetroAdvisor AS in 2001 where he is currently a Senior Partner.

International experience, engineering studies and commercial drive has given Mr. Semb exposure to a broad range of commercial solutions and has lead him to key positions as Chief Negotiator, Chief Commercial Advisor, Process Facilitator and numerous secondee roles for clients.

During his Saga Petroleum years, he was also Business Development Director in the Norwegian North Sea and Asset/License Lead Negotiator in the Åsgard, Snorre, Tordis, Vigdis, Statfjord East and Sygna fields and in Indonesia.

Thorhild Widvey

Elected as a member of the Nomination Committee for a period of 1 year by the Annual General Meeting held on 13 May 2011.

Ms. Widvey was Norway's Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 2004 to 2005. She currently works as a private consultant, holding board positions in several oil and gas industry related companies.

Previously, Ms. Widvey was state secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from January 2003 till June 2004. From June 2002 till January 2003 she was state secretary of the Ministry of Fisheries. She was a Member of Parliament from 1989 till 1997 for Rogaland Conservative Party, and deputy member from 1985 till 1989. She was member of the Standing Committee on Health and Social Affairs and the Standing Committee on Transport.

Ms. Widvey has a degree from the College of Physical Education in Århus, Denmark. She has former work experience as marketing manager of the Rica hotels in Haugesund, project leader in Karmøy county administration and sports leader for mentally handicapped.

Thorhild Widvey has held a number of political positions and honorary posts both for the Conservative Party and various organisations.

Dr Keith Myers

Elected as a member of the Nomination Committee for a period of 1 year by the Annual General Meeting held on 13 May 2011.

After completing a Ph. D. at Imperial College, Keith joined BP in 1987 as a geologist. Following a variety of technical roles, he became a Senior Commercial Advisor in 1996 when he led several major negotiations for new business access as well as Business Strategies for BP’s business in West Africa and BP’s Strategic Alliance with Statoil. Since 2000 Keith has been an advisor to numerous energy companies on strategy and partnership issues.

Keith founded Richmond Energy Partners in 2006 to provide independent advice to investors in smaller oil and gas companies. Richmond Energy advises some of the largest funds and institutions investing in the sector. Keith takes a keen interest in oil sector governance and served on the organising committee of the Good Governance of the National Petroleum Sector Project at the think tank Chatham House.