Ms. Herlofsen also has had significant exposure to board work through nearly 20 years of serving in different capacities on Norwegian and international boards, including as Chair, Vice-Chair, and Chair of Audit Committees.

Ms. Herlofsen recently stepped down from her position as CFO of Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA in order to operate full time as an independent board professional, consultant, and investor. She is currently a board member of Equinor ASA, Rockwool International A/S, SATS ASA, Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA, Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA and chairman of the board of the marine insurer Norwegian Hull Club. Prior to joining Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Ms. Herlofsen was the CFO of Torvald Klaveness Group, and prior to that Director Business Development for BW Gas. Ms. Herlofsen started her career in investment banking, spending five years with Enskilda Securities in Oslo, Stockholm and London.

Throughout her career, Ms. Herlofsen has served on a number of boards, including as Chairman of Cermaq ASA, and as a member of the DNV GL board.

Ms. Herlofsen holds a degree in business («Siviløkonom») from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business, and is a certified financial analyst from the same business school.

Ms. Herlofsen is independent from the Company’s management, major shareholders and principal business associates.

Mr Scholten has held senior and executive positions at Schlumberger spanning two decades. During his career at Schlumberger, Mr Scholten was Director of Legal Service, Head of Finance, President Schlumberger Oilfield Services ECA (Europe, Africa and CIS), and Director Mergers & Acquisitions/Business Development.

From 2006 - 2009 he was Co-founder and Co-executive Director of Delta Hydrocarbons SA and from 2013 to 2017 he was the General Counsel at Total SA.

Mr Scholten holds a Master of Science in politics from the University of Paris (Sorbonne) and a JD Commercial Law from the University of Amsterdam. Mr Scholten is a Dutch citizen.

Mr Scholten is independent from the Company's management, major shareholders and principal business associates.

Mr Kofod-Olsen was appointed CEO of V.Group in November 2020. He started his career in the A.P. Møller-Maersk Group, where he held a variety of executive positions in numerous countries, including Chief People Officer of the SVITZER Group, Chief Executive Officer of SVITZER Asia, Middle East & Africa. In 2012 Mr Kofod-Olsen was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Topaz Energy & Marine, a position he held until the company’s successful acquisition by the DP World Group in 2019, where he became Chief Executive Officer of the combined P&O Maritime Logistics, stepping down after its completed integration in 2020.

Mr Kofod-Olsen has pursued an Advanced Executive Program at Harvard Business School, and Senior Executive programs at INSEAD, IMD and holds a Graduate Diploma in Organization and Marketing from University of Southern Denmark.

Mr Kofod-Olsen is independent from the Company’s management, major shareholders and principal business associates.

Mr. Arnet is currently the Chief Executive Officer of BW Energy Ltd. Prior to this role, he was the Chief Executive Officer of BW Offshore Limited. Previously, Mr. Arnet was the Managing Director of Advanced Production and Loading (APL), and had held various positions at Norsk Hydro (Statoil Hydro) and Conoco UK in the period from 1981 to 1996.

Mr. Arnet holds a M.Sc. from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and an MBA from the Norwegian School of Management (BI). He holds a number of other board memberships and chairmanships in non-related companies and is a non-executive director of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

Mr. Beenen was appointed Chief Operation Officer of BW Offshore in 2016, responsible for the global operations and development of BW Offshore's fleet of FPSOs. He joined BW Offshore in 2012 as Vice President Business Development, followed by the position as Senior Vice President Fleet, responsible for operations in West Africa. Mr. Beenen is also on the Board of Directors of BW Energy.

Prior to joining BW Offshore, Mr. Beenen has held executive positions in the Netherlands and USA as President of GustoMSC Inc and Vice President Engineering with SBM Offshore.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Naval Architecture and Offshore Hydrodynamics of Delft University of Technology.

Mr. Andreassen came from the position as SVP Finance and joined the company in 2008.

Prior to joining BW Offshore, Mr. Andreassen spent 8 years working for Deloitte in Norway and UK, where he held several positions, lastly as Senior Manager in Audit and Assurance.

Mr. Andreassen holds a MSc in Business from Bodø Graduate School of Business in Norway and an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). He is also a state-authorised public accountant in Norway.

Mr Ikeda was appointed Head of Projects of BW Offshore in 2016. He joined the company in 2012 as Project Manager, thereafter holding the position of Senior Vice President Project Execution.

Prior to joining BW Offshore, Mr Ikeda spent 14 years with Modec as Project Engineer and subsequently Project Manager responsible for delivery of a number of successful FPSO projects.

Mr Ikeda holds Bachelor and Master Degrees both in Mechanical Engineering from Tokyo University, Japan.

Mr. Bjorbekk has 20 years experience from the oil and gas contracting sector, starting in APL (Advanced Production & Loading) in 1995. Within APL he has held several positions including Project Manager, Fabrication Manager and Head of Supply Chain. In BW Offshore, Mr. Bjorbekk has held several responsibilities including Project Manager, VP Modification Projects and SVP Asset Management & Commercial in the operating division.

Mr. Bjorbekk is responsible for all commercial activities company-wide.

He holds a M.Sc. in Offshore Technology from the University of Stavanger, Norway.

Ms. Vakil joined BW Offshore in 2008 as a member of the Corporate and Strategic Development division. Her current area of responsibility covers all legal affairs of the company.

Ms. Vakil's past experience includes in-house positions mainly within the oil & energy and finance sectors (Norsk Hydro ASA and NBIM) and private practice work as a transactional, corporate and finance lawyer (Allen & Overy, Slaughter & May and VSCF).

She graduated with a Law Degree and completed a Masters in EU Law from the Law faculty University of Lisbon in Portugal. She is admitted to the Portuguese bar and she qualified as an English Solicitor with College of Law in London. 

Prior to joining BWO Ms McCabe held a senior compliance position for BT Plc based in the UK and USA and subsequently provided compliance consulting services in the Big 4, as a Director at Ernst & Young LLP and later joining KPMG LLP.

Ms McCabe graduated with an MA[Oxon] in Jurisprudence (Law) from Oxford University (Worcester College) and was awarded an LLM in International and Comparative Law from the University of Notre Dame, USA.  She subsequently completed her Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in London, UK. Ms McCabe is a Certified Corporate Compliance Professional (CCEP-I).