Management & Board of Directors

Drives StormGeo’s business transformation (Vision 2020) to solidify and build on world leading positions in global industries such as Shipping, Oil & Gas, and Renewable Energy, while capitalizing on emerging growth opportunities in other attractive areas like the Aviation, Media and Insurance markets.

“I am inspired by the mission to turn StormGeo into a high performance organization by devising and implementing a compelling strategy supported by coherent organization and processes, enabled by modern technology, and underpinned by a winning culture and a pervasive growth mindset.”

Heads up StormGeo’s operations and customer service team. As the company’s chief meteorologist, Martin spearheads the development of StormGeo’s services and co-ordinates the work methodology along all operational units.

Heads up StormGeo’s product team. Having held a variety of StormGeo management and board positions, including 10 years as CTO, MD of Seaware AB and VP of Shipping, Svenn Owe is a forward thinker on strategic direction and product innovation.’

Develops StormGeo’s strategic partnerships and continuously improves business lines. With expertise in climate research and data handling systems, Torleif helps drive StormGeo to the technological forefront of the industry.

Leads StormGeo’s rapidly expanding Renewables team. Along with a solid background in operational forecasting, Jostein is the driving force behind StormGeo’s Renewables division, supporting renewable energy operations by translating meteorological data into actionable decision support.

Leads StormGeo’s media sales and product team. His strong passion for technology, with a focus on architecture, workflow, programming and UX, led him to assume product responsibility across StormGeo’s mobile services, Media, Renewables and Offshore.

Heads StormGeo’s Cross-Industry division. With over 30 years of business consulting and market development experience, Henk provides clients with strategic weather decision support, helping customers to protect their valuable assets, avoid unnecessary costs, and increase operational efficiency.

Jonas is the former CEO of Microsoft Sweden and has held a number of senior positions within Microsoft, including leading the cloud services and software development engagements at Microsoft. He has also worked as a sales leader for consumer mobility solutions and vertical industry solutions in Europe. He is currently an advisor to Microsoft and serves as the chairman of the board of Sitecore as well as a board member of Automic Software, IFS and Tia Technologies.

Rikke Kjaer Nielsen, a Partner based in Copenhagen, is the Head of EQT Mid Market Denmark and voting member of EQT Mid Market Europe Investment Committee. She currently sits on the Board of StormGeo, TIA Technology and Fertin Pharma.

Rikke joined EQT Partners from Royal Bank of Scotland, M&A (previously Alfred Berg ABN AMRO) in 2010, where she mainly focused on corporate transactions within TMT and Healthcare related projects.

Rikke holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School with exchange studies at Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics in Moscow.

Carl Martin Borcher joined EQT Partners in May 2012 as part of the Mid Market team in the Nordics.

Prior to joining EQT Partners, Carl Martin helped establish Moelis & Company in Europe as one of the very first employees in the London office. Before that he worked in the M&A Group at UBS Investment Bank in London and in the Financial Sponsors and Leverage Finance Group at UBS Investment Bank in New York.

Carl Martin holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School. Further to this he completed parts of his study at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Bjørn K Haugland is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer in DNV Group, and has been a member of DNV Executive Committee since 2008.
Haugland has extensive board experience, currently holding positions at Forum for Environmental Technology (FFM), NORNER, DNV KEMA and SUSTAINIA.
Haugland has a M.Sc. in Naval Architecture – Marine Structures and Hydrodynamics – from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.

Thomas Vogth-Eriksen is Chief Financial Officer in DNV GL Group and member of the DNV GL Executive Committee. Vogth-Eriksen has broad international experience from management positions within the DNV GL Group, most recently as CEO for DNV Business Assurance in Italy and Regional Manager in China.

Tom Behrens-Sørensen is a board member and advisor to a number of Asian and Western companies, particularly within the shipping industry. He holds positions as Vice Chairman of Odense Maritime Technology Ltd. and Board member of NOL Group, China Merchants Group, Red Sea Gateway Terminal Ltd., ECCO Group and Wrist Ship Supply Ltd.
Tom has had a 30 year career with the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, of which 25 years in the Asia-Pacific Region, where he championed the company’s expansion to industry leadership positions in China and India. Most recently and until 2009 he acted as Group Executive Vice President and Chairman of the company’s activities in Asia.
During his tenure as Regional CEO and Chairman of A.P. Moller-Maersk, revenues grew from USD 300 million in 1994 to USD 8 billion in 2009. Tom has been associated with China since 1981 and has been a Beijing resident since 1994.

Nina Winther-Kaland joined StormGeo in 2007. Nina holds a PhD degree in Physical Oceanography. She is specialized in numerical modeling of ocean currents and waves, and has expertise in all aspects of operational oceanography. Her operational role in StormGeo is Research Manager and she has previously been working as Senior Scientist in StormGeo.