Board of Directors

Espen Gundersen

Chair of the Board

Independent board member

Experience
Espen Gundersen is currently a full-time non-executive board member. He played a key role in the international growth and expansion of Tomra Systems ASA in 1999-2022, where he had various positions, including CFO from 2003 and Deputy CEO from 2009. Previous experience includes positions in Selmer ASA (VP business development) and Arthur Andersen (audit and consulting).
Education
Espen is a professional accountant and has an MBA from NHH Norwegian School of Economics.

Number of shares: 45,619

Jon Erik Engeset

Board member

Experience
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.

Education
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

Experience
Hidetomo Araki is currently Regional Operating Officer of Chemicals Division and Nutrition & Agriculture Business Division in Europe Bloc for Mitsui & Co. Ltd and Senior Vice President for Mitsui & Co. Europe Plc. 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.

Education
Hidetomo has a BA, Economics from Keio University and an Executive MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from HEC Paris.

Martha Kold Monclair

Board member

Independent board member

Experience
Martha Kold Monclair has extensive board experience from various industries, including Kongsberg and BW Group. She was the CEO of Deepwell from 2007-2017.
Education
Martha holds two PhDs, one of them specializing in Strategies
for Commercialization of New Technology from BI.

Number of shares: 4,124*

*) Includes shares owned by related parties

Susana Quintana-Plaza

Board member

Independent board member

Experience
Susana Quintana Plaza is the CEO and founder of BM2Solar. 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. From 2018-2019, Susana was a member of the Board of Directors of Hexagon Composites ASA.

Education
Susana holds a BSc and MSc in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Washington and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Liv Fiksdahl

Board member

Independent board member

Experience
Liv Fiksdahl is currently Vice President at Capgemini Invent Norway. Liv Fiksdahl has more than 20 years of experience from the banking sector, in which her primary focus has been transformation, technology and operations. She has held several executive positions, including spending close to 11 years as Group COO/CIO at DNB Bank ASA. She has over years had Board roles at Scandinavian Airline systems (SAS), Intrum AB, Nille AS and Posten Norge.

Education
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.

Rick Rashilla

Board member

Experience
Rick Rashilla has extensive leadership experience in automotive and aerospace industries. He was a member of the Hexagon Group management team until early 2024, serving as SVP Sustainability, SVP Research & Development and VP Hydrogen Products. Prior to his R&D role, Rick was the VP Hydrogen Automotive at Hexagon Purus’ location in Germany. He has 40+ years’ experience in composite materials technology applications including filament wound pressure vessels.

Education
Rick has a BS in Industrial Management from the University of Cincinnati.

Number of shares: 117,362

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.