Full Name
Bjørn Otto Sverdrup
Job Title
Chair
Company
OGCI Executive Committee
Speaker Bio
Bjørn Otto Sverdrup has been chairman of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative’s (OGCI) executive committee since 2021. OGCI is a CEO-led initiative that aims to accelerate the industry’s response to climate change. Mr Sverdrup is also a member of the OGCI’s US$1 billion-plus Climate Investments fund.

Mr Sverdrup brings more than 20 years of energy industry leadership experience to OGCI. He has had a long career at Norwegian company Equinor, most recently as Senior-Vice President for Corporate Sustainability. Mr Sverdrup is a TED speaker and a guest lecturer at Imperial College, Columbia, and Harvard Business School.

He lives in Oslo and is a father of three.
Bjørn Otto Sverdrup