Anders Opedal (born 4. May 1968) is the incumbent

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, and former

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, of Norwegian oil and gas company

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. He joined the company in 1997 having previously worked for

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and

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. He stepped down from the COO position and became Equinor's country manager in Brazil in January 2017. On 10 August 2020, Equinor announced Opedal's selection as the company's next

, from 2 November 2020 onwards. Opedal holds an MBA from

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and an engineering degree from NTH.

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