Jan Arve Haugan

Jan Arve Haugan

Chief Executive Officer, Aker Energy

Jan Arve Haugan (born 1957) is CEO in Aker Energy. Mr. Haugan has an extensive international experience from development projects in the oil and gas industry.

He came from the position as President & CEO of Kvaerner ASA, that he held from 2011 to 2018. Mr. Haugan served in a number of leading roles in Norsk Hydro from 1991 to 2011, latest as CEO of Qatalum, a joint venture with Qatar Petroleum and one of the largest primary aluminium plants built in one phase, located in Qatar.

Prior to joining Hydro, he held positions in Terra Mar Project Management and a civil construction company, F. Selmer (now Skanska). He holds an M.Sc. in construction management from the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. Mr Haugan is a Norwegian citizen.