Team & Partners

SUND Energy has a strong network of senior advisors and partner companies.

Team

The seniors are very qualified in and motivated by the areas of work we specialise on in gas, power, and CCS. They are located in different countries, and the group is growing. All members of the team have a commercial and international experience and can assist companies in making better decisions by drawing on this experience.

Karen Sund
Partner
Oslo, Norway
tel: +47 917 86 928    
karen@sundenergy.com
Karen is the founder of Sund Energy AS. She is an international petroleum economist with more than 20 years experience in the energy business. She has extensive consulting experience, especially focusing on commercial and strategic gas issues.
Alexander Engh
Senior Advisor
Oslo, Norway
tel: +47 451 99 809
alex@sundenergy.com
Alex has 8 years of up- and mid-stream experience from various roles in ExxonMobil, including commercial, planning and finance/accounting. The last 3 years he has represented ExxonMobil in negotiations and business development activities for Norwegian gas infrastructure, including Gassled. Alex holds an MSc in Finance from NHH and will start working for us in September 2010.
Egil Råstad
Senior Advisor
Oslo, Norway
tel: +47 476 59 876
egil@sundenergy.com
Egil has nearly 30 years’ experience in the energy business. He has been involved in many tasks in Norway and abroad e.g. oil and gas developments, gas infrastructure, gas to power projects, wind power projects etc. for Exxon, Saga Petroleum, Norsk Hydro and StatoilHydro. Egil holds a MBA degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin.
Dragos Talvescu
Analyst
Oslo, Norway
tel: +47 907 99 522
dragos@sundenergy.com
Dragos works part time as analyst, while studying International Marketing at the Norwegian School of Management. He is interested in renewable energy, sustainable development and climate change, acting as Climate Advocate for Norway in the Challenge Europe programme organized by British Council.
Harry Anton
Senior Advisor
Helsinki, Finland
tel: +358 50 555 70 28
harry@sundenergy.com
Harry Anton Harry has extensive experience in the energy industry. He has worked in Neste and Fortum with gas marketing, sales, and purchasing, also taking part in infrastructure planning and large pipeline studies such as Nordic Gas Grid and Nord Stream. For many years he also acted as member and chairman of the Baltic Gas Association.
KJ Li
Senior Advisor
San Francisco, USA
tel: 1-415-318-9779
kj@sundenergy.com
KJ has 40 years of experience in Shell and Shell Global Solutions within gas and CCS.
David Mestres Ridge
Senior Advisor
London, United Kingdom
tel: + 44 (0)750 3659714
david@sundenergy.com
David has 15 years’ experience in energy including upstream commercial and management experience in E&P companies (North Sea and East Africa) and finance experience (investment banking and equity research). David has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College and an LLM in Platform Abandonment Law from Aberdeen University.
Hassan Olima
Senior Advisor
Dubai, UAE
tel: +971 50 141 3805
hassan@sundenergy.com
Hassan has a varied 10 year professional experience consisting of fixed income and energy research, oil and gas futures trading, and more recently physical oil and gas trading. Hassan now specialises on Global LNG Markets and holds a specialised masters degree in Energy Management from Norwegian School of Management, Oslo

Partners

The partner networks consist of companies with different qualifications, providing expertise and flexibility for SUND Energy to complete larger and more cross-discipline tasks. These partner companies specialise and complement us in corporate strategy (Arthur D Little), gas prices & analysis (Eclipse), and engineering (DnV and Rambøll). We also work with companies specialist in electricity, trading, legal issues, and more.

Arthur D Little Det Norske Veritas Eclipse Energy Group
Meltzers gt 4, N-0257 Oslo, Norway • Tel: (+47) 21 06 03 60 • Mobile: (+47) 917 86 928
E-mail: contact@sundenergy.com • org.nr. 991 450 866 mva