Peder Nicolas Paus (; born 22 November 1945) is a Norwegian banker and investor in the petroleum industry. He is a co-founder and former chairman of the international oil and gas exploration company Questerre Energy Corporation.

Background

He is a member of the Paus family from Oslo and is a son of the steel industrialist and lawyer Per Paus and Countess Hedevig Wedel-Jarlsberg, and is a grandson of Lord Chamberlain Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg, Count of Wedel-Jarlsberg. He is the brother-in-law of

Cecilie Paus Cecilie Paus (born 1943), née Wilhelmsen, is a Norwegian businesswoman in the shipping industry, who lives in London. She has been one of the four main owners of the shipping company Wilh. Wilhelmsen since 1978 together with her three siblings.< ...

, one of the main owners of Wilh. Wilhelmsen since 1978. He is married to the businesswoman Nine Olrich Paus, formerly the Marchioness de Olaso (a title in the Spanish and

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) by her first marriage to a Spanish-French nobleman. Peder Paus obtained a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of California, Berkeley in 1971.

Career

He has held key positions in the bank Manufacturers Hanover Trust in London and New York. From 1981 to 1995, he was CEO of the shipping company North Ltd Venture in London. He has also been a consultant for the British Ministry of Defence and the British Export Credits Guarantee Department.Questerre: ''Directors''
March 21, 2010 Paus co-founded Questerre Energy Corporation, an oil and gas exploration company listed on Toronto Stock Exchange and

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, and has been the company's chairman and largest shareholder.Financial Times: ''Questerre Energy Corp QEC:TOR
/ref> He became a member of the board of directors in 2000 and was chairman from 2006 to 2015.

References

1945 births Living people University of California, Berkeley alumni Norwegian businesspeople in the oil industry Norwegian bankers Peder {{Norway-business-bio-stub