Executive management

Mrs. Nilsson joined the company in March 2021. She has extensive international industrial experience from leadership positions in large international companies such as Norsk Hydro ASA, Yara International ASA, Umoe BioEnergy ASA, Agrinos AS, including experience with multinational JV partnership, aggressive turn-around and building ambitious start-ups.

Prior to joining Kyoto Group, Camilla Nilsson came from Yara International where she held the positions VP for the business area Professional Farm Connectivity and Digital Service Platform and CFO in the business area Digital Farming.

Mrs. Nilsson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Economics from the University of Skövde and the University of Aukland. She has also attended a post-graduate Executive Program at University of Pittsburg Katz Gradutate School of Business.

Bjarke Buchbjerg is the Chief Technology Officer of Kyoto Group AS. He joined the company in March 2021 as Interim Chief Technology Officer and Product Lead. Mr. Buchbjerg has been instrumental in the managing of design and engineering for the first commercial Heatcube project, and is a talented Engineer with experience from the renewable energy industry.

Prior to joining Kyoto Group, Buchbjerg worked as an Engineer and Team Lead for Siemens Gamesa, developing concepts for offshore wind turbine blades.

Bjarke Buchbjerg holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Aalborg Universitet and has studied Chemical Technology at the University of Oslo.

Peter Iversen is the Chief Manufacturing Officer for Kyoto Group. Mr.Iversen is a passionate Procurement & Supply Chain Leader with 25+ years experience working across a breadth of sectors, leading and developing strategic procurement, contracts, sourcing and operations. Before joining Kyoto Group full time he was Interim Procurement Manager to Kyoto Group through Rambøll.

Prior to joining Kyoto Group, he was General Manager for Strategic Procurement & Claims at Banedanmark, Developing procurement and contracting processes, systems and competencies across 6 divisions within the business with 2,300 employees. He has also held leading procurement and logistics positions at among others Linie Design, Maersk Oil and Novo Nordisk.

Iversen holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Henley Business School, an LLM in International Commercial Law from The University of Salford, a Graduate Diploma in HHC Business School as well as Diplomas in Marketing and Procurement from Randers Business School.

Henrik Holck-Clausen is the Chief People & Culture Officer of Kyoto Group AS and joins the company in February 2022. Mr. Holck-Clausen is a seasoned Human Resources executive. He has international business experience from building human-centered organisations and high performing team cultures.

Prior to joining Kyoto Group, he held several leadership positions at Schneider Electric in Europe, latest in the role as VP Human Resources for Schneider Electric in Norway. Before joining Schneider Electric in 2005, he worked as Human Resources Manager at BRIO AB.

Henrik Holck-Clausen has a Master’s degree from Lund University and has studied Transforming Leadership at INSEAD.

Tim De Haas is chief commercial officer of Kyoto Group AS and joins the Management Team in February 2022. De Haas has extensive international experience, proven commercial sucess and first-hand experience in building a company from a start-up to a international multi-million dollar commercial company.

Prior to joining Kyoto Group, he held the position of EVP human health & nutrition at Aker Biomarine. He has held several leading positions at Aker Biomarine, including SVP business development and director business development. He has also been a management consultant at Capgemini Consulting and has worked with the Aviation Marketing Department of Hamburg Airport.

De Haas has a Master’s degree in Economics from Universität Hamburg, from which he graduated in 2003.

Susanne Vinje is the Chief Supply Chain Officer of Kyoto Group AS and joins the Management Team in April 2022. Mrs. Vinje is an experienced leader with international business experience and extensive experience from complex supply chain processes in energy intensive industries.

Prior to joining Kyoto Group, she was Head of Logistics in Hydro Aluminium navigating the complex international supply chain of the global aluminium company. She has 16 years of experience from Hydro, including several leading positions in Norway and abroad, such as logistics manager and head of outbound logistics.

Vinje has a Master of Science degree in International Business from Maastricht University, and has studied French law at the University of Robert Schuman in Strasbourg.

Agnieszka Sledz joined Kyoto Group from January 2022 as Chief Project Officer, overall responsible for project management and product certification. She is former Head of System & Engineering at Clean Marine, having joined the company at an early start up stage and contributed to its explosive growth and rapid development. Her significant experience from managing large and complex technical projects for international companies will further strengthen the engineering and technology team in Kyoto.

Sledz has international industry experience from 6 years spent in South Korea as project manager and site office manager for Bureau Veritas, where she was involved in classification of new construction of LNG, LPG, container vessels and FPSO for various global clients. She is a board member of WISTA Norway, active member of TOOL and SHE Community, and holds a MSc in Naval Architecture and has studied Design Thinking and Creativity in Business at INSEAD and Organizational Design for Digital Transformation at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.