09.02.2022
Muhammad Ismail Shah (41) has been appointed new Managing Director of Technology Centre Mongstad DA (TCM). Shah joined the company in 2016. He has for the past two years been Technical Manager and a member of the management team.
Shah succeeds Robert Henricks, who has been acting Managing Director since September 2021.
– We are happy that Shah has agreed to lead TCM. He has solid professional background and broad experience from leading demanding projects with CO2 capture, says Chairman of TCM’s Company Meeting, Svein Ingar Semb. Semb represents Gassnova SF, which on behalf of the Norwegian state has a stake in TCM of 73.9 percent. Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies are TCM’s other owners, who agree with the promotion of Shah.
– TCM is the world’s largest and most flexible test center for verification of CO2 capture technologies, and a leading competence center in the field. I take on the leadership with humility, energy and great joy. We have a lot of excting tasks ahead of us in the development of technologies that contribute to reduce climate emissions, says Muhammad Ismail Shah.
Shah holds a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Engineering an Technology in Peshawar, Pakistan. He also has a Master’s degree in oil and gas engineering from Aalborg University, Denmark. Shah started his professional career in 2008 with projects for the conversion of biomass to transport fuel. In 2011, he was hired as a technology consultant at Gassnova, and five years later seconded to TCM.
In addition to participating in the management of test projects for CO2 capture technologies at Mongstad, Shah has also written a number of research-based publications on the topic.
Muhammad Ismail Shah is married, has four children and lives in Alversund in Alver municipality.
Acting CEO Robert Henricks returns to his role as Operating Officer at TCM. – It has been a demanding period of great activity at TCM under Henrick’s leadership, at the same time as an ongoing pandemic. We thank him for his excellent efforts, says Svein Ingar Semb.
TCM is advancing carbon capture for a cleaner and greener future, by bridging the gap between technology developers, science and industrial application of CO2 technologies. The main objective of TCM is to test, verify and demonstrate different technologies related to cost-efficient and industrial scale CO2 capture.
TCM also offers advisory services for carbon capture projects. The aim is to facilitate the spread of carbon capture technology in varous industries. Technology Centre Mongstad is thus an important part of Norway’s contribution to the fight against climate change.
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