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		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 Futuretec. 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 Stingray, 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. 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 Ziebel and Sigma Offshore. 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 Direct Drive Systems. Phone: +1 281 768 6722 [Send mail]


		Kjell E. Jacobsen Partner Member of the Board of Seadrill Ltd. and Seawell Ltd. since September 2008. 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. Phone:+47 51 84 12 83 [Send mail]


		Anoop Poddar Partner 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 NovaDrill. 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 and Oxane. 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]


		Espen Strøm Analyst 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). Phone: +47 51 84 12 86 [Send mail]


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


		Steve Carter Director Energy Ventures Ltd. and Advisory Board member 30 years in the energy sector, initially with Burmah Oil in the UK and primarily with Shell International (1976-2003). Alumnus of IMD, Switzerland. BSc from Glasgow University. Member of the Institute of Directors. Phone: +44 1224 628 284 [Send mail]


		Bob Schwartz Vice President/Senior Advisor Energy Ventures (US), Inc President of HTC Energy, part of Houston Technology Center, has held management positions with i.a. ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Weatherford and FMC, former senior lecturer at University of Texas. Board member of NovaDrill. Phone: +1 281 768 6723 [Send mail]


		Deborah Schachtner Project Manager Former Project Manager and Executive Assistant at HTC Energy, part of Houston Technology Center. Phone: +1 281 768 6724 [Send mail]


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


		Helge Hellebust Investment Manager, Energy Ventures I Currently Partner with Ferd Venture. Former commercial project manager, head of negotiations, Norsk Hydro. Former licence coordinator and project analyst, Norsk Hydro. Co-founder and partner of Samlerhuset AS. MSc from NTH. Management programmes finance/economy from NHH and BI. Board member of Omniware and Norse Cutting & Abandonment. Phone: +47 93 20 25 50 [Send mail]