Bellona Foundation Oslo

• 	Frederic Hauge  (klikk for mer info)
  	President, The Bellona Foundation
  	Frederic Hauge founded Bellona in 1986, at the age of twenty. Through academic work, legal action and non-violent activism, Bellona has changed attitudes and policies both in Norway and internationally. In 1997, Hauge was named “The European of the Year” by European Youth of Norway for his engagement for Europe in Norway. As a result of Bellona’s hard work for more than a decade in Brussels, Hauge was elected vice chairman of the EC’s Technology Platform on Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants (ZEP) in 2007. The same year Time Magazine named him "Hero Of The Environment". In 2009 Frederic Hauge became a board member of the EU Biofuels Platform, and became one of the founding partners of the Sahara Forest Project. In 2011 he was the only Scandinavian asked to sit as one of the 12 personal advisor to the EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger on the extensive EU Energy Roadmap 2050. In 2012 Frederic Hauge launched the promising Ocean Forest Project.

• 	Nils Bøhmer  (klikk for mer info)
  	Manager (on study leave until November 12th 2012)
  	Nuclear Scientist
  	Nils Bøhmer holds a cand.scient. degree in nuclear physics from the University of Oslo. He first joined Bellona in 1993, as an Russian programme adviser and later director. In 2006 he became manager, responsible for the foundation’s economy. Until November 12th 2012, Nils is studying at Forsvarets Høgskole.
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• 	Igor Kudrik  (klikk for mer info)
  	Advisor Nuclear safety in Russia
  	Igor Kudrik started Bellona’s Murmansk branch in 1994, and came to Norway two years later. Since that, he has gained a Master’s degree in information technology from the University of Oslo, and has worked for Bellona’s Russia department. He is now head of the foundation’s work with nuclear safety in Russia, and is the editor in chief of Bellona Web.
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• 	Vladislav Nikifоrov  (klikk for mer info)
  	Manager, Russian department Oslo
  	Researcher
  	Vladislav Nikifоrov holds a Master of Environmental Sciences and Policy from Central European University in Budapest. He began his career in Bellona in 1999, and is an adviser for the Russia department.

• 	Aleksandr Nikitin  (klikk for mer info)
  	Chairman of ERC Bellona (St.Petersburg)
  	Alexander Nikitin became a public figure in 1996 when he was arrested by the Russian security police, the FSB, and charged with high treason. The cause for his arrest was his contribution to a Bellona report on the security risks related to nuclear contamination from the Russian Northern fleet. In April 2000, after several trials and four years of fighting against the FSB, he was found not guilty by the Russian Supreme Court. Alexander has continued his work for human rights and the environment since then, and is today the chairman of Bellona St. Petersburg.

• 	Larisa Bronder  (klikk for mer info)
  	Advisor
  	Larisa gained her Master’s degree in history and languages at the Pomor University of Arkhangelsk. Her work experience is from both the public and private sector; before joining Bellona she worked for the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Norwegian embassy in Ukraine.

• 	Rolf Iver Hagemoen  (klikk for mer info)
  	Manager, Partners
  	Cand. scient. in biology Rolf Iver Hagemoen has worked for Bellona since 2000, and is responsible for our programme for cooperation with industry and commerce, the B7 programme, and for Bellona’s energy forum.
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• 	Henrik A. Lund  (klikk for mer info)
  	Head of Institutional Relations
  	Henrik A. Lund holds a MSC in European politics from London School of Economics and a BSFS in International politics from Georgetown University. He's the former chief of staff of former Costa Rican president Jose Marie Figueres. Henrik joined Bellona in 2010, and is managing the Funding department.
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• 	Magnus Borgen  (klikk for mer info)
  	Head of Communication
  	Magnus Borgen holds a master degree in political science from the University of Oslo. He has previously worked as a journalist in Aftenposten and Ny Tid, he has worked in the social department of the BBC, and he has been a researcher for documentary films for both NRK and TV2. Magnus took over as Head of Communications in Bellona autumn 2011, after being Frederic Hauges assistant for three years.
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• 	Virginia Corless  (klikk for mer info)
  	Virginia Corless joined Bellona in 2010 after working as a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow in the U.S. Senate for the Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, where she specialized in international energy and industrial efficiency issues. At Bellona, she leads the Analysis programme for the BEST team, analyzing policy and technical issues important for carbon capture and storage. She also works more broadly on international energy issues and is a member of the Sahara Forest Project team. She has lived, worked, studied, and taught in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Italy, and Chile. She holds a B.S. in Physics with a minor in Applied International Studies from MIT, and a Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics from the University of Cambridge, where she studied as a Marshall Scholar and a U.S. National Science Foundation Research Fellow.

