Organisation

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.

Christina Martavaltzi (born in 1977) has been the Business Development Manager at Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) since 2023, seconded from Shell. She holds a master’s degree in environmental catalysis, a post-master’s degree in process design from the Technical University of Delft, and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering (Post-Combustion Capture of CO2) from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Martavaltzi joined TCM in 2021 as Lead Advisory Services. At Shell, she has held various roles related to energy transition and carbon capture. She has also delivered R&D programs for CO2 capture from development to demonstration stages and authored 10 scientific articles on CCS.

Kjetil Hantveit (born in 1977) has been the Modification Manager at Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) since 2014. He holds a certificate as an electrical engineer.

Hantveit was involved in the construction of the TCM facility from 2009 to 2011 and has extensive experience from projects in the oil and gas industry. Previously, he held positions at Fabricom and Aibel, and worked as an offshore project manager for Equinor on Troll TPC34.

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.

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 (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.