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
- Master of Science from NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

Katsutoshi Hirooka
Deputy Managing Director
- 15 years’ experience in the energy industry, including 10 years in LNG marketing and procurement
- Previously served as Manager, Norway BD JAPEX, and prior experience at ExxonMobil
- BSc Liberal Arts ICU, 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

‘Sawa’ 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

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
- MSc Chemistry, University of Oxford

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