• 	Andreas Kokkvoll Tveit  (klikk for mer info)
  	Communication Advisor
  	Web journalist and information adviser Andreas Kokkvoll Tveit is studying political science at the University of Oslo. Natur og Ungdom and Klassekampen are among his former employers.
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• 	Sigurd Enge  (klikk for mer info)
  	Advisor, Shipping and Marine Management
  	Sigurd Enge has worked at Bellona since 1988. He is the skipper of Bellonas environmental ship M/S Kallinika and he's head of Bellona Environmental Patrol. His main focus is maritime safety and oil spill.
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• 	Karl Kristensen  (klikk for mer info)
  	Advisor, industrial waste
  	Cand. scient. Karl Kristensen joined Bellona in 2010 to deal with petroleum and waste policy. He has worked several years as an environmental consultant for both the public and private sector. His experience also comprises teaching at Stavanger offshore technical school.
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• 	Guro Nereng  (klikk for mer info)
  	Advisor, Energy efficiency
  	Graduate engineer Guro Nereng studied industrial design at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology focusing on energy and the environment. She spent three years and the research institute Østfoldforskning, and has also worked in Guatemala for Design Without Borders. Energy efficiency is her field in Bellona.
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• 	Erlend Fjøsna  (klikk for mer info)
  	Manager, BEST/carbon sequestration
  	Erlend Fjøsna holds a bachelor’s degree from the University College in Bergen, and has held several leading positions in oil companies, engineering companies and the supply industry. In Bellona, he is dealing with CO2 capture and storage. Prior to joining us, he worked in FMC Kongsberg Subsea.

• 	Olaf Brastad  (klikk for mer info)
  	Senior Advisor
  	Olaf Brastad is an adviser on waste policy.
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• 	Svend Søyland  (klikk for mer info)
  	Senior Advisor, International Energy and Climate Issues
  	Svend Søyland holds a Master of Arts in criminology, where his focus was environmental crime. Prior to joining Bellona, he worked for the United Nations and the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, and was a lecturer at the University of Hong Kong. Svend headed Bellona USA in Washington from 2005 to 2008, and is presently working at Bellona's Oslo office – focusing on international climate negotiations.
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• 	Dag Hotvedt  (klikk for mer info)
  	Dag Hotvedt became Bellona’s first manager in 1987. Since that he has also worked at Antirasistisk Senter and for Akerselva Innovasjon. After returning to Bellona, he is now working in the Administration department. Dag also holds a European Master’s degree in science, society and technology.

• 	Martin Hviid Nilsen  (klikk for mer info)
  	Advisor, transportation
  	Martin Hviid Nilsen holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Copenhagen. Martin is working specifically with issues related to the transport sector.
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• 	Halfrid Hagemoen  (klikk for mer info)
  	Cand. polit. in social geography Halfrid Hagemoen is responsible for Bellona’s associate members.

• 	Thomas Røed  (klikk for mer info)
  	Head of the sales department
  	Head of the sales department Thomas Røed has seven years of experience of market analysis, and has studied at the Oslo School of Management.

• 	Jan Roberg  (klikk for mer info)
  	Key Account Manager

• 	Audun Haldorsen  (klikk for mer info)
  	Key Account Manager

• 	Christian Rekkedal  (klikk for mer info)
  	IT manager Christian Rekkedal has studied information technology, and has worked for Bellona since 1992.

