Lars Præst Ørsted is Vice President in DNV GL and was in 2011 appointed Country Manager for Oil & Gas in Denmark, being part of the Region Central Europe, Middle East, India, North Africa and Eurasia. DNV GL provides Risk Management, Technical Advisory and Assurance services , i.e. verification and certification, to the Oil and Gas Industry. He has more than twenty-five (25) years’ experience within the Oil and Gas industry, offshore installations and process safety. His educational background is a B.Sc. Mechanical, GD in Business Administration and a number of executive leadership training from DIEU/Mannaz, IMD Business School, Fudan University, INSEAD Business School and Presidents Institute.