Management

Mr. Tore Enger, born in 1963, founded TECO Group in 1994. Tore is a true entrepreneur and has initiated a large number of products and services to the Maritime Industry throughout the last 25 years.
He has an extensive network in the industry and is thus crucial for TECO 2030’s access to shipowners. Tore was also the Chairman and major shareholder of Scanship Holding ASA (now Vow ASA), which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, for approx. 10 years (2008 – 2017).

Mr. Pål Christian Johnsen holds a Master of Finance and Accounting from The Flinders University of South Australia.
He has previously worked for TECO Group in various projects from 2006 to 2010 in addition to, amongst others, Økokrim (Special Investigator) and AS Naturbetong (CFO), before joining TECO in October 2018.

Ms. Bettina Nowak is an Austrian citizen who has lived in the US since 2000. She holds a Degree in Hotel Management from Austria and has been working in the hospitality industry in Europe and the US until 2004, when she started working in the Cruise Industry.
In 2007, Bettina entered the position as Managing Director for Scanship Americas, a position she held for 11 years until she joined TECO as CEO of TECO 2030 Inc. in Miami in 2018.

Mr. Tor-Erik Hoftun holds a Bachelor in Nautical Studies from Vestfold University College, Arctic Specialization University of Norway (UIT) and The University Centre Svalbard (UNIS).
He worked as Project Engineer and Project Development Manager in Scanship AS with focus on wastehandling and water purification. Tor-Erik joined TECO in March 2018 and has been an important part of the development team.

Over 10 years of experience in project management and engineering at AVL. Leading project teams in Fuel Cell Systems, HV Battery Pack development an DE for various OEMs (e.g. DAIMLER, MAN, CAT, Ford, Maserati,).
4 years project management for fully automated intralogistics systems at SSI SCHÄFER.
2 years on-site project management in the US to develop logistics systems for Walgreens, Walmart, Amerisource etc.
MSc Automation Technology & Business from CAMPUS 02 University of Applied Sciences and Technical University of Dublin.

Erling Hoftun has extensive experience with Green Maritime Technologies, among 19 years of project management and sales and marketing experience within Scanship ASA. Mr. Hoftun also has several years of projects within offshore activities. Mr. Hoftun is responsible for building the Innovation Center in Narvik. He joined TECO 2030 in January 2021.