• 	Arne Marius Hågensen  (klikk for mer info)
  	IT and support

• 	Ingrid Kristensen  (klikk for mer info)
  	Communication Advisor
  	Ingrid Kristensen has an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics, and has studied Psychology at the University of Bergen. She has eight years experience in marketing communications and has worked as a communications advisor in NetCom. Ingrid is a communication advisor in Bellona.
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• 	Andre Krystad  (klikk for mer info)
  	Manager
  	Thore Andre Krystad has more than 20 years experience in the IT industry where he has founded several companies, including Absalon, Izodia and Caesar Business Systems. He has gained a unique expertise in CRM, eCRM and relationship marketing concepts and business logic. Thor also has extensive experience in sponsorship and partnership concepts for business after six years in Vålerenga. In Bellona Thore Andre work with Bellonas programme for cooperation with industry and commerce.
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• 	Sindre Østby Stub  (klikk for mer info)
  	Sindre Østby Stub, a student of materials, energy and nanotechnology at the University of Oslo, joined Bellona in 2010 after two years as an adviser to The Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists. Prior to that he worked for several years for Natur og Ungdom, Norway’s biggest organization for young environmentalists. Renewable energy and energy efficiency are his fields of work at Bellona.
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• 	Anne Lise Leonczek  (klikk for mer info)
  	Senior advisor
  	Anne Lise Leonczek holds a Ph.d. in marine ecology from City University of Hong Kong. Before joining Bellona, her work areas have been the impact of trawl fishing on the seabed, biodiversity and mapping of bottom habitats. Her field of work in Bellona is related to biomass from algae and environmentally friendly aquaculture.

• 	Janne Stene  (klikk for mer info)
  	Economist Janne Stene has studied four years at Norwegian School of Economics, in addition to one year of Middle East studies at the American university of Beirut. OECD, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Trade and Industry are among her former employers. In Bellona she is heading the foundation’s work for cleaner energy.

• 	Keith Whiriskey  (klikk for mer info)
  	Keith Whiriskey holds a MSc in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) from University of Edinburgh. Before joining Bellona, he worked as a geologist for Rio Tinto.

• 	Charles Digges  (klikk for mer info)
  	Charles Digges holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Harvard University in Russian literature. As a former editor of the St. Petersburg Times and The Moscow Times he covered human rights and environmental issues, as well as the conflict in Chechnya. He has also reported for the International Herald Tribune, the BBC, Harper’s, Mother Jones, The Nation and many others. He joined Bellona’s Russia group in 2002 and edits Bellona’s English web pages.
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Bellona St. Petersburg

• 	Nikolai Rybakov  (klikk for mer info)
  	director, Environmental Rights Center Bellona
  	Rybakov is a graduate of St. Petersburg State University of Railway Transport, where he majored in economics. His work experience includes the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and the lower house of the Russian Parliament, the State Duma. Between 2006 and 2008, Rybakov served on the Municipal Council of St. Petersburg and headed the administration of the city’s municipal district of Grazhdanka. Since 2008, Rybakov has been Executive Director at ERC Bellona.

• 	Yury Vdovin  (klikk for mer info)
  	Chairman of the Board, Environmental Rights Center Bellona
  	A graduate of the National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics in St. Petersburg (formerly, Leningrad Institute for Fine Mechanics and Optics), Vdovin worked at various enterprises of the Soviet defence and oil and gas industries. In 1990, Vdovin was elected to the City Council of St. Petersburg, where he chaired the Commission for the Freedom of Speech and Mass Media. Vdovin is a member of the International Historical-Enlightenment, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Society “Memorial,” deputy chairman of the human rights NGO Citizens’ Watch, and a member of the St. Petersburg Council for Human Rights.

