Arild Selvig

Arild Selvig

CEO

Midstream, Upstream
 
Europe
 

1. What is your profession? Or if you are retired, what was your profession?

CEO

2. What are your areas of expertise?

Midstream: Commercial, Executive, Corporate Development

Upstream Disciplines: Reservoir Eng., Technology, Corporate Development, Operations, Commercial, I.T./Digital

Upstream Areas: Offshore

3. Current Employer:

ZEG Power

4. Previous Employers:

TechnipFMC, FMC, Norsk Hydro Oil&Gas

5. How did you end up in the Energy Industry?

Norway discovered oil in the late 60s and became an important industry during the 70s. When choosing my educations in the early 80s, the choice to become a Petroleum engineer was easy as I always liked science and to work with something meaningful to the society I live in. That's why I now also have moved on into Hydrogen.

6. Why do you like working with Start-Ups?

Entrepreneurship has always fascinated me because it is so difficult to succeed. Dealing with difficult stuff challenge the full range of human capacity from deep insight into a specific topic, intelligence (IQ AND EQ), creativity and well-developed stubbornness. The easiest thing to do is to shoot down a fragile, good idea - especially in bigger organizations - and keep your head down as a loyal soldier. So, entrepreneurs following their passions spiced with stubbornness and stamina have always intrigued me.

Okay, now for some fun things about Arild…

7. What are three of your interests outside of work?

As a good Norwegian, outdoor activities is where I spend my time off.

8. What are your top 3 accomplishments (personal or professional)?  Don’t be shy!  Give ‘em to us.

  • Cross-country skier on National level when I grew up.

  • Top-ranking in Engineering school.

  • Scholarship to complete my Master degree in Technology Management at Sloan Business school.

9. If I were a superhero, my superpower would be               .

Fully understand cyclic commodity markets.

10. When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be a                 when I grew up.

Doctor

11. If I weren't so damn good at what I do now, I'd probably be                 .

An Astro physicist

12. My favorite song is               by            .

"Holding Back the Years" by Simply Red

13. If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd          .

start a Brewery or a Norwegian cheese factory.

14. The best piece of advice I've ever been given is                              .

Never give up and believe in yourself. What you mean matters.