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Øyvind Eriksen
Chairman
Øyvind Eriksen (born 1964) joined Aker ASA in January 2009. Mr. Eriksen holds a law degree from the University of Oslo. He joined Norwegian law firm BA-HR in 1990, where he became a partner in 1996 and a director/ chairman in 2003. As a corporate attorney he among other things worked with strategic and operational development, M&A and negotiations.
Mr. Eriksen has held several board positions in different industries, including shipping, finance, asset management, offshore drilling, fisheries, media, trade and industry.
As CEO Mr. Eriksen is currently chairman of the board in Aker BP ASA, Aker Solutions ASA, Cognite AS, Aker Capital AS, Aker Kværner Holding AS and REV Ocean Inc. He is also a director of several companies, including Aker Energy AS, Akastor ASA, The Resource Group TRG AS, TRG Holding AS, The Norwegian Cancer Society (Kreftforeningen) and member of World Economic Forum C4IR Global Network Advisory Board. -
Anne Marie Cannon
Deputy Chair
Anne Marie Cannon (born 1957) has over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector. From 2000 to 2014, she was Sr. Advisor to the Natural Resources Group with Morgan Stanley, focusing on upstream M&A. She has previously held positions with J Henry Schroder Wagg, Shell UK E&P and with Thomson North Sea.
Ms. Cannon was an executive director on the boards of Hardy Oil and Gas and British Borneo. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Aker ASA. She is a non-executive director of Premier Oil plc and STV Group plc. She is also a non-executive director of Aker Energy AS. She holds a BSc Honours Degree from Glasgow University. -
Kjell Inge Røkke
Board member
Kjell Inge Røkke (born 1958), Aker ASA’s main owner, has been a driving force in the development of Aker since the 1990s.
Mr. Røkke launched his business career with the purchase of a 69-foot trawler in the United States in 1982, and gradually built a leading worldwide fisheries business. In 1996, the Røkke controlled company, RGI, purchased enough Aker shares to become Aker’s largest shareholder, and later merged RGI with Aker.
Mr. Røkke is currently director of Aker BP, Kvaerner and Ocean Yield. -
Trond Brandsrud
Board member
Trond Brandsrud (born 1958) holds a master’s degree from the Norwegian School of Economics. He is board member and non-executive director of several listed and Private Equity owned companies.
Mr. Brandsrud has 30 years’ experience from the oil & gas industry. He has served as Group Chief Financial Officer in Aker and Seadrill, and has held a wide range of senior finance positions in Shell, in Norway and internationally.
Recently, he has also held Group CFO and CEO positions in PE owned companies (Lindorff and Lowell) in the financial services sector. -
Gro Kielland
Board member
Gro Kielland (born 1959) holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Mrs. Kielland has held a number of leading positions in the oil and gas industry both in Norway and abroad, among others as CEO of BP Norway. Her professional experience includes work related to both operations and field development, as well as HSE.
Mrs. Kielland currently serves as an Operational Partner with HitecVision. In addition to her duties and responsibilities at the non-executive level for HitecVision, she also serves as a non-executive Chairman and Director for other companies. -
Murray Auchincloss
Board member
Murray Auchincloss (born 1970) holds a Bachelor of Finance degree from the University of Calgary. He also completed his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1995.
Mr. Auchincloss joined Amoco Canada in 1992 and BP through the merger in 1999. He has built a career performing a range of commercial and leading roles across the company. Most recently he served as BP’s Upstream CFO (2015 to 2020).
Mr. Auchincloss was appointed Chief Financial Officer for BP p.l.c. as of 1st July 2020. He is a member of BP’s Executive Board and attends the Main Board Audit Committee. -
Kate Thomson
Board member
Kate Thomson is Group Treasurer for the BP Group, having previously held the position of Group Head of Tax. In her current role, Mrs. Thomson has responsibility for the central financing of the BP Group, providing liquidity to its businesses and optimising value through the management of financial risks at the group level.
Since joining BP in 2004, Mrs. Thomson has held a variety of roles within the Tax function, giving her a deep understanding of the oil and gas industry. As Group Head of Tax, Mrs. Thomson led a global team of tax professionals, developing BP’s response to an increasingly challenging fiscal and regulatory environment. Prior to joining BP, she qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte. She moved into international tax with Charter plc where she became Head of Tax in 1998, before joining EY in 2001 in M&A tax.
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Ingard Haugeberg
Board member elected by the employees
Ingard Haugeberg (born 1962) is HSE Site Lead on the Ula field, but now serves as a fulltime employee representative. Mr. Haugeberg has broad experience from the Royal Norwegian Air Force in Bodø as an industry mechanic and as department manager for Safelift A/S. He started in Amoco Norge as a mechanic on the Valhall field in 1991. From 1998, he has held several positions in BP Norge.
Mr. Haugeberg has also held a number of different directorships in BP Norge, Industrimaskiner A/S, Global Clean Energy, I/E Media and trippEl A/S. He is trained as an electro-mechanical repairer at the Royal Norwegian Air Force technical school centre in Kjevik and has a company approved bachelor in mechanics. -
Anette Hoel Helgesen
Board member elected by the employees
Anette Hoel Helgesen (born 1987) is Operations Engineering Manager for the Ula field. She has been with Aker BP since 2011.
Mrs. Helgesen has held several different positions as process engineer (project, engineering & operations) and onshore operations supervisor for the Valhall Field.
Mrs. Helgesen has a MSc in Chemical Engineering from NTNU, Trondheim. -
Ørjan Holstad
Board member elected by the employees
Ørjan Holstad (born 1989) is trained as an instrument technician. Mr. Holstad has been an employee of the company since 2010.
He has both onshore and offshore experience, and project experience form the Skarv FPSO.
Mr. Holstad was member of the BPNorge AS board of directors from 2015 to 2016. He has been a fulltime employee representative since 2014.
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Terje Solheim
Board member elected by the employees
Terje Solheim (born 1962) is General Manager of Aker BP’s Harstad office. He has been with Aker BP since 2013 and has held several positions.
Solheim has an extensive background from the Norwegian Armed Forces, and was one of the founders of Norwegian Petro Services (NPS). He came to Aker BP from Det Norske Veritas (DNV).
