John Egil Johannessen, investment director at Norway-based oil major Equinor’s corporate venture capital unit, has moved to take a similar role at Nysnø Climate Investments, a state-owned investment fund set up as a commercial company to invest in technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

At Equinor, his deals had included Norway-based underwater imaging company Ecotone, software developer Sharp Reflections and Soiltech, a local drilling waste handling company, and Coreteq Systems, a UK-based electrical motor service provider. In addition, Johannessen was…

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.