Coming from a long career in the upstream energy business, Bjørgulf holds a vide set of technical, commercial and management experiences. Combined with his pioneering and innovative mindset, a passion for business development and a sense of urgency to tackle the ongoing climate crisis, Bjørgulf founded Horisont Energi in 2019 and has been the company’s CEO since. In the management team and as a CO-CEO, Bjørgulf will focus his work on the company’s business development and investor relations.

Leiv is an experienced business executive who has previously worked on commercialisation and scale-up of energy related start-ups. Having a long-range experience from the petroleum business, Leiv joined the Horisont Energi team to be a part of the energy transition and to use his extensive business development competencies to further strengthen the company. With solid experience from financing and M&A’s, and previously holding the position as CFO in the company, Leiv will mainly focus his time on positioning Horisont Energi for further growth with robust operations internally as a CO-CEO.

Having a solid background from technical operations, especially with over 30 years of subsea experience, Ståle is a key asset to the company as our CTO. Combined with his experience from management and executive boards, Ståle is an experienced business developer whose main focus is to secure robust day to day operations in the company, building a clean energy company for the future.

With over 20 years of experience from the energy sector and various commercial roles, Jorunn holds a key competence in the management team as our commercial officer. Before joining Horisont Energi, Jorunn worked for TotalEnergies following the Northern Lights project – the first commercial CCS project in Norway, as well as TCM Mongstad. This experience gives the management team the needed insight and competencies in developing the company in the CCS industry. Jorunn is driven to build a commercial CCS industry in Norway with both local and European value chains.

Rune is an experienced chemists and engineer and holds a PhD in Electrochemistry from NTNU. With his expertise in the area, Rune is the company’s CPO Ammonia, managing the business development of the Horisont Energi’s ammonia and infrastructure projects. Rune has a wide range of technical- and project experience, as well as process- and system engineering. With Rune’s expert competencies, Horisont Energi is at the forefront of developing a clean ammonia industry in Norway.

As an experienced geophysicist and with extensive knowledge of the Norwegian Continental Shelf, Morten is Horisont Energy’s CPO of CO2 storage. Morten has long experience from working in the petroleum business and has worked in several management positions. With a dedication to build a commercial CCS industry in Norway, Morten is set on contributing to CO2 reductions on large scale. His key role in the management team is managing our offshore CO2 storage projects and operations.

With a Phd in risk management and a MSc in offshore safety, combined with over 25 years of experience, we are in the best of hands with Malene as our Chief HSSE Officer. Malene has experience from various management roles and is responsible for integrating sustainability in our everyday work and operations. With Malene in the management team and sustainability at the core of our work, we are taking the required measurements to be a energy company for the future.