Svein Ilebekk (Chief Executive Officer)

Svein graduated from the University of Oslo in 1981 (Cand. Real) and has 28 years industry experience in oil companies and geo-consultancy in Norway: Saga/DNO/Amoco and READ/AkerKvaerner Geo (JSI). Svein joined Revus Energy AS in 2002 as one of the founders of the company. In the mid 90s Svein co-founded a geoscience consulting company, JSI AS. In 1998 the company was acquired by AkerKvaerner and renamed AkerKvaernerGeo AS. Svein held the position of Executive Vice President & Chief Geologist.

From 2003 to 2004 Svein held the position of Technical Manager at Revus Energy, being responsible for the prequalification process, building the subsurface team, IT strategy, as well as participation in the company’s first concession round in 2003. In 2004 Svein was engaged as Exploration Manager in the company, being responsible for building the exploration portfolio through concession rounds and farm-ins. Svein left the company in September 2009, nine months after its acquisition by Wintershall.