Hello, I’m Oliver T. Edwards, a strategic business and project developer working at the intersection of maritime infrastructure, heavy industry, carbon management, and shipping logistics. Though I have a Danish-British background, I’ve lived and worked in Norway for over a decade. With a master’s degree in architecture focused on infrastructure and participatory design, a specialisation in corporate finance, fifteen years of software development experience, and more than ten years of experience across technology, economics, and sales, I’m deeply engaged in scaling modern industries.

Like a naval architect (my uncle happens to be one), I combine an interdisciplinary skillset with both the analytical rigour and creative flair needed to arrive at balanced solutions. Despite an unconventional path, I’ve always pursued a broad range of topics while seeking enough depth to contribute meaningfully. I’ve been lucky to learn directly from board members in the shipping industry that a generalist approach with technical depth is essential for thriving in the industrial sectors.

Present

Building maritime infrastructure

As a business and project developer in the management team at Normod Carbon, I translate complex industrial carbon capture needs into viable port and shipping infrastructure. My work spans the full development cycle: aggregating emitter volumes, market entry, site prospecting, feasibility modelling, engineering coordination, investor onboarding, and exclusivity negotiations.

Recent highlights include exclusivity agreements for CO₂ terminals in Denmark (Port of Grenaa) and Sweden, with ongoing projects across Northern Europe. The Grenaa terminal alone represents €250 million in planned investment.

My interdisciplinary background proves essential here: architectural background for terminal concept and land development; corporate finance training for feasibility and risk analysis; business development experience for market expansion and negotiation; software experience for working on cargo monitoring, and autonomous terminal-vessel integration systems.

Creating strategic tools

Drawing on full-stack development experience since 2010, I build custom software solutions for industrial challenges. One of my strongest tools reduces industrial land development timelines by weeks or months by combining market intelligence, sales data, and geospatial analysis to support site selection and feasibility assessment. Currently internal to Normod Carbon, though a future public release remains under consideration.

Writing and speaking

Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us to find out what we know—and what we don’t know—about whatever we’re trying to learn.

William Zinsser

I write to build deeper intuition for complex subjects. William Zinsser’s Writing to Learn helped me understand why writing has always been my primary tool for sense-making. Learning and thinking aren’t linear processes, but writing helps you organise them. That’s why I maintain this website as a living document, publishing posts before they’re finished to invite feedback and increase their utility.

This practice has opened doors to speaking engagements in international networks. I recently presented my analysis of why multi-fuel ships unlock CCS at scale to bankers, insurers, and policymakers in the Zero Emissions Platform, the EU’s official advisor on industrial carbon management, discussing financial implications for fossil-fuelled vessels in carbon transport and storage.

Digitalising real estate

Since 2023, as international liaison at Proptech Norway, I connect founders, investors, and stakeholders to advance digitalisation of the real estate value chain and increasingly industrial and port-related operations. Highlights include co-hosting and producing Proptech Summit 2023 (Norway’s largest real estate technology conference) and advising startups based on my own proptech founder experience.

Past

Market developer

I co-founded Doyo Group (2015–2021) with my brother Lucas P. Edwards, delivering market research and development for clients in industrial, energy, and pharmaceutical sectors (Foreign Ministry of Denmark, Primagaz, Grundfos, Danfoss, Novo Nordisk, Dansk Industri, Alfa Laval). This built my foundation in B2B and B2G sales and market expansion.

Project architect

We later returned to urban development roots, designing prominent public spaces in Norway like the transformation of Kommandantboligen at Falstadsenteret (praised for being “at the cutting edge of contemporary culture platform development” by former Minister Gudmund Hernes); Torshov Library (praised by Deputy Mayor Abdullah Alsabeehg for prioritising community needs over aesthetics in service of “quality public service”); and harbour redesigns around Sandvika near Oslo.

Marketplace founder

As co-founder of Kinbo (2022–2025), I built and operated a marketplace for green, community-focused new-build homes, delivering market demand insights and sales services to real estate developers, pension funds, and asset managers including AMBright Asset Management, Tækker Group, and Thybo Ejendomsudvikling.

Head of design

As head of design and product development (2021–2023) at a subsidiary of Moodgruppen (a leading digital agency in Norway), I led design and data-driven product development primarily in e-commerce and fintech, increasing YoY revenue by 50M NOK for a key client by implementing test-driven methodologies in their core product team.

Background

I hold a Master of Arts in Architecture from Aarhus School of Architecture (accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects) focused on infrastructure and participatory design, with field studies and projects across the United States and India. ¹ I later completed a specialisation in corporate finance at The University of Melbourne (online coursework), covering corporate governance, capital markets, financial analysis, and risk management.

Contact

I’m particularly interested in conversations about maritime infrastructure, industrial land development, industrial carbon management, energy, heavy industry, and critical minerals. Reach me on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, or subscribe to my newsletter for new posts. You can also submit feedback about my site.