Board of Directors
Dr. John Afseth
Chairman
Dr. Afseth has worked as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of Photocure ASA in Oslo since 1998. Prior to this he worked as a General Manager at Abbot Labs in Denmark, Norway and Iceland in the period 1995 to 1997. He was the Managing Director of Medinnova in the period from 1992 to 1995. Dr. Afseth started his career in business by taking a Marketing Manager position at Dynal AS in Oslo in 1986 where he worked until 1992. Before his industrial career, Dr. Afseth had an academic career as Associate Professor in Microbiology at the University of Oslo and holds a PhD from this institution.
Currently Dr. Afseth serves as a board member of Verdispar Baltic Sea Properties, and partner in Merchant Venture Investments NV . Dr. Afseth is also Chairman of the board of IGE Resources AB, Playsafe Holding NV, Fire Eater AS, Carpe Diem AS, Boswell SaRL, Verdispar Baltic Development Property I AS and Emerging Europe Commercial Properties AS.
Mr. Tore Amundsen
Board Member
Mr. Amundsen was CEO of Simrad Optronics from 1999 to 2007 and is now Managing Director of CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad, a research facility owned by the Norwegian State, Statoil and Shell.
Before this, Mr. Amundsen held several leading positions within Kværner. Among other things, he was responsible for Kværner’s activities in China, and CEO of Kværner Energy AS. Mr. Amundsen is educated from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NH ) in 1975, and also has additional education within project management and strategy. He has been a board member of NHO and TBL .
Mrs. Valborg Lundegaard
Board Member
Mrs Valborg Lundegaard has more than 20 years experience from the oil and gas industry and has held a number of key positions in Aker Solutions. Her experience includes both corporate and project management, international business development and a number of large field development projects. Currently she is President of Aker Engineering & Technology with 2500 employees.
Mrs Valborg Lundegaard is a member of the board of Simtronics and Songa Offshore; both listed on the Norwegian Stock Exchange. She is also a member of the board of Aker Offshore Partner AS and Aker Powergas Private Limited in India.
Mrs Valborg Lundegaard graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) Chemical Engineering in 1983.
Mr. Hans Inge Nerby
Board Member (Employee representative)
Mr Nerby works in the research and development department as a Project Manager for gas detector development projects. He has been with the company since 2003 and has been involved in many technology projects and business processes.
Mr Nerby holds his engineering degrees from Oslo University College and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Offshore technology and mechanics, respectively. He started his career as a development engineer in the defense and aerospace industry at Eidsvoll Electronics. Before joining Simrad Optronics, Mr Nerby worked in the aluminium industry as a development engineer and project manager at Hydro Automotive Structures.