Board of directors of Petoro
Arne Sigve Nylund
Chair
Year of election: 2023
Occupation: Self-employed
Other directorships: Chair of the board of AS Nylund Consulting and ASN Invest AS. Board member of Utror AS and Daytona Holdco AS.
Education: Mechanical engineer in operations technology, BSc in business economics
Career: Technical/operative management roles at Mobil Exploration Inc./Statoil (1983-1996), OIM Gullfaks (1996-2001), VP for Production at Equinor (2001-2009), VP for Production for Onshore Plants at Equinor (2009-2013), EVP of Development & Production Norway at Equinor (2014-2021), EVP of Projects, Drilling & Procurement at Equinor (2021-2022)
Brian Bjordal
Deputy chair
Year of election: 2016
Occupation: Self-employed
Education: Civil engineer, BSc, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Career: Various positions at Statoil ASA, including senior engineer pipelines & structures; head of Pipeline and Platform Inspection, asset owner representative Europipe development, head of early-phase studies Europipe II, Åsgard Transport, Ekofisk by-pass, Franpipe, director of Process plant Kårstø, director Troll / Sleipner area (Development and Production Norway) (1984-2001), CEO, Gassco AS (2001-2015)Statoil ASA
Kristin Skofteland
Director
Year of election: 2020
Occupation: Business Executive, Valinor AS
Other directorships: Chair of the board of Energychange AS, Norsk Ess AS and Battery Norway. Board member of Gassnova SF and Norsk Renewables AS
Education: Law degree from the University of Tromsø, Attorney and TRIUM Executive MBA
Career: Various positions at Total Norge AS, including Legal Director and then Director of Gas and Oil Sales, Strategy, Business Development and R&D
Trude J. H. Fjeldstad
Director
Year of election: 2015
Occupation: Head of Business Development Norway at Hydro Rein AS
Other directorships: Board member of Re Gründerhus AS
Education: Economics degree from the University of Oslo, MBA in Corporate Finance from NHH, MSc in Technology Management (MTM) from NTNU
Career: Various positions in Statkraft and Hydro, including Vice President and general manager of Statkraft Tofte, general manager of Treasury Centre SA; secretary to the board of Statkraft; senior gas manager at Statkraft; chief executive of Paine de l’Ain Power SAS and portfolio manager for gas at Norsk Hydro
Anne Harris
Director
Year of election: 2024
Occupation: Self-employed
Other directorships: Board member of Aker Biomarine ASA, AF Gruppen ASA, Cowi Holding AS, and Norsk Hydro’s Pension Fund
Education: MSc in Business from BI Norwegian Business School
Career: Various positions at Total Norge AS (1980–2000), including Head of Controlling and Systems Development, as well as HR and Administration Manager. Held senior positions at Norsk Hydro ASA (2000–2010), including Accounting Director and later Executive Vice President for HR and HSE. Served as CFO in the following companies: Entra Eiendom AS (2010–2013), Multiconsult ASA (2014–2019), and Statkraft AS (2019–2023).
Hege Odden
Board member
elected by the employees
Year of election: 2024
Occupation: Senior adviser, Petoro AS
Education: Master of Science with specialisation in organic chemistry from the University of Oslo (UiO). Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Oslo (UiO).
Career: Experience from technical roles and project management for early-phase projects in AS Norske Shell (2011-2021)
Torbjørn Mæland
Board member
elected by the employees
Year of election: 2024
Occupation: Attorney, Petoro AS
Education: Candidate of Law degree from the University of Bergen (UiB)
Career: Broad legal experience from the energy industry. This includes experience as an attorney and head of the Statnett legal department and from two of Norway’s major commercial law firms (Thommessen and Schjødt)
Photo: Anne Lise Norheim