Samuel Leupold, Independent Director

SLB Board Committees

  • Audit
  • Finance
  • New Energy and Innovation

Other Experience and Education

  • Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Zurich)
  • MBA, INSEAD (Fontainebleau)
  • Energy transition and sustainability expertise

Former Chief Executive Officer,
Ørsted Wind Power A/S

Director since 2021

Other Current Public Boards

  • None

Former Public Director Roles During the Past Five Years

  • Enel SpA
Samuel Leupold

SAMUEL LEUPOLD is the former chief executive officer of Ørsted Wind Power A/S, the principal subsidiary of Ørsted AS, a Danish renewable energy company, where he led Ørsted Wind Power to become the world’s leading developer, operator and owner of offshore wind assets during his tenure from 2013 to March 2018. Since May 2019, Mr. Leupold has served as an independent senior advisor supporting international clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors through his consultancy firm, Leupold Advisory. He has also served as chair of Corio Generation, a specialist offshore wind business and Macquarie Green Investment Group portfolio company, since March 2022, and as a director of Axpo Holding AG, Switzerland’s largest producer of renewable energy, since January 2024. Mr. Leupold previously served as a director of Enel SpA from May 2020 to May 2023.

Reason for Nomination
Mr. Leupold brings to the Board operational experience as the former CEO of a renewable energy company, as well as significant energy transition experience focused on the relationship between new energy generation and infrastructure capabilities. The Board benefits from his expertise on these issues as SLB seeks to implement our net-zero ambition and our strategy to deploy sustainable technologies to provide access to energy for the benefit of all.