Luis Araujo

Director at Akastor ASA

Luis Antonio G. Araujo has over 37 years of experience in the energy and oil & gas industries. He was CEO of Aker Solutions from July 2014 to August 2020. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Mr. Araujo held the position as Regional President and Executive Vice-President for Aker Solutions in Brazil since November 2011 where he led a major turn-around of the local operations. Prior to his period with Aker Solutions, he was CEO of Wellstream in Brazil (currently part of Baker Hughes GE), and held several senior positions within ABB, FMC Technologies, Vetco Gray and Technip Coflexip. Mr. Araujo is currently an independent director and member of the board of Magseis Fairfield ASA listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, and an independent director and member of the board of OceanPact, a Brazilian company. Mr. Araujo holds a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Gama Filho University and an MBA from Edinburgh University.

As of April 16, 2021, Mr. Araujo holds 25,757 shares and no stock options in the company. Mr. Araujo has triple citizenship; Brazilian, British and Portugese and has been elected for the period 2021-2023.

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