About us

Bergen Synergy

Established in 2022, Bergen Synergy was built to help businesses gain control over their energy costs through greater price predictability and long-term competitiveness.

With backgrounds including trading, analysis, risk, and advisory, we combine technical expertise with real-world experience.

Nordic Footprint

With a strong regional presence and a team rooted in local market experience, we stay close to the operational realities, regulatory frameworks, and price drivers that shape Nordic power.

This enables us to act quickly, advise accurately, and develop solutions that truly reflect the needs of businesses in the region.

Our Team

  • Geir-Arne Mo

    CEO

    With 25 years of experience leading energy and sustainability solutions across global markets, bringing deep industry knowledge and leadership in the Nordic energy sector.

    Leadership | Sustainability | Physical Trading | Energy | Strategy

  • Rikard Dagerbäck

    VD | Managing Director in Sweden

    15 years in the energy sector, supporting large consumers with supply contracts, PPAs, portfolio management, and advisory services for electricity and gas across the Nordic and European markets. 

    Advisor | Business Development | Energy | Heavy Industry | Strategy

  • Martin Cappelen Smith

    Head of Business Development

    Eight years of experience in retail, specializing in optimization and procurement processes. Responsible for one of Norway's largest energy consumption portfolios.

    Procurement | Optimization Processes | Energy | Project Management | Asset Management

  • Thomas Angell

    Head of Portfolio Management

    With 28 years of experience in energy portfolio management, he has played a key role in pioneering the Nordic Electricity market and developed advanced hedging models for a range of commodities

    Risk Management | Portfolio Management | Derivatives Trading | Energy | Modelling

  • Lars Christian Sekne

    Senior Business Development

    Over 24 years of experience in energy markets, specializing in asset management, strategies, renewable energy projects, and leading energy trading initiatives across Europe.

    Energy | Asset Management | Renewable Projects | Business Development | Strategy

  • Jarle Kvamme

    CFO

    An accomplished investor, board member, and CFO with over 20 years of experience in financial strategy, investor relations, and leadership across multiple energy and tech startups.

    Financial Leadership | Investor Management | Business Development | Startup | Strategy

  • Frank Carlsen

    Head of Asset Management

    Over 30 years of experience in energy markets, leading software for trading and risk management, and managing assets in offshore gas and LNG shipping.

    Risk Management | ETRM | Derivatives | Energy | Finance

  • Haakon Knudstad

    Senior Portfolio Manager

    Over 20 years in energy markets, managing portfolios and trading Nordic/German electricity and EUA quotas, with a proven track record of strong financial results.

    Portfolio Management | Risk Management | Derivatives Trading | Energy | Weather Analysis  

  • Rolf-Helge Sørensen

    Head of Risk Management and MO

    23 years of experience in portfolio and risk management, trading electricity, gas, and EUA, and leading energy trading departments across the Nordic and European markets.

    Risk Management | Portfolio Management | Derivatives Trading | Energy | Strategy

  • Arne Petter Drageset

    Portfolio Manager & Analyst

    Over 15 years of expertise in the energy sector with a strong background in data analytics, software development, and energy trading and analysis.

    Energy | Data Science | Python | Plotly Dash | Energy Analyst

  • Truls Øvreås

    Manager Back-Office

    Over 17 years of experience in settlement and billing systems for electricity customers in the Nordic region. Led projects and developed systems for energy data management.

    Measurement | Settlement | Billing | Energy | Reporting

  • Karianne Asphaug

    Senior Back-office Analyst

    With 23 years of experience in the energy industry, developed extensive expertise as a portfolio manager in physical electricity trading in the Nordic region.

    Portfolio Management | Physical Electricity Trading | Forecast Modeling | Energy | Analysis

  • Erik Våge

    Head of IT Development

    30 years of experience in the development, operation, maintenance, and architecture of international, data-intensive client/server and data warehouse systems within finance, energy, and case/document management.

    SQL | Data Warehousing | Reporting | Energy | Architecture

  • Bo-Göran Hansen

    Business Development Director

    Over 20 years of experience in financial strategy, investor relations and leadership from the energy, industry and real estate industries

    Advisor | Business Development | Energy | Heavy Industry | Strategy

  • Sunniva Hillesøy

    Sunniva Hillesøy

    Full-Stack Development

    Experienced developer with expertise in C#, F#, Blazor, and Microsoft Azure. Previously worked with various CMS systems and JavaScript frameworks such as React, Angular, and Next.js

    C# .NET | Full Stack Development | Microsoft Azure | JavaScript | DevOps

  • Jack Burtonwood

    Junior Business Analyst

    Master’s student at the Norwegian School of Economics, specializing in Business Analytics. Focus on data analysis and quantitative methods to drive value creation in business.

    Analysis | Reporting | Energy | Data Models | PowerBI

  • Fredrik Birkeland

    Fredrik Birkeland

    Full-Stack Developer

    Full-stack IT developer with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, specialized in software development and architecture

    Full Stack Development | SQL | Microsoft Stack | Blazor | DevOps

  • Emma Torsvik

    Branding and Marketing Coordinator

    Fourth-year student at the Norwegian School of Economics, pursuing an integrated master's degree in business and administration.

    Business Development | Marketing | Branding | Graphic Design

Owners of Bergen Synergy

At Bergen Synergy, ownership is shared between investors and the employees of the company. The largest investors are Klaveness Marine, Blystad, Farvatn, and Syneco. We take pride in having attracted some of Norway's leading investment environments while also allowing employees to participate in the value creation and development of Bergen Synergy.

We believe that the balance of ownership between employees and investors is one of the critical success factors for Bergen Synergy to deliver the best solutions for its customers and achieve its growth goals.

The Board of Directors at Bergen Synergy

  • Tor Erik Andreassen

    Chair of the board

  • Henrik Romero Falch

    Board member

  • Fredrik Advocaat Lund

    Board member

  • Ina Stølen

    Board member

  • Ingeborg Morken

    Board member