SLB Board Committees

  • New Energy and Innovation, Chair
  • Compensation
  • Nominating and Governance

Other Experience and Education

  • Former CEO of multiple E&P companies
  • Master’s Degrees in Petroleum Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Petroleum Economics and Management, IFP School
  • Corporate director certificate from Harvard Business School (2021)

Former Deputy CEO and COO, Wintershall Dea

Director since 2020

Other Current Public Boards

  • Kosmos Energy
  • Scatec

Former Public Director Roles During the Past Five Years

  • Alfa Laval
Maria Moræus Hanssen

MARIA MORÆUS HANSSEN is the former Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer of Wintershall Dea, a German-based energy producer, having served in that role in 2019 following the merger between DEA Deutsche Erdoel (DEA) and Wintershall Holding. Prior to that, she served as CEO of DEA and chair of its management board from 2018 to 2019. Before joining DEA, she served as CEO of ENGIE E&P International and head of the E&P business unit for the ENGIE Group in Paris from 2015 to 2017. Ms. Moræus Hanssen served in various management and operations roles at Aker from 2008 to 2013, Statoil (now Equinor) from 2007 to 2008, and Norsk Hydro from 1992 to 2007. She has served as non-executive chair of Å Energi since June 2023, as a director of Scatec since April 2020, where she serves on the audit committee, and as a director of Kosmos Energy since May 2023, where she serves on the audit and HSE and sustainability committees. She previously served as deputy chair of Yara International and as a director of Alfa Laval.

Reason for Nomination
Ms. Moræus Hanssen brings to the Board leadership and operational expertise as the former CEO of several European energy companies. The Board values her insight into the domestic and international energy policies of Norway, Germany, France, and other countries that are strategically important to SLB, as well as her experience addressing risks related to the energy transition.