Morten Kelstrup joined the Maersk Group in 1998 as a Gas Sales Manager in Maersk Oil. Since Morten has taken up several leadership and executive roles within Maersk Oil in Commercial, Strategy & Economics and as Managing Director e.g. in Kazakhstan and for the technology start-up Maersk TriGen. Latest, Morten served as Managing Director Maersk Oil UK.

On 1 May 2018, Morten was appointed Chief Commercial and Innovation Officer and a member of the Senior Management Team of Maersk Drilling.

Prior to joining Maersk, Morten had worked with the Danish Oil & Gas Company and Texaco.

Morten holds a master degree in economics and business administration from the University of Aarhus and MBA from the University of Chicago.