Boards
HUB Ocean is registered as a foundation with non-profit purposes (registered number 925 365 297). As part of the foundation’s governance, the Board of Directors (detailed below) serves as the highest authority for HUB Ocean, while an informal Advisory Committee provides ad hoc advice on activities and strategy. The CEO and the Leadership Team handle the daily management of the foundation and its staff.
Our Board of Directors
An independent foundation, guided by leaders from diplomacy, conservation, industry, Earth observation and maritime.
Former diplomat and public servant who served across the Norwegian civil service, most recently as chief of staff at NATO under Jens Stoltenberg. He joined the Aker group in October 2024.
- Today
- Partner and director of government affairs, Industry Capital Partners
- Background
- Diplomat, Norwegian civil service, NATO
- Education
- BSc International Relations (LSE) · MA International Politics (Bradford)
CEO of REV Ocean and a tireless champion for environmentally responsible solutions for the ocean. She sits on a number of boards, advisory boards and high-level panels.
- Today
- CEO, REV Ocean (since 2018)
- Background
- 12 years at WWF-Norway, Secretary-General from 2012
- Education
- MSc Marine Biology, University of Fishery Science, Tromsø
Norwegian businessman and Aker ASA’s main owner and driving force in its development since the 1990s. He started in 1982 with the purchase of a trawler in the United States and built a leading worldwide fisheries business.
- Today
- Director and chairman of several Aker companies
- Background
- Fisheries entrepreneur, RGI merged with Aker
Co-founder of LGND, which turns satellite and Earth-observation data into searchable intelligence, and Executive Director of the Clay Foundation, stewarding an open foundation model for Earth observation.
- Today
- Co-founder, LGND · Executive Director, Clay Foundation
- Background
- NASA, World Bank, Microsoft Planetary Computer, Chief Scientist at Mapbox
- Education
- PhD (Hons) Astrophysics, Max Planck Institute
More than 40 years in the maritime and energy sectors. He is Vice Chairman of the Danish think tank Ocean and non-executive director at BW Holding, Cadeler, IMI PLC and Lambert Energy.
- Today
- Chairman, Lloyd’s Register Group and Lloyd’s Register Foundation
- Previously
- Chairman of Ørsted · CEO of Maersk Oil · President and CEO of Maersk Inc.
Our Advisory Board
Voices from industry, governance and science who help steer where ocean data can do the most good.
Alfredo Giron
World Economic Forum
Beate Kvamstad
SINTEF Ocean
Oliver Tonby
McKinsey & Company
Vladimir Ryabinin
Former IOC-UNESCO
Corinne Bassin
Schmidt Ocean Institute