Keynote Speaker: Morten Mikkelsen

Morten brings 40 years of oil, gas and energy industry experience and sustainability expertise to his role as Ipieca chair, where he oversees the development and delivery of Ipieca’s strategy and yearly work streams.

He works with Ipieca’s leadership team to direct the efforts of over 1,000 sustainability professionals from more than 70 member organizations, who work together through Ipieca to produce and share good practice and knowledge to help the industry improve its environmental and social performance.

In 2020 and into 2021, Morten led the work on a new Ipieca vision and strategy which builds on its core role of advancing environmental and social performance to also support the industry’s contribution to the energy transition and sustainable development.

During his 15 years to date at Equinor, Morten has been in Vice President roles for major field development projects, field operations and corporate sustainability in which he was part of the leadership team which built up a new corporate function for sustainability.

Prior to working at Equinor, he spent 25 years at Norsk Hydro, where he managed petroleum technology for several fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and reservoir research teams.

In his free time, Bergen-based Morten likes to make the most of Norway’s varied and often spectacular landscapes, enjoying cross-country skiing, hiking and fishing.