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About Aegir Insights

Accelerating the energy transition through better decision-making

Executive team

Scott Urquhart

CEO & Founder

Energy experience: Twenty years of experience in the energy industry within investment analysis, commercial management, project development and growth strategy from Orsted, Macquarie Capital and Stiesdal.

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Scott started his energy career as a petroleum engineer in Canada in 2003 before transitioning into energy investment banking with Macquarie Capital in the UK. In 2011, he moved into the offshore wind sector, joining Orsted initially to build a commercial team focused on turbine pricing and technology valuation, and later becoming Programme Director for the landmark Race Bank and West of Duddon Sands projects off Britain.Before co-founding Aegir, Scott served as a strategic advisor to renewable energy pioneer Henrik Stiesdal, helping establish Stiesdal A/S in areas including floating wind, long duration storage and Power-to-X. Scott holds a LLM in International Commercial Law from the University of Edinburgh, an MBA in Finance from the University of Calgary, and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Dalhousie University.

Rikke Nørgaard

CCO & Founder

Energy experience: Thirteen years of experience in offshore wind within project development and commercial management. Has delivered six offshore wind bids for auctions in Denmark, Germany and the US for Orsted and CIP.

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Rikke started in the offshore wind industry with Orsted in 2011 and worked with project development of offshore wind projects in Denmark, Germany, France, the UK and the US. As Head of Pipeline Management, in various commercial roles in project management teams and later as US Programme Commercial Manager, she prepared bids and matured projects from early-stage opportunities to final investment decisions. From 2018 and until co-founding Aegir in 2020 she worked as an external advisor in early-stage development and bid preparation for offshore wind developers, suppliers and investors. Before joining Orsted, she worked in the biotech sector in India, South Africa and Denmark. Rikke’s educational background includes a MSc in International Business Studies from Copenhagen Business School, combined with studies at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and from Queen’s School of Business in Canada.

David Lankester

CPTO

Energy experience: Twenty years of experience in Engineering and Development in the energy sector from various oil and gas companies in Canada as well as with leading energy intelligence firms.

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David is responsible for leading the development of Aegir Insights’ next generation platform. He has worked within the oil and gas industry in Canada in various engineering roles for a decade, before transitioning into investment research and energy intelligence. David joined Aegir Insights from Enverus, where he led the development of their flagship SaaS energy analytics platform, playing a key role in both the technical implementation and product roadmap for the entire platform solution.David has extensive experience in effectively overseeing international teams, consistently delivering on strategic business objectives with a proven track record of success.

Board and Advisory Board

Pablo Pedrejón

Board Member

Pablo is a partner at Seaya Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Madrid, Spain, covering technological and start-up investments. Prior to this, Pablo was the Omnichannel & Ecommerce Director at MAskota and the CEO & Co-founder at PEtsy.mx.

Morten Halborg

Board Member

Morten is Managing Partner and Co-founder at Climentum Capital, a NextGen Climate tech VC fund. Morten has spent 20+ years in the institutional investing world, the last 15 of which with Swedish pension giant Skandia Asset Management.

Jon Erik Reinhardsen

Advisory Board

Jon Erik is Chairman of the Board at Equinor and board member at Telenor and at Oceaneering International. He has more than 40 years' experience in the international energy industry, having held roles including CEO of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS).

Ryan Horvat

Advisory Board

Ryan has an extensive background in energy research, data and analytics. AS Managing Director of RS Energy, he played a key role in transforming the group from a specialist research-only firm into an industry-leading SaaS provider, that was acquired by Genstar (Enverus) in 2020.

About Aegir Insights

Aegir Insights is a technology-driven company offering decision-making software, data, and intelligence products for the offshore wind sector. Aegir Insights serves a global client base across corporate, supply chain, governmental and advisory segments, with product coverage across more than 60 offshore wind markets.

Aegir Insights leverages data science and deep industry experience to help global renewable players make smarter decisions. Its expertise lies in contextualizing complex information through the use of proprietary models developed in close cooperation with industry and academia. Going beyond data, Aegir Insights brings independent strategic insights based on industry experience.

Career

Join our journey, come work with us

If you are passionate about the global energy transition and want to help shape the future of a fast-growing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and intelligence company, we want to get to know you.

Write to us with your CV and tell us why you would be a great addition to a young, ambitious team working with cutting-edge solutions to accelerate the energy transition.

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Career

Join our journey, come work with us

If you are passionate about the global energy transition and want to help shape the future of a fast-growing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and intelligence company, we want to get to know you.

Write with your CV telling us why you will be a great addition to a young, ambitious team working with cutting edge solutions to accelerate the energy transition.

Contact us

Tech Team

Front End React Developer

Do you want to play a critical role in scaling our platform by enhancing the user interface, improving performance, and ensuring a seamless experience for our customers?

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Commercial Team

Sales Executive

Are you passionate about the green transition and want to drive Aegir Insights' commercial growth by selling our advanced subscription packages to a broad customer base, globally?

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Commercial Team

Sales Associate

Are you looking for a career full of purpose and challenge? Want to leverage your sharp commercial instinct and data-driven mindset to help grow a company tackling real-world challenges?

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