RECOA.EU - Renewable Construction Academy

Chris Weaver has more than 40 years of seagoing experience, beginning as a marine science student aboard a research vessel in the mid-1970s. His early career included serving in the British Royal Navy as a seaman officer, later specialising as a hydrographic surveyor. He then worked on subsea projects for Shell, BP, Total, ENI, and other smaller oil and gas operators before becoming a shipboard project manager for Alcatel Submarine Networks. Between 2006 and 2016, Chris was involved in various West African oil field projects, managing offshore construction and maintenance work in Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, and Ghana during the winter, and power cable installation at various European offshore wind farms during the summer months. Chris became involved in training in 2014 when he designed the Renewables Offshore Client Representative course and presented it as classroom training in the UK over the following four years. He has a long association with Martin Schnoor Warming, founder of the Renewable Construction Academy, and they have collaborated on various renewable projects since 2010.

Morten Søjborg is an experienced offshore wind professional, having worked in the industry for more than 15 years. His educational background is in economics and law, and his career spans working as in-house and external counsel for both project developers and contractors, as well as acting as a procurement consultant and lead negotiator for multiple offshore wind projects. He has represented contractors, such as MT Højgaard and Vestas Offshore, and project developers, such as Ørsted and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, to name a few. Morten is also a co-founder and partner in the international procurement and contract management consultancy, JUMBO Consulting Group. Morten knows the ins and outs of the procurement and contracting process within offshore wind, and as an instructor, he aims to pass this knowledge on to students in a structured way. Morten's classes enable students to see procurement and contracting from the viewpoints of both project developers and the supply chain, as he strongly believes that successful projects result from a high degree of alignment and understanding between the parties regarding their roles, expectations, and obligations.

Ninna is a senior director with over 15 years of experience in strategic sourcing, supply chain development, supply chain management, and building a long-term sustainable supply chain. Ninna has wide cross-scope knowledge of developing complex global sourcing strategies, making and negotiating supplier contracts, and focusing on all commercial areas within offshore wind technical packages, such as WTGs, cables, foundations, substations, onshore civil engineering works, and all offshore installation areas. Ninna has played a role in the transformation of Ørsted’s oil and gas operations to a company driven by renewable energy and is currently employed by JUMBO Consulting Group as a Senior Director and Head of Procurement Management. She is passionate about creating a world that runs entirely on green energy, achieving climate targets in green heavy industry, and leveraging capabilities across businesses and supply chains. To support this goal, Ninna hopes to pass her knowledge on to her students in support of the green transition.