JAPEX Norge AS Management Team

Hilde Salthe

Managing Director

    • 20+ years work experience from the oil and gas industry in Norway

    • Previous roles with DNO, Shell, Equinor, Talisman, Paladin, Faroe

    • 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

    • 10+ years of oil & gas experience on the NCS

    • Previously held the position as Head of CEO Office at Sval Energi and BD roles at Sval Energi, Spirit Energy and Centrica

    • 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