Trond Unneland has headed Chevron’s corporate venturing unit for more than five years, following a varied career in the oil and gas industry, which also included a foray into diplomacy.
Unneland is proud of what he has accomplished in that time. He said: “During the last five years Chevron has been recognised as probably having the best VC team among the oil and gas operators. I am proud to be part of this team and the impact we have on Chevron, using VC as a conduit for adoption of emerging technology, and a complementary way of doing research & development.”
Interestingly, Unneland holds a post at the US oil major, in part because his wife is from the US. He said: “You can resist as hard as you want, but you end up where your wife is from.”
Before his move to Chevron, and when he was at Norway…
