Per Espen Stoknes

Organizational Psychologist

Per Espen Stoknes is an organizational psychologist who also holds a PhD in economics. He is a part-time senior lecturer at the Norwegian Business School, where he teaches green growth, team leadership, and scenario-based strategy. He is also the co-director of Center for Green Growth. Per Espen is the co-founder of two clean-technology companies—GasPlas and AgroPlas, at which he held CEO and chairman positions. One was developed and sold off internationally; the other is still in early growth stage. As a consultant, Per Espen has worked with leadership development programs and strategy projects for a wide range of Nordic clients, such as the Norwegian Ministry of Oil and Energy, Schlumberger, Statoil, Statkraft, The Kongsberg Group, Telenor, and Sony-Ericsson, as well as a number of governmental and educational agencies: the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, the Ministry of Justice, University of Oslo, and Norway’s Organization for Technology Assessment.