Norway
Highly experienced energy industry professional (20 years), with proven track record. Core competencies include: - Global trading of LNG, gasoline, naphtha, distillate and biofuels - Optimization of refineries and biofuel plants - Business development and project management - Valuation of business opportunities and companies - Negotiations - Market analysis
Main responsibilities: * Continuously look for new business opportunities for the trading book * Negotiate and execute short and medium term deals * Sleeve long term leads to origination and advice on commercial terms and value * Present a market view and discuss this with team prior to execution * Responsible for risk management and P&L reporting to management. * Responsible for flow assurance of LNG plant at Melkøya * Optimize shipping fleet together with operation and charterer. * Arbitrage trading of physical LNG cargoes from USGC and NWE. * Creating and trading of real options * Paper trading of HH, TTF, NBP and JKM for risk management of cargoes. Main achievements: * Negotiated successfully long term LNG contracts with real options which enabled us to perform according to contracts in a situation with loss of production (fire at Melkøya). * Important contributor in taking the LNG team from a role as marketer to trader.
Main responsibilities: - Business development, bring new business to the LE trading team with focus on emerging markets - Negotiations Main achievements: - Supported the new LE trading team in the US and ensured transfer of competence
Lead trader in Statoil's Global LE trading group (gasoline and naphtha) in the Americas. Main responsibilities: - Sale and arbitrage trading of physical gasoline cargoes to North and South America - Trading in the U.S. gasoline market (barges/pipelines in NYH and pipeline in USGC) - Paper trading in the U.S. to leverage and hedge physical trading - Screen market for new opportunities and bring new business that fits our strategy to the company - Expand trading web to achieve higher grade of optionality with multiple sourcing opportunities - Negotiations of short and long-term contracts - Continuously update Global LE team about market, trends, and market view - Ensure alignment of trading in the U.S with Global LE group's strategy, mandates, and goals Main achievements: - Successful trading over time, aligned with group strategy and touching stretch goals - Reviewed old evergreen contracts and eliminated unprofitable business which has improved profit significantly on a yearly basis - Increased arbitrage trading activity which has created more opportunities and higher trading profits - Increased trading portfolio with new offtake agreements which will increase optionality and profit potential
First biofuel trader in Statoil when legislation and company ambition moved into biofuels. Main responsibilities: - Establish a biofuel trading strategy - Negotiate supply agreements for refineries and retail customers in Europe - Secure long-term supply agreements for ethanol and biodiesel in Europe and Latin America - Physical and paper trading of biofuels to optimize portfolio - Optimization of production at a joint venture (JV) biodiesel production company - Transfer of production margin risk from JV company to Statoil's trading unit and managing the risk - Business development and search for business opportunities, with priority within advanced biofuels Main achievements: - One of the pioneers in European biodiesel paper market, facilitating the establishment of said market - Locked in biodiesel production margin and transferred price risk via swaps which in one year saved the company a significant amount in EUROs (equal to total equity at JV biofuel producer) - Managed production margin and successfully locked it in with a combination of physical and paper trading which made the JV biodiesel company one of very few running at full capacity during years of overproduction in Europe - Successfully negotiated a long-term offtake with an advanced biofuel producer in the U.S. and made a significant profit in USD
Broker of stocks and derivatives. Main responsibilities: - Management of client portfolios of stocks and derivatives - Execution of financial transactions - Advice on exposure and investments - Market meetings with customers
Director of self-established publishing company. Main achievement: - Developed business from idea to full-scale operation
The Christian Democratic Party is in the middle of the Norwegian political landscape, between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party. Responsible for all internal services towards members and politicians on local and county level including representatives from Rogaland County in the Parliament and in the government.