Margareth Øvrum (born 19 September 1958) is a Norwegian engineer and business executive. Since 1982 she has worked for Statoil where she was an executive vice-president from 2004 to 2020.
Born in Skien in the south of Norway. In 1981, she graduated with a 4.5 year degree (sivilingeniør) in engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim, specializing in Engineering Physics.[1] In 1982, she began working for Statoil where she became the company's first female platform manager while she was working at the Gullfaks Field. She then became senior vice-president for operations at the Velsefrikk oil field and vice-president of operations support for the Norwegian continental shelf. She is currently Statoil's Executive Vice President of Technology, Projects & Drilling.
In 2013, Øvrum was named "Oilman of the Year" by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.[2] The same year, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of universal suffrage in Norway, Øvrum was voted the Most Influential Woman in Technology.[3]
Øvrum was also a member of the board of directors at Atlas Copco from 2008 to 2017. She is also a director of the University of Bergen and has served on the board of the Storebrand financial services company. She has held directorships with Ratos, Elkem and Siemens Norge.[4]
Margareth Øvrum has lived in Bergen since 1987. After working for three years offshore, she returned to Norway in 2020.
References
edit- ^ Helgesen, Ole Ketil (3 June 2013). "Margareth Øvrum: Her er årets oljekvinne" (in Norwegian). TU. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ "SPE Stavanger`s Oil woman/man of the year". SPE International. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ "Top 20 Women in Business in Northern Europe". Nordic Business Report. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ "Valberedningens förslag till nyval av styrelseledamot - presentation av Margareth Øvrum" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Alfalaval.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.