Board of Directors

Espen Gundersen

Chair of the Board

Espen Gundersen has extensive experience from executive positions. Until February 2022, he was the CFO and Deputy CEO of Tomra Systems, where he has held various positions since 1999. He is currently a full time non-executive board member and sits on the board of Norsk Hydro ASA, Scatec ASA (incl head of audit committee) and Kid ASA (Chairman). In addition to being the chair of the Board of Hexagon Purus, Espen also chairs Hexagon Purus’ audit and compensation committees. Espen is a professional accountant and has his MBA from BI Norwegian Business School.

Number of shares: 45,619

Jon Erik Engeset

Board member

Jon Erik Engeset has been CEO & President of Hexagon Composites since 2013. Prior to joining Hexagon, Jon Erik was the CEO of Saferoad Group, a leading European supplier of road safety solutions. He also has extensive experience from executive positions at Rolls Royce and Norsk Hydro. Jon Erik holds an MSc and MBA from NHH – Norwegian School of Economics.

Number of shares: 301,973*
*) includes shares owned by related parties

Hidetomo Araki

Board member

Hidetomo Araki is currently Senior Vice President, Regional Officer of Chemicals in EMEA for Mitsui & Co. Ltd. He joined Mitsui in 2003 and has since held several management positions in Japan, Canada and Germany within the basic and specialty chemicals divisions, performance materials and financial management. Prior to joining Mitsui, Hidetomo Araki worked in investment banking and advised on several cross-border M&A transactions in various industries. He is also part of Hexagon Purus' compensation committee.

Martha Kold Monclair

Board member

Martha Kold Monclair has extensive board experience from various industries, including Kongsberg Group and BW LPG, and is currently a board member of Edda Wind, Reach Subsea and Ocean GeoLoop. She was the CEO of Deepwell from 2007–2017 and Steinsvik from 2018–2020. Martha holds two PhD’s, one of them specializing in Strategies for Commercialization of New Technology from BI. She is also part of Hexagon Purus' audit committee.

Number of shares: 4,124*

*) Includes shares owned by related parties

Susana Quintana-Plaza

Board member

Susana Quintana Plaza is the CEO and founder of BM2Solar as well as the Chair of the board of QUADRANTE-Engenharia and a supervisory board member for Topsoe. She is also a strategic advisor to several private equity and venture capital funds. Susana Quintana Plaza has many years of international experience in aerospace, energy, venture capital, and consulting at top firms such as Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, E.ON Siemens and Galp where she held several senior positions. Susana holds a BSc and MSc in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Washington and an MBA from Harvard Business School. From 2018–2019, Susana was a member of the Board of Directors of Hexagon Composites ASA.

Liv Fiksdahl

Board member

Liv Fiksdahl is currently Vice President at Capgemeni Invent Norway. She has extensive experience from various board positions and is currently a board member of Posten Norge and Arion Banki. Liv Fiksdahl has more than 30 years of experience from the banking sector, in which her primary focus has been transformation, technology and operations. She has held several leadership positions, including spending close to 11 years as Group EVP at DNB Bank ASA. Liv is educated at Trondheim Business School, BI Norwegian Business School and has completed executive education from INSEAD, Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is also part of Hexagon Purus' audit committee.

Rick Rashilla

Board member

Rick Rashilla was named SVP Research & Development in Hexagon in 2020. Prior to his R&D role, Rick has held several key management positions in the Group, most recently as VP Hydrogen Automotive at Hexagon Purus’ location in Germany. He has 35+ years’ experience in managerial and R&D positions related to filament wound pressure vessels and other composites technology from General Dynamics, Brunswick Defence and Lincoln Composites. He is also part of Hexagon Purus' compensation committee.

Number of shares: 67,362

Nicole Vermeulen

Board observer

Nicole Vermeulen is Chief Industrial Officer at Hy24. After obtaining her engineering and business degrees, she has spent the majority of her nearly 20-year career in various parts of the energy sector, including wind, solar, and oil & gas. In the past decade she worked for Shell, in leading positions for large-scale (unconventional) projects from early-stage development until execution and operations, as well as DD for M&A deals and integration. In the last few years, she was part of the hydrogen team and led the supply chain function for the large green hydrogen projects. Nicole will leverage her industrial knowledge and experience to support the deployment of Hy24’s portfolio and lead the asset management, as well as investments for Hy24’s new initiative focused on hydrogen equipment and technologies.