Helge is chairman of BP plc and Novo Nordisk, and serves as operating advisor to CD&R. He served as chief executive of BG Group plc, UK, from 2015 to 2016 when the company was acquired by Shell. Prior to that Helge served as president and CEO of Equinor (fka Statoil) from 2004 to 2014. From 2002 to 2004, he served as president and CEO of Aker Kvaerner, an industrial conglomerate with operations in oil and gas, engineering and construction, pulp and paper, and shipbuilding. Prior to this, Helge has also held executive positions in Aker RGI, an industrial holding company, and Hafslund Nycomed, an industrial group with business activities in pharmaceuticals and energy. He has worked as consultant for McKinsey & Company and served as a member of the boards of Nokia (2011-14) and Schlumberger (2016-18). Helge currently serves on the board of Tjaldur, Faroe Islands. Helge had an M.B.A. from INSEAD and a M.A., Economics, from the Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration.