Kjell-Erik Endresen joined HitecVision’s partner group in 2008. He brings more than 25 years of experience and expertise from the oil and gas sector, having worked at Ernst & Young since 1985 – as a partner from 1997 – and provided auditor and transaction advisory services to large Norwegian and international companies in the sector. Kjell-Erik has headed a large number of projects in connection with IPOs, M&As, share issues and restructuring both in Norway and cross border.

Kjell-Erik is a State Authorised Public Accountant from the Norwegian School of Business Administration.

Jone Skaara served as CFO in HitecVision from 2003 to 2005 and rejoined the company in 2014 as a Senior Partner.

He came to HitecVision from the position as Director, Corporate Finance with Swedbank AS in Stavanger, Norway. During his years with Swedbank and its predecessor First Securities he led a large number of projects within the oil and gas industry, acting as an advisor in connection with M&A transactions, IPOs and share issues.

Jone was also previously CEO & CFO of Odim Hitec for two years and he started his career with ABB in Switzerland.

Jone holds an MBA from the University of Colorado.

Jan Helland Eide joined HitecVision in 2021 from Scatec ASA, where he was Vice President Project Development and Country Manager Vietnam. He brings extensive knowledge of and experience from the global renewable energy sector.

Jan has played a key role in building Scatec’s presence in Southeast Asia. Most recently he was overall responsible for all project development in the region, ranging from country strategy and entry, project origination (including partnerships and M&A agreements), project development (incl. land and offtake agreements), as well as project structuring until construction start.

He has also been closely involved in Scatec’s broader strategy development over the last years, most recently in taking a leading role in shaping the company’s transformation from a pure-play solar PV company to a broad renewable energy company across emerging markets.

Prior to Scatec, Jan worked as an associate at McKinsey & Co.

Jan holds an MSc from the Technology & Policy program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from INSA de Toulouse in France.

Read our interview with Jan here.

Grethe Safar Meisingset joined HitecVision in 2022, from the position as Senior Vice President Strategy & Business Development at TOMRA Collection Solutions (TCS), the world leader in reverse vending and one of the earliest companies promoting the circular economy.

She has been a member of the Executive Leadership Team in TCS, responsible for strategy and business development across new and existing markets, in addition to delivering decision support to the EVP of TCS and the TOMRA Board.

Previously, she spent six years in transaction advisory roles with PwC in Norway and New Zealand. Her latest position being Senior Manager at PwC Deals Oslo, where she was a central member of the Corporate Finance team, leading M&A processes across a wide range of industries.

Grethe holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration with a major in Economic Analysis from the Norwegian School of Economics.

Christian A. Bøe joined HitecVision in 2022 from his position as Corporate Finance Manager at EY. He spent almost four years at EY where he participated in several M&A and strategy projects involving sell-side and buy-side advisory, capital raises, financial restructuring and investment analysis within various sectors.

Prior to joining EY, Christian spent three years at Viking Supply Ships in Copenhagen as a Controlling Manager and Corporate Controller.

Christian holds an MSc in Business with major in Finance from BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo.

Anders Yttervik joined HitecVisions Corporate and Investor Services team in 2011 in the position as Portfolio Monitoring Officer.

Anders has previously worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Stavanger, where he was Associate with a client portfolio within the bank/finance and the oil and gas sector. Prior to PwC he worked as a Financial Analysts with BOLT Corporate Finance.

Anders holds an MSc from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.

Ole Ertvaag is the founder of HitecVision.

His main role is leading the strategic development of HitecVision’s investment activities, using his more than 30 years of energy industry investment and M&A experience, and has a key role in any decision regarding potential new investments or exits, the strategic development and positioning of portfolio companies, as well as in their financing and leverage structures.

Prior to founding HitecVision in 2000, Ole was the Chief Financial Officer of the oilfield technology company Hitec ASA (HitecVision’s predecessor) from 1989, and later also its Chief Operating Officer.

Ole has a business education from the Norwegian School of Management.

Monica Molaug joined HitecVision in 2014, and has had various administrative roles within the company. She is now supporting the Chief Compliance Officer in compliance matters relating to HitecVision and portfolio companies.

Previously she has worked several years in brand stores within the clothing industry, as store manager and responsible for customer service and administration.

Sissel Holm Lutro joined HitecVision in 2018. She supports the operation of various administrative activities across the organisation, including management support, welcoming visitors and coordinating meetings.

She joined HitecVision from a position as administrator at Omega Well Intervention AS. She has long experience from various administrative positions in the energy industry and law.