Helge is the former CEO of BG Group (2015-16), Equinor (2004-14) and Aker Kvaerner (2002-04). He has also held executive positions in Aker RGI, an industrial holding company, and Hafslund Nycomed, an industrial group with business activities in pharmaceuticals and energy. He has been a consultant at McKinsey & Company and has worked as a Political Advisor to the parliamentary group of the Høyre. He has served as a Chair of the board of the global healthcare group Novo Nordisk AS (2018-25) and BP plc (2019-25). He has also served as a non executive director at the boards of Nokia (2011-14) and Schlumberger (2016-18).  Helge holds an M.B.A. from INSEAD and an M.A. in Economics, from the Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration.