Geir Ytreland
Director
Management
Alvopetro
Norway
Biography
Mr. Geir Ytreland was appointed a director of Alvopetro in November 2013. Mr. Ytreland is a geologist with more than 35 years experience in the international petroleum industry. He is now an independent geologist based in Italy. Until May 2014, Mr. Ytreland worked as a Principal Advisor with Gaffney, Cline & Associates, United Kingdom. Since 2004, Mr. Ytreland worked as an advisor and project manager in development and cooperation projects for the Norwegian government in East Timor, Afghanistan and some Latin American and African countries. Mr. Ytreland also worked as a geoscientist and explorationist at Unocal for 13 years and at Norsk Hydro for seven years in Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, United States, the Middle East and Latin America. He was General Manager for Norsk Hydro in Venezuela from 1995 to 2000. Mr. Ytreland holds a Master of Science degree in Geology from the University of Bergen in Norway.
Research Interest
Buisness and management