Margareth Øvrum

Margareth Øvrum (born 19 September 1958) is a Norwegian engineer and business executive. Since 1982 she has worked for Statoil where she has been an executive vice-president since 2004.[1][2] She has actively promoted the role of women in senior management.

Margareth Øvrum

Biography

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.[3] 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.[1] She is currently Statoil's Executive Vice President of Technology, Projects & Drilling.[2]

In 2013, Øvrum was named "Oilman of the Year" by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.[4] The same year, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of universal suffrage in Norway, Øvrum was voted the Most Influential Woman in Technology.[5]

Øvrum has been a director at Atlas Copco since 2008. 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.[6]

Margareth Øvrum has lived in Bergen since 1987. After working for three years offshore, she returned home to look after her three daughters and her dog.[7] In her current position, she actively supports the role of women in the field:[8]

"I've no doubt been a role model for women in everything I have done. In most of my assignments, I have been both the youngest woman and the first. When I became Statoil's executive vice president for technology, projects and drilling, my goal was to have a senior management team consisting of at least 40% women. That I have achieved. But they are hired because they are talented, not because they are women."

References
  1. "Margareth Øvrum". Statoil. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. "Margareth Øvrum M.Sc". BloombergBusiness. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. Helgesen, Ole Ketil (3 June 2013). "Margareth Øvrum: Her er årets oljekvinne" (in Norwegian). TU. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. "SPE Stavanger`s Oil woman/man of the year". SPE International. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. "Top 20 Women in Business in Northern Europe". Nordic Business Report. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. "Valberedningens förslag till nyval av styrelseledamot - presentation av Margareth Øvrum" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Alfalaval.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  7. "Ny Statoil-sjef med kvinneambisjoner" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  8. Strømdahl, Monica (12 October 2011). "Oljeboss og kvinnelig rollemodell". Aftenposten.
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