Our Team

Paul Eckbo is the founder, chairman and CEO of NetZeroGas. His career includes fundamental analysis and entrepreneurship within the technology, oil, energy and shipping sectors. Dr. Eckbo has held senior positions in academia and business and has been extensively involved in global business ventures with responsibility for business development, strategy and corporate finance.

Dr. Eckbo has a PhD in Management from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. 

Karin Thorburn is Research Chair Professor of Finance at the Norwegian School of Economics. and Adjunct Full Professor of Finance at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Thorburn is Director of the board of Maritime & Merchant Bank ASA and Falck Advisory.

Peter Mellbye has served in leadership positions at Statoil/Equinor ASA for 30 years; Executive Vice President of Development & Production, International and Executive Vice President, Natural Gas. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Halfwave AS, Qinterra AS and is on the Board of Directors of TechnipFMC, acting as chairman of the Compliance and Governance Committee. Mr. Mellbye has a master's degree from the University of Oslo and a bachelor's degr

Tor Christensen joined NetZeroGas in 2013 as Chief Technology Officer and Partner. In 2022, he joined the board of directors. Prior to joining NetZeroGas, Dr. Christensen held a leading research positions in a major oil company, as co-founder and partner of a process technology company serving the international energy industries, and as an independent process consultant to major oil and shipping companies. Dr. Christensen is the holder of several patents in the oil, gas and power industries. 

 Dr. Christensen holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Purdue University and an MSc in Chemical Engineering from NTNU.