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Karl Fredrik Staubo

Chief Executive Officer, Golar Management Ltd.

Karl Fredrik Staubo was appointed Chief Executive Officer on May 13, 2021. Prior to this role he acted as Golar LNG's Chief Financial Officer from September 2020 and as Chief Executive Officer of Golar LNG Partners LP from May 2020 to April 2021. Before joining Golar, Mr. Staubo spent 10 years advising and investing in Shipping, Energy and Infrastructure companies with Magni Partners Ltd. (2018-2020) and Clarksons Platou Securities (2010-2018). During his time with Magni Partners, Mr. Staubo also worked as an advisor to the Golar Group. At Clarksons Platou Securities he worked in the Corporate Finance division, including as Head of Shipping, Investment Banking (2015-2018). He has a MA (Business Studies and Economics) from the University of Edinburgh.

Ragnar Nes

Chief Operating Officer, Golar Management Ltd.

Ragnar Nes joined Golar in November 2017 and was appointed COO in April 2022 after having served as Head of FLNG since March 2018. Before joining Golar Ragnar served as Operations Manager and Asset Manager for FPSO’s in Fred Olsen, Yinson and BW Offshore for 10 years. Prior to joining offshore oil and gas Ragnar held various positions in ship management for Odfjell and Wilhelmsen. Ragnar has also worked with DNV and started his career at sea as an electrician onboard submarines in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Ragnar has an MSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the NTNU technical university in Trondheim.

Federico Petersen

Chief Commercial Officer, Golar Management Ltd.

Federico Petersen joined Golar as Chief Commercial Officer on 1st April 2024. Prior to this, he was a member of the Executive Management Team of VTTI, one of the largest liquid bulk storage operators worldwide, where he held the position of Global Head of Business Development. Before that, Federico spent 18 years in senior M&A and Business Development positions at Schlumberger, Equinor, BG Group and Wintershall, where he led, originated and executed asset and corporate transactions in the energy space (upstream, storage, LNG, power generation) around the globe. He also worked with PwC in Argentina where he started his career as an Actuary. Federico is based in the United Kingdom and holds a BSc Actuarial Science from Universidad de Buenos Aires and an MBA from London Business School.

Eduardo Maranhão

Chief Financial Officer, Golar Management Ltd.

Mr Maranhão has served as Chief Financial Officer since May 13, 2021. Prior to assuming this position Mr Maranhão served as CFO of former affiliate company Hygo Energy Transition Ltd. Mr. Maranhão has also served as both CEO and as a director of Centrais Electricas de Sergipe S.A, and as a partner at Magni Partners. Mr. Maranhão has vast experience in international energy projects and infrastructure financing having worked at different financial institutions including Lakeshore Partners, Santander, Credit Agricole, Banco Votorantim and Citibank. Mr. Maranhão holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Universidade de Pernambuco in Brazil and has completed a Management Acceleration Programme from INSEAD in France.

ERIK SVENDSEN

Chief Technical Officer, Golar Management Ltd.

Erik Svendsen joined Golar in May 2020 and was appointed CTO in June 2022. Mr. Svendsen started his career with the shipping company Bergesen and was part of the team that spun off the FPSO company BW Offshore from the shipping group. He served as Engineering Manager, Project Manager, EVP Projects and COO with BW Offshore before taking the position as Managing Director of turret & mooring specialist APL. When APL was acquired by NOV, Mr. Svendsen continued serving as the Managing Director of APL while building up a Floating Production Business unit within NOV. He served for 5 years as President for Floating Production Solution in NOV. Mr. Svendsen has a MSc degree from the NTNU Technical University in Trondheim, Norway.