Thorleif Enger (born 1943) holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from University of Colorado. Mr. Enger started his career at Royal Dutch Shell’s Houston office from 1970 to 1973 where he worked on an LNG-project, before he embarked on his longstanding career with Norsk Hydro. First he worked in Hydro Oil and Gas which he also headed from 1996 to 1999. He then joined the agricultural division of Hydro, Norsk Hydro Agri, before Yara was listed as an independent company with Mr. Enger as CEO in 2004. Enger held the position as Yara CEO until 2008.
Thorleif Enger has held a number of board appointments, and has been chairman of Telenor, Spring Energy, Agrinos, Green Energy Group, and Treka, and he has been a board member of HitecVision, FMC Technologies, Marine Harvest, Acergy, PGS, Kverneland, NGI, and the supervisory board of E.ON Ruhrgas.
Mr. Enger is a Norwegian citizen.
Number of shares in Kyoto Group AS: 24 000
Elected until: 2023