Board of directors

Øyvind Eriksen joined Aker ASA as president and CEO in 2009. Eriksen holds a law degree from the University of Oslo. He is a former partner, director and chairman of the law firm BAHR.

Eriksen currently chairs several of the boards of the Aker Group’s industrial and financial businesses. In addition, Eriksen is on the board of a number of non-profit organisations, including the Norwegian Cancer Society and Accenture Global Energy Board.

Cannon is a senior advisor in the strategic advisory business at PJT Partners. She has over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas sector through senior roles within both investment banking and executive and non-executive director roles with private and quoted companies. She holds a BSc Honours Degree from Glasgow University and is a Fellow of the Energy Institute.

Cannon is the senior independent director and a board member of BlackRock Energy and Resources Income Trust plc.

Røkke has been a driving force in the development of Aker since the 1990s. He 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 became Aker ASA’s largest shareholder and later merged with Aker. Røkke controls 68.2 percent of Aker ASA through The Resource Group TRG AS and subsidiaries.

Røkke is currently chair of The Resource Group TRG AS, TRG Holding AS and Aker ASA, as well as director of several Aker companies.

Brandsrud serves as a non-executive director and industry advisor. Brandsrud holds a master’s degree in finance from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).
From 2016 to 2019, he held several CEO and CFO roles in the financial services companies Lindorff, Intrum and Lowell. From 2010 to 2015, he served as the group chief financial officer of Aker. In the period from 2007 to 2010, he served as the CFO of the Seadrill Group. Prior to these roles, Brandsrud had 23 years of experience from leading finance positions at Shell.

Brandsrud is a non-executive director and board member of TGS ASA, the Lowell Group (Simon Midco Ltd), Lowell Finans AS, Aker Horizons ASA and Waterise AS.

Thomson is the chief financial officer of BP p.l.c. Prior to joining BP p.l.c., Thomson 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 Ernst & Young in 2001 in M&A tax.

Thomson is a director of several BP p.l.c. Group companies and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Heppenstall is the previous president and CEO for Lundin Petroleum AB (2002–2015). Heppenstall is a graduate of Durham University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in mathematics.
From 1984 until 1990, he worked in the banking sector, where he was involved in project financing of oil and mining businesses. He has worked with public companies associated with the Lundin family since 1993.

Heppenstall is a board member of Lundin Mining and Lundin Gold, and the chair of the board in International Petroleum Corporation.

Reiter is BP p.l.c.’s senior vice president for UK North Sea, being the first female to hold this position. She is responsible for the company’s strong oil and gas portfolio on the UK continental shelf.
Reiter is a reservoir engineer by background and holds a PhD in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University. She joined BP p.l.c. in 1998, and her career has taken her across the globe, from the Gulf of Mexico to Angola, working in multiple engineering and technical leadership roles.

Reiter is a director of several BP p.l.c. Group companies and a member of the Offshore Energies UK board.

Lundegaard is the CEO of Aker Carbon Capture, a pure-play carbon capture company, and a board member of the company’s joint venture with SLB, SLB Capturi.
She has more than 30 years’ experience in the energy industry, including executive management positions at Aker Solutions. Her experience includes corporate and project management, international business development and development projects.

Lundegaard began her career in Equinor and gained experience in both business development and offshore operations. She holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Chiang has been employed by Aker BP since 2014. She works in the commercial and sales team, with main responsibility for commercial and terminal operation at Alvheim and Skarv. Prior to this role, she served as a hydrocarbon management engineer, focusing on Alvheim and Ivar Aasen. Chiang also brings experience from the supplier industry, within project management for both topside and subsea commissioning and decommissioning deliveries.
Chiang holds a degree in gas and energy technology from the University of Southeast Norway, in addition to a trade certificate in process and chemical processing.
Chiang has been a union representative since 2019, and has more than 13 years of experience within the oil industry.

Hargemark works as a senior geologist. For more than ten years, the Johan Sverdrup field has been her primary focus. She has been following the field closely and has previously represented the company in the Johan Sverdrup license partnership.

Hargemark holds a Master of Science in applied geophysics and has over 25 years of experience in the oil industry, both from oil companies and software companies. Her technical experience ranges from seismic processing to reservoir modelling. She currently holds several leadership roles and responsibilities as union representative at Aker BP.

Haugeberg serves as a full-time employee representative. Haugeberg is trained as an electromechanical repair technician at the Royal Norwegian Air Force Technical School at Kjevik and has a company-approved bachelor’s degree in mechanics.
Prior to his current position, he served as the HSSE site lead for the Ula field. Haugeberg has experience from the Royal Norwegian Air Force in Bodø, where he worked as a technical grenadier and later as department manager for Safelift A/S. He began his career in Amoco Norge as a mechanic on the Valhall field in 1991 and has held various positions in BP p.l.c. Norge since 1998.
Haugeberg has also held several directorships in BP p.l.c. Norge, Industrimaskiner A/S, Global Clean Energy, I/E Media and trippEl A/S.

Husvæg has been employed by Aker BP since 2018 and is currently the project manager for the Atlas and Poseidon carbon capture and storage projects on the Norwegian continental shelf. Husvæg has a Master of Science degree in industrial economics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and he has more than 15 years of industry experience.
Husvæg started his career at Deloitte as a management consultant before moving to GE Oil&Gas/BakerHughes GE and then Aker BP. At Aker BP, he has previously held roles as project manager in operations, business manager for the fixed facilities alliance, SPS delivery lead and finance manager for projects.

Vik has been part of Aker BP since 2013, serving as a full-time employee representative. He holds a certification as an electrician from Bergen Maritime School. Prior to his current position, he worked as an electrician on the Ivar Aasen platform. With over 30 years of experience, Tore possesses expertise in both high-voltage and low-voltage systems. His professional background includes roles as an electrician and automation specialist on drilling rigs and vessels.

Vik is a member of the nomination committee at Kongsberg Automotive.