CEO, BW ESS and Managing Director, BW Renewables

Erik Strømsø

Erik Strømsø is the CEO of BW ESS and Managing Director of BW Renewables. He is responsible for scaling BW’s investments in sustainable energy and technologies. He joined BW Group in 2021.

Prior to joining BW Group, Strømsø was a Senior Equity Partner at Pareto Securities, a leading Scandinavian investment bank, with a key focus on the energy and maritime space. He started in Pareto’s equity research department, with an emphasis on the offshore energy space, and subsequently joined the investment banking department, with a maritime and energy focus. In 2014, Strømsø moved to Singapore as Managing Partner for Pareto Securities – Asia Pacific, where he led a team focused on capital markets financing of traditional and renewable energy and infrastructure assets.

Strømsø holds an MSc. in International Management from London School of Economics and a BSc. in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School.