Highlights 2006/
Developments 2007
  Key financial figures
  CEO - Best year ever
  Business Areas
  HSE in PGS
  Corporate Governance
  Financial review
  The PGS share
  The Board of Directors
  Executive Officers
 
Other Corporate management
  Adresses
  Cases
   
   
Svein Rennemo
(Born 1947)
President and CEO

Mr. Rennemo joined PGS in November 2002 as president and chief executive officer. Prior to joining PGS, he was a partner in ECON Management. From 1997 to March 2001, Mr. Rennemo was chief executive officer of Borealis, one of the world’s largest producers of polyolefin plastics, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, having previously served as chief financial officer and deputy chief executive officer since 1994. From 1982 to 1994, he filled various senior management positions within Statoil, among them group chief financial officer and president of Statoil Petrochemicals. From 1972 to 1982, he served as a policy analyst and advisor with the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance in the kingdom of Norway and the OECD Secretariat in Paris. Mr. Rennemo earned a master’s degree in economics at the University of Oslo in 1971. He has held a number of non-executive Board positions in Norway and internationally and currently serves as a non-executive chairman of the Board of Directors of Statnett SF (Norway).

   
   
Gottfred Langseth
(Born 1966)
Senior Vice President
and CFO

Mr. Langseth joined PGS in November 2003 and was named senior vice president and chief financial officer as of January 1, 2004. He was chief financial officer at the information technology company Ementor ASA from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Langseth was senior vice president of finance and control at the offshore construction company Aker Maritime ASA from 1997 to 2000. He served with Arthur Andersen Norway from 1991 to 1997, qualifying as a Norwegian state authorized public accountant in 1993. Mr. Langseth has a master’s degree in business administration from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.
   
   
Rune Eng
(Born 1961)
Group President Marine


Mr. Eng was appointed president of Marine in August 2004. Since joining PGS in 1997, he has held the position of area manager Scandinavia and from 2000 has served as president for the EAME region (Europe, Africa and Middle East). Prior to joining PGS, Mr. Eng held different positions in Fugro-Geoteam. This included a board position in Sevoteam, a Russian-Norwegian joint operating company involved in offshore seismic studies. Mr. Eng held a senior consultant position in Digital Equipment Computing promoting the use of reservoir simulation in the oil industry. Mr. Eng has a bachelor’s degree in applied geophysics from the University of Oslo and a master of science degree from Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden).
   
   
Eric Wersich
(Born 1963)
Group President Onshore

Mr. Wersich joined Onshore in January 2000 as vice president of western hemisphere and was appointed president of Onshore in June 2003. Mr. Wersich worked with Western Geophysical from 1984 to 2000, employed in various operational and management positions in North America, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. He is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines, where he earned a bachelor of engineering degree in geophysics.

   
   
Sverre Strandenes
(Born 1956)
Group President
Data Processing and
Technology


Mr. Strandenes was appointed Group President, Data Processing and Technology in November, 2006. He joined PGS in 1995 from Norsk Hydro Research Centre, where he served as Department Manager of Geosciences. Since 1995 Mr. Strandenes has held various senior management positions within the Company, most recently as President, Marine Geophysical EAME Region. Mr. Strandenes graduated with a master’s degree in geophysics from the University of Bergen in 1981. .
   
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