Expert Consultants Panel

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Prof. Arne Erik Holdø is an active member of Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology. He is a fellow of Royal Institution of Naval Architects. He is Stanley Grey Gold Medal for paper on the use of CFD for the design of topside of offshore structures. He has worked on wind shielding and wind chill on several offshore structures since 1988. He was involved in the design of Norway’s largest wind tunnel at NTNU (1983) - still Norway’s largest wind tunnel. He is Professor Emeritus at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and visiting Professor at University of Hertfordshire.

 Contact Email: aeh@arctic-experts.com 

Dr. Lasse Makkonen has worked in various projects from basic science to applications, mainly related to ice and snow physics, icing and ice prevention. Makkonen is presently afffilated with VTT and he will be retired in August 2020. In his private capacity, Dr. Makkonen will work with us as an expert external consultant, after his retirement. He had an important role on international committees, such as ISO Atmospheric Icing of Structures, COST 727, and International Advisory Committee of IWAIS.

Mr. Svein has wide range of experience on icing related challenges on power lines, he is author/co-author of numerous standard and technical report on atmospheric icing issues of electric power lines. From 2002 until present, Mr. Fikke acts as an independent consultant, serving utilities in Norway, Canada, Chile, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Sweden, and the UK. Svein will be helping us as an expert external consultant on various issues related with atmospheric icing.

Dr. Umair Najeeb Mughal is the founder and CEO of Arctic Experts. He has doctorate in atmospheric (icing) physics. He has both qualification and experience to deal with  atmospheric icing sensor technologies, winterization studies, atmospheric icing studies on power cables and insulators, cold climate technologies, smart cities, electric cars technology, blockchain framework, and tackling climate related challenges. He has also experience in writing and leading both research and business projects. He has entrepreneurship training from EU Climate-KIC. He is reviewer of many journal and member of various societies. 

 Contact Email: unm@arctic-experts.com 

Mr. Håvard is a serial entrepreneur. He has worked with some of the most professional venture companies in Norway - NorthZone Ventures and Investinor - from 2007-2015. Håvard started and funded a number of businesses during the last 20 years, and has managed to arranged more than €100m for different startups. He has a wide investor network, and he knows how to present cases to investors. He can help with pitches, funding, risk evaluation, and verifying hypothesis. Mr. Håvard is presently working as a CEO of Watbots AS, and CFO of NANIZE AS. Mr. Håvard is helping Arctic Experts AS in establishing Arctic Business Network Service. 

Contact Email: hl@businessizer.com 

Dr. Taimur Rashid has doctorate in anti-/de-icing analysis and experimentation. He has also worked on the characterization of nanomaterials (carbon  nanotubes), solid-state thermoelectric heaters. 

 Contact Email: tr@arctic-experts.com