Margareth Øvrum

{{Short description|Norwegian engineer and business executive}}

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Margareth Øvrum (born 19 September 1958) is a Norwegian engineer and business executive. Since 1982 she has worked for Statoil where she was an executive vice-president from 2004 to 2020.

Born in Skien in the south of Norway. In 1981, she graduated with a 4.5 year degree (sivilingeniør) in engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim, specializing in Engineering Physics.{{cite web|url=http://www.tu.no/petroleum/2013/06/03/her-er-arets-oljekvinne|title=Margareth Øvrum: Her er årets oljekvinne|author=Helgesen, Ole Ketil|publisher=TU|date=3 June 2013|accessdate=9 September 2015|language=Norwegian}} In 1982, she began working for Statoil where she became the company's first female platform manager while she was working at the Gullfaks Field. She then became senior vice-president for operations at the Velsefrikk oil field and vice-president of operations support for the Norwegian continental shelf. She is currently Statoil's Executive Vice President of Technology, Projects & Drilling.

In 2013, Øvrum was named "Oilman of the Year" by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.{{cite web|url=http://www.spe.no/stavanger/index.cfm?id=335976|title=SPE Stavanger`s Oil woman/man of the year|publisher=SPE International|accessdate=9 September 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104322/http://www.spe.no/stavanger/index.cfm?id=335976|archivedate=24 September 2015}} The same year, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of universal suffrage in Norway, Øvrum was voted the Most Influential Woman in Technology.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbforum.com/nbreport/articles/the-top-20-women-in-business-in-northern-europe/|title=Top 20 Women in Business in Northern Europe|publisher=Nordic Business Report|accessdate=9 September 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924052002/http://www.nbforum.com/nbreport/articles/the-top-20-women-in-business-in-northern-europe/|archivedate=24 September 2015}}

Øvrum was also a member of the board of directors at Atlas Copco from 2008 to 2017. She is also a director of the University of Bergen and has served on the board of the Storebrand financial services company. She has held directorships with Ratos, Elkem and Siemens Norge.{{cite web|url=http://www.alfalaval.com/globalassets/documents/investors/english/annual-general-meeting/2015/margareth-ovrum.pdf|title=Valberedningens förslag till nyval av styrelseledamot - presentation av Margareth Øvrum|publisher=Alfalaval.com|accessdate=9 September 2015 |language=Norwegian}}

Margareth Øvrum has lived in Bergen since 1987. After working for three years offshore, she returned to Norway in 2020.