Primary Menu Board of Directors Our board provides strong corporate governance which is essential for delivering sustainable value, enhancing business integrity and maintaining investors’ confidence. Chaiwat Kovavisarach Chairman Non-executive. Chaiwat Kovavisarach (born in 1966) has been the president and CEO of Bangchak Corporation Public Company Limited since 2015. He also serves at the board of several listed and non-listed companies where among as director at the Lithium Americas Corp., Chair of BCPG and Chair of Bangchak Retail Company. He holds a Master of Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), an MBA from Thammasat University and a Bachelor of Engineering from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL). Paul Murray Board Member Non-executive. Member of the Sustainability and Technical Risk Committee. Paul Murray (born in 1969) has over 25 years’ experience in venture capital and private equity investment across technology and natural resources. He was previously a director of 3i’s technology investment team, Cazenove Private Equity, a partner at DFJ Esprit, and one of the founders of Seacrest Capital Partners. He holds a degree in Mathematics from Oxford University. Michael William Fischer Board Member Non-executive. Member of the People and Organization Committee and Sustainability and Technical Risk Committee. Michael William Fischer (born in 1958) has 30+ years’ experience from the oil and gas industry. He is currently the executive vice president of the Natural Resources business unit of Bangchak and managing director and CEO of Nido Petroleum Ltd. Dr. Fischer has previously held senior management positions at Ophir Energy, OMV, Woodside Energy and BP. He holds a PhD from the University of Wales and a BSc from the University of Leeds. Saowapap Sumeksri Board Member Non-executive. Member of the audit committee. Saowapap Sumeksri (born in 1968) has 25+ years of experience in finance from the oil and gas industry. She is currently the acting executive vice president Financial Controller at Bangchak Corporation Public Company Limited. Ms. Sumeksri also serves as a board at Winnonie Company Limited, a green energy innovator. She has extensive experience in funding with various types of financial instruments. She holds an MBA from West Coast University USA, a BBA from Chulalongkorn University. Finn Haugan Board member Independent, non-executive. Chair of People and Organization Committee and member of Audit committee Finn Haugan (born in 1953) was from 1991 to May 2019 the CEO of SpareBank 1 SMN, before that deputy CEO of Fokus Bank (Danske Bank). Mr Haugan now holds positions as chairperson for the listed companies Norbit ASA and SpareBank 1 BV. Furtheron he holds the position as chairperson for the non-listed companies Forte Asset Managment AS, Sinkaberg Hansen AS (fishfarming) and Elekt AS and as deputy chairperson for LL Holding AS (retail). Mr Haugan holds a master’s degree in business administration (MBA). Rune Olav Pedersen Board member Independent, non-executive. Chair of the audit committee. Rune Olav Pedersen (born in 1970) has been President & CEO of PGS ASA since 2017. Mr. Pedersen has previously held the position of executive vice president & general counsel at the company. Prior to joining PGS he was partner in the oil and gas department of the law firm Arntzen de Besche. He has a law degree from the University of Oslo, a post-graduate diploma in European competition law from Kings College London and an Executive MBA from London Business School. Grethe Moen Board Member Independent, non-executive. Member of People and Organization Committee. Grethe Moen (born 1960) has close to 40 years of experience in leadership positions within the oil, gas and energy industry, including 25 years (1982-2007) with Equinor (Statoil) and four years (2007-2011) with Shell Europe. From 2013 to 2021, she served as CEO of Petoro AS, the Norwegian State-owned oil company managing the State Direct Financial Interest in Joint Ventures (SDFI/SDØE), and previously as Vice President of Petoro from 2011 to 2013. In 1999, she served as Chairman of the Board in Navion AS and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Element Logic AS (since 2006), NEO Energy (UK) (since 2020) and TGS (since 2021). Mrs Moen holds a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from NTNU. John Kristian Larsen Board Member (Employee elected) Member of the audit committee. John Kristian Larsen (born in 1978) has 18+ years of experience from the oil and gas industry in Norway. He currently serves as Lead Integrity and Intervention Engineer at OKEA. He has previously held most positions on- and offshore within Drilling and Wells for Norsk Hydro, Statoil, Detnorske and AkerBP. He holds an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), including an exchange year at UNSW, Sydney. Nicola Gordon Board member Independent, non-executive. Chair of the Sustainability and Technical Risk Committee. Nicola Gordon (born in 1957) has 35+ years of experience from the oil and gas industry. Ms. Gordon holds several board positions, among others at the audit committee at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and as Chair of Heriot-Watt University’s Institute of Petroleum Engineering Strategy Advisory board. Gordon has 36 years’ experience from the Royal Dutch Shell Group including vice president for Shell International, as asset manager and board director at A/S Norske Shell and managing director at Shell Denmark. She is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Energy Institute and holds an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Jan Atle Johansen Board member (employee elected) Member of the audit committee. Jan Atle Johansen (born in 1969) has 20+ years of experience as a Production Technician at the Draugen oil production platform. Mr Johansen is the trade union leader for SAFE (union for personnel working in the energy sector). He holds four years of technical higher education and has served in the Royal Norwegian Navy in the Coastal artillery. Anne Lene Rømuld Board member (employee elected) Member of the People and Organization Committee. Anne Lene Rømuld (born in 1971) has 20+ years of oil & gas industry experience. She currently serves as senior discipline engineer Control & Automation at OKEA. Prior to Joining OKEA, Ms. Rømuld held the position as senior Reliability Engineer at A/S Norske Shell and Manager of Control and Automation at Shell Canada Ltd. She holds an MSc in Process Automation from Telemark University College and a BSc in Automation and Electrical Engineering from The Arctic University of Norway. Address OKEA ASA Kongens gate 8 7011 Trondheim Norway Contacts Tel: +47 73 52 52 22 Email: okea@okea.no Orgnr: NO 915 419 062 Subscribe to our stories and news and be updated Subscribe © 2021 OKEA ASA | Design and development by Headspin Sitemap - Privacy policy