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