Sigurd Gaarder Lange
Chairman
Mr. Lange joined the TECO Group of Companies in 2000 and became a partner in TECO Group from 2005. Lange has held various positions, such as CEO, CFO and board member, in TECO Group controlled companies.
Among these several stock listed companies in Norway and Canada, ...

such as Davie Shipyard Inc and Scanship Holding ASA (Vow ASA today). He also served as CFO and Director for a major Nordic importer and producer of alcoholic beverages in Norway, Sweden and Finland, CASK/Moestue. He has from 2018 held the position as TECO Group COO, and from July 2019 the position as Group CEO for the marine solution provider TECO Maritime Group AS. Mr. Lange holds a business degree from BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo.

Pia Meling
Board Member
Pia Meling joined the Company as member of the Board of Directors in early September 2020. Meling has broad management experience from the shipping and the maritime industry.
She is currently the Managing Director of Grieg Green, a world-leading ship recycling and

sustainability services company based in Norway.

Furthermore, her experience includes positions within chartering and commercial management of vessels at the dry bulk operator Klaveness, as the General Manager of Nav/ Com service provider Radio Holland, Marketing & Communications Manager for scrubber manufacturer Clean Marine and as Area Sales Director for Marine Products in Wilhelmsen Ships Service, and as Vice President Sales and Marketing at Massterly, a pioneering operator of zero emission, autonomous vessels.

Meling is also Board member of shipowner MPC Container Ships ASA, logistics provider Westport AS, Singapore-Norway Chamber of Commerce and she is  a member of the Ocean portfolio board in The Research Council of Norway.

Meling holds an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics.

Birgit Liodden
Board Member
Birgit Marie Liodden joined the Company as member of the Board of Directors in early September 2020. For the past 15 years, Liodden has promoted the next generation, diversity, sustainability and the need for change across the maritime industry.

Liodden is one of the most profiled young shipping female executives globally. She holds executive board roles in The Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue, The Factory, Greenstat and Bellona Foundation. She is the Founder & CEO of The Ocean Opprtunity Lab. Her maritime background involves five years in Wilh. Wilhelmsen head office, Project Manager Global Systems & Processes, 4.5 years as an entrepreneur working with Nor-Shipping, OECD, Wilh. Maritime and Sea Trucks Nigeria. This includes Director of Nor-Shipping, Founder & SG of YoungShip International, Director of Sustainability, Ocean Industries & Communication at Oslo Business Region, and Project Manager for Oslo European Green Capital’s cross-industry Business program. She has received plural awards & rankings for her leadership in Norway and abroad. In 2012 Liodden was awarded Shipping Name of The Year in Norway and she was a finalist for World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders in 2018.

Marit Kirkhusmo
Board Member
Kirkhusmo is a shipping, offshore and finance lawyer with approximately 25 years of experience from major law firms in Oslo and London in addition to management positions from the international shipping industry.

She is Master of Law from the University of Oslo and currently partner in the Energy, Shipping and Offshore department in SANDS Law firm DA. She has many years of practice as General Counsel of a large international shipping group consisting of several stock listed companies which a diversified fleet and bulk vessels, chemical tankers, gas vessels and conducting ship supply services and technical management of vessels. Kirkhusmo has extensive experience as Board member from private and public companies, hereunder from the Board of Directors of GIEK – the Norwegian Export Credit Agency.

Herman Marcussen
Board Member
Herman Marcussen joined the Company as member of the Board of Directors in September 2020. Mr. Marcussen has more than 30 years experience in the shipping industry and is presently working with SeaLeague AS,is presently working with SeaLeague AS, where he is a partner and member of the board.

Mr. Marcussen has a wide experience from shipping finance, secondhand and newbuilding transactions as well as corporate transactions. He has previously been a partner and board member with P.F.Bassoe AS / Pareto for several years. Furthermore, Mr. Marcussen has been a board member of Scanship ASA. Mr. Marcussen has a business degree from Oslo Business School / BI.

Tim Young
Board Member
Since 2009, Tim Young has served as President and CEO of SunHydrogen, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to make renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water.
Through his outreach to the public and to leaders in the renewable energy field, Mr. Young has bolstered ...

the company’s visibility as a key player in the developing green hydrogen market and rallied a strong investor base. Mr. Young’s proven fundraising ability, along with his leadership and direction of SunHydrogen’s long-term and short-term goals and strategies, has enabled the company to engage international industrial partners, attract top industry scientists, and most importantly continue to hit milestones toward commercializing its nanoparticle-based green hydrogen technology.
Prior to founding SunHydrogen, Mr. Young demonstrated a track record of success in management and leadership positions bringing new products to the market in the digital, cable, and broadcast media industries. Among others, Mr. Young was the President of Rovion, a digital advertising company, and served a decade-long career at Time Warner Inc.
Today, Mr. Young is grateful to be at the forefront of the renewable energy industry. He is driven by innovation and strives to create tangible environmental change by bringing SunHydrogen’s vision to fruition.