Board and Executives

Jørgen Peter Rasmussen (Chairman) is an industry veteran and brings over 35 years of experience and expertise in oilfield services, shipping and information technology.

Previously Chairman of Seawell Limited, Vice Chairman of Sevan Marine AS and President / CEO of Archer Limited, and is currently on the Boards of Semco Maritime, Reelwell, Octio, Gravitude and KNL OY.
Jorgen worked at Schlumberger for over 25 years in various senior management roles worldwide.

Alf Ragnar Løvdal has 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, recently as CEO of North Atlantic Management AS, a subsidiary of Seadrill Limited.

Alf previously held a number of senior positions in the industry, including as Managing Director of the well services division of drilling contractor Smedvig ASA and CEO of Seawell Management AS and its holding company, Seawell Ltd. (now Archer Limited), and as a Director at Asia Offshore Drilling Limited.

Ronny Bjørnådal is a Non-Executive Director at Dolphin Drilling. Ronny joined in September 2020 and is working closely with the Board, the management and the Owners to further build and strengthen the business.

Ronny has significant experience with respect to large and complex financings, the international capital market and valuable experience within the international business community.

Prior to joining Dolphin Drilling, Ronny was a Managing Director and Head of Global Maritime Loans in Nordea, the largest financial institution in the Nordics, and a leading bank within the shipping, offshore and oil services industries.

Stephen Cox is the Chief Financial Officer at Dolphin Drilling. Stephen’s 25 year career spans various finance and operational roles at Proserv, General Electric, Vetco Gray, Transocean and Sedco Forex.

Stephen oversaw the successful restructuring of Proserv in May 2018 and has over a decade of experience working with company Boards.

Paul Marchand is a non-executive Director at Dolphin Drilling. He joined SVP Global as a Managing Director focusing on portfolio operations in February 2020. Prior to SVP, Paul spent 11 years at Bain Capital where he was a senior professional in the Portfolio / Operations Group. While at Bain Capital, Paul drove operational transformation at portfolio companies across a number of industries including industrials, software, business services and retail. Paul started his career at Bain & Company strategy consulting where he worked in London/Johannesburg across private equity, mining, chemicals, oil & gas, luxury goods and telecoms. Paul has a MEng from St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge University where he studied Manufacturing Engineering.

Julius Kling is a non-executive Director at Dolphin Drilling. Julius joined the Board in September 2021 and is working closely with the Board and the management to further build and strengthen the business.

Julius is a Director in the European Investment Team at SVP Global. Prior to joining SVP Global, Julius worked at King Street Capital Management where he focused on investments in the chemicals, consumer, energy, as well as power and utilities sectors. Julius also worked at Oaktree Capital Management and started his career with Morgan Stanley in London. He received a B.Sc. in Economics and Finance from European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel in Germany.