The founder of A Energy, Arild Andresen, has master degrees both within petroleum engineering and business in addition to more than 20 years of E&P experience. A brief CV is as follows:

- Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering, NTH 1990
- Norsk Hydro, Drilling and Well Operations, Bergen, 1991 – 1997
- Master of Science in Business, NHH 1996
- Saga Petroleum, Business Development and Strategy, Sandvika, 1997 – 1999
- DnB Markets, Corporate Finance and Equity Research, Oslo, 2000 – 2004
- Pareto Securities, Corporate Finance, Oslo, 2004 – 2006
- First Securities, Corporate Finance, Oslo, 2006 – May 2011
- A Energy, Oslo, June 2011 –>