• 	Olga Tsepilova  (klikk for mer info)
  	member, Environmental Rights Center Bellona
  	Tsepilova graduated from the State University of St. Petersburg (formerly, Leningrad State University). She specialises in social ecology and holds a Ph.D in sociology. Tsepilova is a member of the board of the St. Petersburg Association of Sociologists. In 2007, TIME Magazine featured her on its annual list of Heroes of the Environment – the forty-five men and women who most contributed to the well-being of the environment worldwide. Tsepilova heads the social ecology group of the Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

• 	Elena Kobets  (klikk for mer info)
  	Elena Kobets is director for development. Elena received her Master degree in Science of Geology at the St. Petersburg Mining University. From 1980 to 1998 she worked as a researcher in the fields of natural resources prospecting in the Arctic in several scientific research organizations. Since the late 90’s, Elena has participated in St. Petersburg’s environmental movement. For the last ten years, she’s worked with Russian and international non-governmental organizations in the spheres of environmental protection and human rights. She has been with Bellona since 2005. She participates in the international Arctic Council Task Force for Short-Lived Climate Forces as an expert. Since 2007, Elena has served as a member of the St. Petersburg Human Rights Council and works on its editorial board to prepare the organization’s annual report, which is titled, “On the State of Human Rights in St. Petersburg.”

• 	Mikhail Amosov  (klikk for mer info)
  	project head, 60th Parallel Cities
  	Amosov graduated from the State University of St. Petersburg, he holds a Ph.D in geography. In 1994 to 2007, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (first, second, and third convocation) and sponsored a considerable number of bills that are now part of the city’s legislation. Between 2003 and 2007, Amosov headed the Assembly’s Commission for Municipal Services, City Planning, and Zoning Issues. He is an associate professor at St. Petersburg State University and a member of the Academic Council of the Russian Geographic Society. Since 2009, Amosov has regularly contributed his expertise in urban development to Bellona. He has headed 60th Parallel Cities – a project aimed at fostering close ties among cities located along the 60th parallel north – since 2010.

• 	Natalya Yevdokimova  (klikk for mer info)
  	legislation analyst, project coordinator, Anti-Corruption Initiative
  	Yevdokimova graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Nautical Engineering (formerly, Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute); her post-graduate studies were in the field of applied and computational mathematics. She worked at Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute, then, after 1982, at TELEKOM Advanced Training Institute, where she rose from senior lecturer to associate professor and provost. Between 1994 and 2007, she was a member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (first, second, and third convocation) and headed the Commission for Social Issues. She is Executive Secretary of the St. Petersburg Council for Human Rights and an adviser to the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Since 2009, Yevdokimova has headed legislation research and analysis for ERC Bellona.

• 	Nina Popravko  (klikk for mer info)
  	head, legal aid clinic, project coordinator in charge of ERC Bellona’s Report on Ecological Crime and Environmental Rights Violations in Russia
  	Popravko has two higher education degrees: She is a chemical engineer and a lawyer. She specialises in environmental and civil law. Since 2002, she has been providing legal counselling to ERC Bellona and St. Petersburg residents on issues involving violations of environmental rights, as well as assisting in legal representation for citizens and non-governmental organisations in court. Popravko is head counsel on a number of high-profile cases, including the Municipality of Grazhdanka vs. Okhta Centre, which involves the highly-disputed construction of a skyscraper in the historical part of St. Petersburg, a project deemed to be in violation of the city’s zoning laws.

• 	Vladimir Levchenko  (klikk for mer info)
  	project head, Ecological Northwest Line (ENWL) Information Network
  	A physics graduate from the State University of St. Petersburg (formerly, Leningrad State University), Vladimir Levchenko worked as an astrophysicist at Abram Ioffe Physical Technical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He participated in the liquidation efforts at the site of the world’s worst nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986. Levchenko has worked with ecological NGOs since 1992. In 1997, he organised the Ecological Northwest Line (ENWL) information network and newsletter service. He has headed the ENWL project for ERC Bellona since July 2008. Levchenko is a professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences. He heads the Laboratory of Evolution Modelling at Ivan Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Bellona Murmansk

