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Ricardo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a MSc in Finance from BI Norwegian Business School. Prior to joining Esgian, he worked in the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team at a publicly traded global software company, where he focused on the areas of financial control and process optimization.
He has a keen interest in innovation and sustainability. In his free time, Ricardo enjoys reading, learning new languages, cooking, and he is an avid sports enthusiast.
A seasoned Customer Experience and Marketing professional, Kirstin has a solid track record in elevating service quality, driving sales, and growing customer bases. With deep expertise in branding, event management, and communications from a leading fiduciary services group, she brings a wealth of experience from over a decade in Marketing Communications across Europe and Asia. After moving to Norway, Kirstin joined Pexip, a start-up that evolved into a secure video platform leader, where she spearheaded Customer Success and later focused on crafting impactful Customer Experience strategies across product, marketing, and sales.
Now, as part of Esgian, Kirstin is excited to align with a company that shares her passion for delivering objective insights into future emissions and climate policy, helping customers take meaningful, sustainable actions.
Steffen holds a Master of Science in Marine Cybernetics from NTNU and has extensive experience in the maritime offshore industry. He has worked on developing and managing control systems, with focus on software development and product management within digitalization. Steffen is dedicated to improving operational reliability and efficiency in maritime operations.
Mijeong has over 12 years of experience in international trade and shipping, working in both South Korea and Norway. Her expertise includes developing marketing strategies, conducting market and competitive analyses, providing market forecasts, and monitoring environmental regulations in the maritime industry.
Mijeong is customer-oriented and a team player, always striving to find innovative and sustainable solutions. She holds a master’s degree in Maritime Management from the University of South-Eastern Norway.
Lauren has over a decade of experience in the offshore wind industry, specializing in data and market intelligence across both startup and corporate environments.
Her passion for startups and innovative thinking fuels her ambition to provide industry players worldwide with accessible, reliable, and trustworthy information, enabling them to make well-informed decisions.
Joseph C Sajan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering and a Master’s degree in Marine Technology specializing in Marine hydrodynamics. He has developed his skills in numerical and experimental hydrodynamics. Joseph has experience working as an intern at the Indian Register of Shipping and at SINTEF Ocean. He also has experience in programming and application testing. As a Naval Architect, Joseph dreams about making his contribution to leaps lying ahead for the marine industry.
Jiafei has more than 15 years’ experience in software development and 4 years in global maritime industry driving business digitalization. He approaches challenges with can-do spirit and has shown strong ability to drive change.
Sofia brings over five and a half years of expertise in operations and analytics within the energy sector, specializing in energy analysis, sustainability, and offshore rig operations. Her professional expertise spans from wireline field engineering offshore deepwater and onshore, to upstream and energy sustainability analysis, all over the world (Latin America, Europe, and the U.A.E.). Which sparked her passion for guiding clients on the optimal path forward in the energy transition.
Sofia holds a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering and is a language polyglot. She is passionate about nature, sports, and cooking, finding her energy and inspiration while surrounded by nature.
Bartolomej has covered the offshore energy industry since 2010 as a journalist and editor of two offshore energy industry-focused publications, Offshore Energy Today and Offshore Engineer. He’s written articles on offshore oil and gas exploration, production, offshore wind, and CCS sectors and projects.
Bartolomej has a background in English language and literature.
Antonio has for 17 years been dedicated to the maritime industry with roles in sales and commercial functions. His experience is related to shipping lines, RoRo carriers, forwarders and port terminals. Passionate to create relations with people and cultures from all over the world. Always with a positive open mind for the challenges to come.
Tollef has recently completed a Master’s degree in informatics at the University of Oslo and now works for Esgian as a backend developer. He enjoys problem solving in everything from systems programming to application development and databases. He has a keen interest in the maritime domain as well as digitalisation, sustainability, and technological progress.
Cristina holds 25 years business experience in commercial account management and business operations, in Romania and United Arab Emirates. Her experience has taken her though extraordinary journeys in different business sectors, from entertainment industry to equipment and IT components solutions and not at least , in the Financial industry.
Cristina values the practicing of customer service excellence through consistently exceeding customer expectations in service delivery. Providing a high level of customer engagement is a philosophy she lives by, as it always leads to trust and advocacy.
Are has been instrumental within development, commissioning and rectifying drilling equipment and instrumentation on board offshore rigs over the last 15 years. He has over the years brought multiple drill-ships and semi-submersibles through SPS and facilitated approval of drilling packages on new builds.
Ivan has a BSc in Computer science and 5+ years of experience in marketing & web to print solutions, both on the front end and back end. He is passionate about utilizing technology to enable the green shift.
Ueda has an academic background in Finance and Statistics, as well as programming skills related to Data Science, she brings a unique set of skills and experiences to her role. Prior to joining Esgian, she has been gaining her practical skills in Market Intelligence through her work with big data. She holds a great passion for AI and Analytics.
Hans has seven years of shipping/trading experience and three years in sales B2B SaaS. Hans is passionate about the green transition and establishing long-lasting relationships with clients to help them achieve their objectives. Hans holds a bachelor honors degree in maritime business from Southampton Solent University and is a language polyglot.
Fernando holds 15+ years in the Oil and Gas Industry (4 years with NOV & 11 years with Seadrill). Fernando is an experienced Contract, Sales, and Marketing Manager with an Industrial Engineering background and the ability to translate market challenges into commercial language across different regions. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving the Oil & Gas Industry’s needs.
Project leader and a proactive team player capable of designing and promoting strategies to maximize profitability and contribute to the Company’s economic growth and sustainable development through KPIs.
