Christopher Finlayson
Chairman
Christopher Finlayson
Chairman
Mr. Finlayson, a geologist and petroleum engineer by training, has nearly 40 years of technical and commercial experience in the oil and gas industry. He joined Shell in 1977 and, during his career, held various leadership roles in exploration and production and liquefied natural gas around the world. Mr. Finlayson joined BG Group plc in 2010 as Executive President and Managing Director, Europe and Central Asia. From 2013 to 2014, he served as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the BG Group. Mr. Finlayson serves as a non-executive Chairman of Siccar Point Energy Ltd., which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, and a board member of one other privately held company. Mr. Finlayson is a Fellow of the Energy Institute. He was first elected as a Director of TGS in 2019.
Irene Egset
Director
Irene Egset
Director
Ms. Egset currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Posten Norge, joining in 2019. From 2008 to 2018, she served in various financial leadership roles with Statkraft, joining as CFO of the Solar Power Unit in 2008, transferring to Statkraft Wind Power and Technologies (WPT) in 2010, and most recently serving as Executive Vice President and CFO of Statkraft from 2016 to 2018. From 2005 to 2008, she was a financial manager for J.F. Knudtzen, and from 2000 to 2005, she served as Controller for Nera SatCom, Ms. Egset held a variety of financial roles at Statoil (now Equinor) from 1992 to 2000. She began her career in 1988 as a financial manager for Ulstein Elektro (part of the Ulstein Group). Ms. Egset serves as a board member for three privately held companies. She was first elected as a Director of TGS in 2019.
Grethe Kristin Moen
Director
Grethe Kristin Moen
Director
Ms. Moen has 40 years of experience in leadership positions within the oil, gas and energy industry, 25 years of which (1982-2007) were within Equinor (Statoil) and four years (2007-2011) within Shell Europe. From 2011 to 2013, Ms. Moen served as Vice President of Petoro AS, a fully Norwegian State-owned oil company managing the State Direct Financial Interest in Joint Ventures (SDFI/SDØE); and from 2013 to January 2021, she served as CEO of Petoro. Ms. Moen serves on the board of directors of OKEA ASA, which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. She currently serves as a board member of two privately held companies. She was first elected as a Director of TGS in 2021.
Svein Harald Øygard
Director
Svein Harald Øygard
Director
Mr. Øygard is a business owner, investor, and independent advisor with substantial expertise in the finance and energy industries. From 1983 to the mid-1990s, Mr. Øygard worked within the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, including as Deputy Minister, and held various other roles within the Norwegian Parliament. From the mid-1990s, Mr. Øygard held prominent positions within McKinsey Company, focusing on the global oil and gas industry. In 2009, Mr. Øygard served as the Interim Central Bank Governor of the Icelandic Central Bank. Since mid-2016, he has been co-owner and Chairman of DBO Energy, a Brazilian oil and gas company. He is also the co-founder of two private companies in Brazil, focused on energy transition, and serves on the Board of several other privately held companies. Mr. Øygard serves as Chairman of the Board of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. He was first elected as a Director of TGS in 2021.
Bettina Bachmann
Director
Bettina Bachmann
Director
Born 1959. Ms. Bachmann has over 35 years of experience as a senior energy and technology leader, beginning her career in 1983 with Shell. During her tenure with Shell, she held a variety of business technical and leadership roles in exploration and development with Shell, working in the Middle East, Africa and Europe, including as Shell’s Vice President for Subsurface and Wells Software in Production from 2009 until 2019. Since 2019, she has been a Managing Director of TwoB Consulting GmbH, a consulting and services company focused on energy technology solutions and digital transformation. Since 2019, Ms. Bachmann has also served as a non‐executive board member of Geoteric, a global leader in the development and commercialization of AI‐driven seismic interpretation technology, and since 2018, as a member of the technical advisory board of EV Private Equity, an independent growth equity firm. From 2017 to 2019, she also served as a member of the board of ENERGISTICS, an Industry Standards Body driving common data standards and open‐source technologies. From 2014 to 2020, Ms. Bachmann served as a non‐executive director of Magseis Fairfield ASA, now a subsidiary of TGS. She also serves as a board member or advisor of various industry‐related non‐profit organizations and was a member of the Board of Trustees for the Shell Switzerland Pension Fund from 2004 to 2019. She holds an MSc degree in geophysics from the ETH in Zuerich.
Luis Araujo
Director
Luis Araujo
Director
Born 1959. Mr. Araujo has 40 years of experience in the energy and oil and gas industries. Since 2021, he has served as an independent director of Akastor ASA, an oil services investment company with a portfolio of industrial and financial holdings, which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Since 2021, he has also served as the Chairman of the Board of OceanPact Serviҫos Marítimos S.A., a Brazilian listed company providing maritime services and solutions focused on environment, underwater services, logistics support and engineering. From 2014 to 2020, Mr. Araujo served as Chief Executive Officer of Aker Solutions, a provider of integrated solutions, products and services to the global energy industry. From 2011 to 2014, he held the position as Regional President and Executive Vice‐President for Aker Solutions in Brazil, where he led a major turn‐around of the local operations. Prior to his tenure with Aker Solutions, he was CEO of Wellstream in Brazil (currently part of Baker Hughes GE), and held several senior positions within ABB, FMC Technologies, Vetco Gray and Technip Coflexip. Mr. Araujo serves as the Chairman of the Board (since 2021) of Principle Power, a privately held independent technology and services provider for the floating offshore wind industry, and as a board member (since 2021) of DBO Energy, a privately held Brazilian oil and gas company that plans to merge with Maha Energy in the first half of 2023. He also served as a non-executive director of Magseis Fairfield ASA from 2019 until TGS acquired a majority equity interest in Magseis Fairfield in 2022. Mr. Araujo received his MBA from the University of Edinburgh and his Bachelor of Engineering from Universidade Gama Filho.