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The Energy Ventures Team

		Ole Melberg Managing Partner Over 30 years of industry experience. Former CEO of Smedvig asa. During Ole Melberg's tenure with Smedvig it was built from a one-rig/one-activity company to a well reputed international marine contracting company listed on the OSE and NYSE with gross revenues of NOK 3.5bn and after tax profits of NOK 587 million (1997). Advisory board positions with a number of key industry players Norwegian School of Business Administration (NHH). INSEAD Top Management Programmes. Board member of Deep Casing Tools , Chairman of Sigma Offshore . Phone: +47 51 84 12 96 [Send mail]


		Einar Gamman Partner 20 years of Oil & Gas industry experience. Former senior managment and line management roles in ABB, Smedvig and Tentech International AS. Former co-founder and partner in new business "incubator" Partout AS (later merged into Procom Venture AS). Broad board and chairman experience from several technology start ups MBA, INSEAD - France MSc. Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (NTH/NTNU). Board member of Ziebel and Energreen . Phone: +47 51 84 12 93 [Send mail]


		Helge Tveit Partner Former executive Advisor for BP Norway. Former strategic Planning Director and Senior Economist for Amoco (Houston). Responsible for planning efforts in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia. Former reservoir Engineer/Workover Engineer Amoco. Responsible for planning and implementing well intervention operations in addition to reserves estimation and prediction. MBA, University of Chicago, MSc. Petroleum Engineering (NTH/NTNU). Board member of Cubility and Foster Findlay Associates . Phone: +47 51 84 12 92 [Send mail]


		Greg Herrera Partner, Aberdeen Office Formerly with Simmons & Company, MRMD C, Rototec, Gyrodata. RGIT HND Mechanical & Offshore Engineering, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. RGIT BENG Engineering Technology, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. Board member of Zi-Lift , Sigma Offshore and Red Spider . Phone: +44 1224 628 282 [Send mail]


		Leif André Skare Partner, Houston Office Former Managing Director of Melberg Partners a.s. Industrial background from Kverneland ASA and Esso Norge AS. Norwegian School of Mangement (BI), Management Program, Strategic Management. Norwegian Institute of Technology, MSc Production Engineering. Board member of PanGeo , DeepFlex and Reality Mobile . Phone: +1 281 768 6722 [Send mail]


		Kjell E. Jacobsen Partner Former President and CEO of Seadrill Management AS (Seadrill Ltd). Former CEO of the Norwegian offshore drilling contractor, Smedvig ASA. Former managing director of the mobile units of Smedvig ASA. Worked for Statoil and Citicorp Citibank in both Oslo and London. Norwegian Naval Academy. Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) and INSEAD Advanced Management Program. Board member of Cubility and Read Well Services Ltd . Phone:+47 51 84 12 83 [Send mail]


		Anoop Poddar Partner, Aberdeen Office Former VP at Simmons & Company, Investment bank focused on the energy industry. 7 years of oil and gas experience with Schlumberger and Essar Oil Limited. MBA Harvard Business School (Boston, USA), Msc. Offshore Engineering (RGU, Aberdeen), B.Eng. Petroleum Engineering (ISM, Dhanbad). Board member of Fotech Solutions and Read Well Services Ltd . Phone: +44 1224 628 283 [Send mail]


		Jim Sledzik Partner and President, Houston Office 18 years of worldwide oil & gas industry experience with Schlumberger/WesternGeco. Former Global Marketing & New Technology Director and Vice President of Multiclient Services for WesternGeco. Former Global Account Director for Schlumberger. MBA in International Business, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh (USA).BSc in Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University (USA). Board member of ARKeX , Ingrain, Oxane and Wireless Seismic . Phone: +1 281 768 6725 [Send mail]


		Pelle Bildtsén CFO Former Corporate Advisor at Melberg Partners a.s. Former Associate at Procuritas Partners, a Scandinavian private equity company. Msc in International Economics and Business from Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University, USA. Certificat d'Etudes Politiques from Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, France. Phone: +47 51 84 12 99 [Send mail]


		Kristian Lier Investment Manager, Houston Office Former Head of DnB NOR Markets Corporate Finance group in Houston, focusing purely on energy transactions, as well as an equity research analyst with Pareto Securities. Former Founding Partner of management consulting firm, Bangstad & Co. He holds an MSc in Naval Architecture & Offshore Engineering (NTH/NTNU). Board member of Reality Mobile and Produced Water Absorbent . Phone:+1 281 822 1018 [Send mail]


		Espen Strøm Senior Associate Former Financial Analyst at ExxonMobil Norway. Former Auditor at Ernst&Young with focus on the oil and gas industry. MSc in Finance from Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) and Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA/AFA) from NHH. Phone: +47 51 84 12 86 [Send mail]


		Shantanu Agarwal Senior Associate, Aberdeen Office Former business development manager at Schlumberger with over 6 years experience in well services. MBA Harvard Business School, B.Eng. Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology. Phone: +44 1224 628 286 [Send mail]


		Karen Thorsen Vatnamot Associate/Controller Former Senior Associate at PwC Consulting, Stavanger, with focus on corporate strategy, business analysis and competence management within the oil & gas industry. MSc in Management, Organisations and Governance from The London School of Economics (LSE). BSc in Economics from The Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU). Phone: +47 51 84 12 84 [Send mail]


		Victoria Gammie Senior Analyst Former Corporate Finance Advisor at Hall Morrice LLP, advising clients on M&A transactions, focussed mainly in the oil and gas sector. Prior experience as Corporate Finance Senior Analyst at Anderson Anderson and Brown LLP. MA (Hons) Accountancy from University of Aberdeen and a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Phone: +44 1224 628 288 [Send mail]


		Anne Dagny Våge Office Manager Previously Office Manager HitecVision Private Equity. Former Administration Secretary at Hitec ASA and Lærdal Medical. Phone: +47 51 84 12 81 [Send mail]


		Jackie Burke Office Manager, Aberdeen Office Former PA at Wood Group and Office Manager at Knowledge Reservoir. BA (Hons) in Business Studies from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. Phone: +44 1224 628 281 [Send mail]


		Emily Bernard Project Manager, Houston office Previously an Account Manager with online marketing firm eBrains, Inc., responsible for managing the paid and organic search engine marketing accounts for large to medium sized businesses within the travel industry. Former Account Executive at Houston-based public relations firm Pierpont Communications. BS (Hons) in Corporate Communications from the University of Texas at Austin. Phone:+1 281 768 6724 [Send mail]