Ms. Øvrum has more than 39 years of experience at Equinor (formerly Statoil), a Norwegian energy company, where she served as Executive Vice President of Equinor ASA, Development and Production Brazil, until her retirement in December 2020. Ms. Øvrum held a succession of leadership positions at Equinor, including President, Equinor Brazil, from 2018 to 2020; Executive Vice President of Technology, Projects, and Drilling from 2011 to 2018; Executive Vice President of Technology and New Energy for Statoil Hydro, from 2007 to 2011; Executive Vice President of Technology and Projects, from 2004 to 2007; and Executive Vice President of Health, Safety, and the Environment, during 2004. She has also held numerous management and operations positions, including Senior Vice President, Operations Support, Exploration and Production, Norway from 2000 to 2003; Senior Vice President, Operations, Veslefrikk, from 1996 to 1999; Offshore Installation Manager from 1993 to 1996; Production and Maintenance Superintendent from 1991 to 1993; Department Head, Operations Technology from 1989 to 1991; Section Head, Maintenance and Activity Planning from 1988 to 1989; and Strategic Analysis, Production and Maintenance, from 1982 to 1987. Ms. Øvrum began her career at Equinor in 1982 in Strategic Analysis, and in 1993, became the first female and the youngest platform manager of the company's Gulfaks field in the North Sea.