Organisation

Management team

Muhammad Ismail Shah

Managing Director

Muhammad Ismail Shah

Managing Director

Muhammad Ismail Shah (born in 1981) has served as the Managing Director of Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) since 2022, seconded from Gassnova SF. He holds a Master’s degree in Oil and Gas Engineering from Aalborg University, Denmark, and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar, Pakistan.

With a rich history within the organization, Shah began his journey at TCM as the Principal Carbon Capture Specialist in 2016, progressing to the role of Technology Manager.

His affiliation with TCM traces back to 2011. Throughout his tenure, he has played pivotal roles across various phases of projects, including construction, commissioning, startup, modifications, testing, troubleshooting, and modeling and validation. He brings over 17 years of extensive experience in CO2 capture and renewable energy, spanning industry, research and development, and academia.

Before his time at Gassnova and TCM, Shah worked as a Technology Specialist focusing on thermal conversion processes of biomass to transportation fuels at Norske Skog.

Christian Bergset

Finance and Administration Manager

Christian Bergset

Finance and Administration Manager

Christian Bergset (born in 1982) has been the Finance and Administration Manager at Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) since 2023. He holds a master’s degree from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen, Norway, with a specialization in financial management.

Bergset began at TCM in 2018 as an Assistant Finance and Administration Manager. At that time, he had over 15 years of experience as a financial consultant, accounting manager, and finance manager.

He holds a master’s degree from NHH, specialized within Business analysis and performance management.

Matthew Campbell

Technology Manager

Matthew Campbell

Technology Manager

Matthew Campbell (born in 1980) has been the Technology Manager at Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) since 2022. He holds a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Matthew Campbell started at TCM in 2019 as a Principal Technologist Consultant and has been involved in numerous test campaigns and consulting projects. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the CO2 capture industry, focusing on research, development, and deployment of various technologies.

Rouzbeh Jafari

Business Development Manager

Rouzbeh Jafari

Business Development Manager

Rouzbeh Jafari, has an extensive background in technology maturation (over 20 years), particularly with over 7 years dedicated to CO2 capture. Starting at TCM in 2022 as a CO2 capture technologist indicates his continued commitment to help Technology developers in advancing carbon capture technologies.

With a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Rouzbeh Jafari possesses a solid academic foundation for his work. His passion for contributing to widespread decarbonization aligns well with the global effort to address climate change.

Merete Lunde

Operation Manager

Merete Lunde

Operation Manager

Merete Lunde (born in 1972) has been Operation Manager at Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) since 2024, employed by Equinor. She holds a Master of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Bergen.

Lunde has more than 25 years of experience in various engineering and management positions in Equinor, and for 10 years, she was part of the management team at the Equinor Refinery Norway at Mongstad.

Pål Venås

HSE/QR Manager

Pål Venås

HSE/QR Manager

Pål Venås (born 1977) has been HSE/QR Manager at Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) since January 2024. He has about 20 years of experience in HSE and has worked on several large and small projects in Norway and abroad.

Venås started as an HSE engineer at TCM in 2023. He has had a varied HSE practice in the energy industry, including as a smoke diver in the emergency response organisation, HSE coordinator/inspector, SHA coordinator and senior advisor at Statnett.

He has also worked at Equinor in connection with the SMIL and VISA projects.

Board of directors

TCM is organized as a responsible company with shared responsibility (DA). This means that the responsibility for the company’s obligations is divided according to the partcipants’ ownership.

Through Gassnova, the Norwegian state has a 34% ownership interest. The industrial partners, Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, all have a 22% stake in TCM. All holding companies are represented with board and deputy member.

Board members:
Svein Ingar Semb, Chairman, Gassnova SF
John Høines, Equinor
Lars Gjerdaker, A/S Norske Shell
Igor Escobar, TotalEnergies

Deputy members:
Fred Bjørvik, Gassnova SF
Gelein De Koeijer, Equinor
Carsten Ehrhorn, A/S Norske Shell
Rune Teigland, TotalEnergies