JAPEX Norge AS Management Team

Hilde Salthe
Managing Director
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- 20+ years work experience from the oil and gas industry in Norway
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- Previous roles with DNO, Shell, Equinor, Talisman, Paladin, Faroe
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- Petroleum Geologist, University of Trondheim

Tetsuji Shibuta
Deputy Managing Director
- 30 years oil and gas experience across broad range of commercial and business development roles in various countries
- Previously held the position as General Manager for North Sea Business Development, JAPEX
- Faculty of Law, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

Nina Irene Henriksen
Finance Manager
- 20+ years work experience from the Norwegian oil & gas industry
- Previous accounting roles with DNO, Faroe and Paladin
- HR & Finance, University of Stavanger

Bérengère Sismondini
Subsurface & Exploration Manager
- 20+ years work experience in Geoscience from exploration, development and production
- Previous roles with Vår Energi, Schlumberger, Fortis Petroleum and Point Resources
- PhD on carbonate sedimentology, Claude Bernard University, Lyon 1

Joe Elliott
BD & Commercial Manager
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- 10+ years of oil & gas experience on the NCS
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- Previously held the position as Head of CEO Office at Sval Energi and BD roles at Sval Energi, Spirit Energy and Centrica
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- Master’s Degree in Chemistry, University of Oxford

Fuminori Sawamura
Deputy Subsurface & Exploration Manager
Senior Geologist
- 30+ years work experience from the oil and gas industry
- Previously General Manager of Technical Planning Coordination Department, JAPEX
- Geologist, Hokkaido University, Japan

Torill Idsøe
Safety, Sustainability & People Manager
- 20+ years Norwegian oil & gas sector work experience
- Previous roles in Repsol, Dolphin Drilling, Equinor, Aibel and Aker
- Master of Science in Physiotherapy and in Community Safety, University of Stavanger