Team
Our qualified team of senior advisors has extensive commercial and international experience. We are located mainly in Oslo, but we cover several different countries and the group is continuously growing.
| Karen Sund Partner Oslo, Norway tel: +47 917 86 928 karen@sundenergy.com |
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Karen is the founder of Sund Energy AS. She is an international petroleum economist with more than 20 years experience in the energy business globally. She has extensive consulting experience, especially focusing on commercial and strategic gas issues. Follow @karensund |
| Dragos Talvescu Advisor/ Partner Oslo, Norway tel: +47 907 99 522 dragos@sundenergy.com |
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Dragos joined Sund Energy in 2009 and has experience from projects related to CCS, climate, offshore wind, biogas as well as gas analysis. He is interested in the business case for sustainable energy and has written his master thesis at the Norwegian Business School on the case for Chinese renewable energy in Central and Eastern Europe. Master thesis |
| KJ Li Partner San Francisco, USA tel: 1-415-318-9779 kj@sundenergy.com |
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KJ has 40 years of experience in Shell E&P and Shell Global Solutions in oil, gas and CCS, leading large engineering projects throughout the world, including Gabon, Thailand, Norway and Saudi Arabia. His engineering expertise is doubled by good understanding of project economics. He joined Sund Energy in 2008. |
| Egil Råstad Senior Advisor Oslo, Norway tel: +47 476 59 876 egil@sundenergy.com |
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Egil has been working for 30 years in the energy business and for Sund Energy since 2009. He was 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 an MBA in finance from the University of Wisconsin. |
| Svein Ivar Haugom Senior Advisor Oslo, Norway tel: +47 992 71 719svein.ivar@sundenergy.com |
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Svein Ivar has extensive operational and strategic experience with industrial investments from Hafslund ASA, and has executed several M&A processes. He has been responsible for a PE portfolio and has worked as Finance Director. Svein Ivar´s education includes “siviløkonom”, BA Economics, Master degrees in Finance and Management Science. Svein Ivar is a CFA. |
| Harry Anton Senior Advisor Helsinki, Finland tel: +358 50 555 70 28 harry@sundenergy.com |
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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. He joined Sund Energy in 2008. |
| Preben Birr-Pedersen Senior Advisor Fredericia, Denmark tel: +45 41 89 23 07 preben@sundenergy.com |
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Preben has experience as chief project manager in Energinet.dk, where he was responsible for business development and infrastructure planning. He focuses on the interaction between energy and climate change from both a technical and economic perspective. He joined Sund Energy in 2011 and works on a case by case basis. |
| Liana Jervalidze Senior Advisor Tbilisi, Georgia tel: (995 32) 230 75 97 liana@sundenergy.com |
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Liana Jervalidze is an energy security specialist with extensive research experience in geopolitics of Caspian energy, domestic energy reforms in Georgia, advisory experience with various private and public actors in Georgia and in the region. |
| Karolina Lamon Assistant Oslo, Norway tel: +47 995 03 000 karolina@sundenergy.com |
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Karolina has a bachelor in Scandinavian studies from the University of Vilnius and a master in Nordic literature from the University of Oslo. She works part time with administrative support for Sund Energy and is eager to learn more about the energy sector. She joined Sund Energy in 2011. |
Network
Sund Energy collaborates with a strong network of partners, senior advisors and collaborating enterprises with complementary expertise, increasing our flexibility and ability to complete larger cross-discipline tasks. These companies specialise in prices and analysis, trading, optimisation, engineering and legal support.








