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.

Erik Langaker is a non-executive Director at Dolphin Drilling and has broad experience from Norwegian and international technology and finance, M&A and (early) commercialization of technology.

Since the late 1980s, Erik has participated in the start-up and development of several successful technology companies, among these the StormGeo Group.

Erik has extensive board experience from companies like StormGeo Group, Datarespons, GeoKnowledge, Resoptima, Link Mobility, Talkmore, Payex Group and Viken Fibernett.

Bouk van Geloven is a non-executive Director at Dolphin Drilling . He joined SVP Global in November 2014 and is currently a Director of the European investment team with a focus on Oil & Gas, Infrastructure, Packaging, Industrials and Financials.

Bouk was previously an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove in their Strategic M&A Advisory and Equity and Debt Financing team where he performed complex valuation analysis, credit analysis and ratings advisory on multiple debt financing transactions.

Bouk has an M.Sc. degree in Econometrics and Quantitative Finance from the VU University in Amsterdam and in 2010 completed a one year MBP programme at the Mendoza College of Business in Notre Dame, US.

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.

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.