Arild Buch

Arild Buch has a diverse work experience in the oil and gas industry, starting as a welder in Kaldnes MV Shipyard in the early 1980s. Arild then worked as a piping engineer in Horten Verft Shipyard, where they were responsible for producing piping drawings for a large offshore topside module. Arild later joined Nopicon/Fjeldstad as a project manager, where they worked on onshore oil, gas, and petrochemical projects. In 1985, they started working for Aker Solutions, Maritime Hydraulics, where they held various technical and managerial positions, eventually becoming the Vice President and being responsible for the business line related to riser tensioning systems. In 2014, Arild joined MHWirth as the Senior Manager Engineering, overseeing the engineering of motion compensating systems for offshore drilling and production, and later becoming the Vice President in charge of global responsibility for the product group.

Arild Buch completed their education in two phases. From 1980 to 1983, they attended Horten, Norway, where they pursued a degree in Machine Engineering, specializing in Mechanical Engineering and Constructions. Following this, in 1998 and 1999, Arild Buch enrolled in Norsk Maritime Høyskole (evening school), where they obtained a degree as a Coastal Skipper for Commercial Vessels up to 300 brutto tonnes. The field of study for this degree is not specified in the provided information.