• 	Andrey Zolotkov  (klikk for mer info)
  	Andrei Zolotkov (b. 1951) has headed Bellona-Murmansk since 1998. He is a chemist, a graduate of Dmitry Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology (formerly, Moscow Dmitry Mendeleyev Institute of Chemical Technology). Since 1974 and until 2009, Zolotkov worked on nuclear icebreakers and nuclear maintenance ships operated by the Murmansk Shipping Company and, later, by the nuclear fleet operator Atomflot. Zolotkov has twice been elected as a public representative, serving in the Soviet national legislature – the Supreme Council of the USSR – between 1989 and 1991, as well as a member of the Murmansk Regional Duma between 1995 and 1997.

• 	Anna Kireeva  (klikk for mer info)
  	Anna Kireyeva (b. 1979) graduated from Murmansk State Pedagogical University with a major in English as a foreign language. She has been with Bellona-Murmansk since 2002. Since 2006, Kireyeva has headed Bellona-Murmansk’s information services, writing news reports for Bellona’s Russian website and managing public relations for Bellona-Murmansk.

• 	Yury Sergeyev  (klikk for mer info)
  	Yury Sergeyev (b. 1987) is a graduate of Murmansk State Pedagogical University, class of 2009. He has worked for several years in a number of public educational institutions. Since 2009, Sergeyev has been working for Bellona-Murmansk, where he coordinates renewable energy projects.

Bellona Europa

• 	Paal Frisvold  (klikk for mer info)
  	Chairman of Bellona Europa
  	Paal Frisvold has worked with political processes related to environment and energy policy in the EU, IEA and at G8 level for many years. He has a large network, including very good connections with the European Commission and European Parliament. He is also a member of the ZEP Coordination Group. He holds a Masters Degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University, SAIS.

• 	Derek Taylor  (klikk for mer info)
  	Director of BEST
  	Derek Taylor holds a PhD in geology/geochemistry and began his career at British Petroleum before joining the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. From 1984 until 2009, he worked for the European Commission, where for many years he was a Head of Unit in the field of nuclear energy and safety. In recent years, Mr Taylor has focused on the security of energy supply and energy markets, where he has advised on the environmental impacts of energy and energy policy – in particular, relating to CO2 emissions and climate change, and international co-operation on CCS.

• 	Jonas Helseth  (klikk for mer info)
  	Director Bellona Europa
  	Jonas Helseth came from the Norwegian Delegation to the EU (where he worked on political questions related to transport, energy, environment and telecommunications) when he started working for Bellona Europa in 2010. He holds a double master’s degree in Baltic Sea/EU-Russia relations from the Universities in Turku (Finland) and Riga (Latvia), and a bachelor’s degree from the Universities in Trondheim and Freiburg (Germany). Jonas is the head of Bellona’s work on CCS combines with biomass (Bio-CCS) and CCS in other industries. He also leads two working groups in EUs technology platform on CCS (ZEP). Jonas has been Bellona Europa’s director since 2012
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• 	Ivan Pearson  (klikk for mer info)
  	Programme Manager
  	Ivan Pearson holds a master’s degree and doctorate from the University of Oxford where he studied the foreign policy decision-making processes around oil. Prior to joining Bellona, he worked on unconventional gas and offshore safety in the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.
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• 	Joanna Ciesielska  (klikk for mer info)
  	Policy Advisor
  	Joanna’s work at Bellona Europa focuses on CCS, bio mass, energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. She holds a master’s degree in environmental engineering (Krakow and Lisbon). In addition, she has experience in marketing and communication from volunteering in for example the board of the European Students of Technology. Joanna worked for the European Photovoltaic Industry Association and DG Research before joining Bellona Europa in 2011.
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• 	Sirin Engen  (klikk for mer info)
  	Policy Advisor
  	Sirin Engen started working for Bellona Europa in September 2012, when she came straight from a trainee position at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. She holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Bergen and American University (Washington, DC), where she specialized in international energy law and EU law. She has previously worked for the North Norway European Office in Brussels and the Committee for Justice in Washington, DC.
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