Olav has more than 30 years of international management experience from the oil, gas and mineral processing industry. With deep ESG knowledge, he has held several high-profile roles.

  • Senior vice president in Equinor for utilisation and storage of carbon capture, in connection with the start of the Northern Lights-CCS project
  • Senior vice president for Norsk Hydro’s aluminium business in South America and senior vice president for marketing and transport of gas within the company
  • Experience from board work in several different commercial organisations and research organisations

Articles by Olav

0629 2826 Safe Summit Day 1

Event, Opinion piece | 10 April 2024

Massive investment in mineral extraction is needed now…

CRMssupply chains

Do policymakers and the public understand the real-world impacts of a halt to certain critical mineral exports from China? This...

Sustainability Sets Great

Story | 27 September 2023

Sustainability sets great expectations for the future…

circular economyfast to market

Sustainability has moved from a buzzword to a business fundament, acting as an increasingly obligatory ethical code of conduct –...

This Is An Industry I

Q&A | 09 May 2023

“This is an industry I want to be part of.”

responsible miningclean energy

Olav Skalmeraas is a Non-Executive Director of Norge Mining and Norge Mineraler AS. He has more than 30 years of...

Norway & Its Minerals Of The Future

Story | 08 May 2020

Norway & its minerals of the future

Norway has the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, historically thanks to its copious reserves of oil. That has...