Herman holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), with a major in Economics. During his master’s, Herman spent one semester at EDHEC Business School in Nice, France, studying corporate finance and banking. By using a set of different econometric techniques, Herman wrote an empirical master’s thesis which investigated the relationship between particulate matter and economic development, economic preferences and public regulations in 157 countries between 1990 and 2017.
Herman started his professional career in Vista Analysis September 2019. During his time at Vista, Herman has performed economic analysis, cost-benefit analysis, GHG emission accounting, wider economic impacts, evaluations and development cooperation. Herman has project experience from several thematic areas such as energy, climate and environmental issues, IT and digitalization, real estate and transport.
Herman has gained international experience from several projects in Vista. Herman contributed in development cooperation through Norad’s (Norwegian agency for development cooperation) Oil for Development program in Somalia, where he had the responsible for carrying out an online course in petroleum revenue management. Participants of this course include officials from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, and the National Bureau of Statistics of Somalia. Herman has also supported his colleagues in the project with preparations to one workshop held in Addis Ababa.
Herman is also currently working on five projects in Europe on green transition, all funded by the EEA Financial Mechanism. There are three projects in Poland (Kolaczkowo, Kazimiers Biskupi and Olesno) where public schools are reconstructed and modernized, replacing coal fired heating system with photovoltaic panels and heat pumps. In these projects Vista Analyse is conducting analyses of energy consumption by the facility before and after the modernization, including on-site inspections and contributing to comprehensive information and education campaigns on renewable energy sources and climate change mitigation. Through the project RENEWSM in Satu Mare (Romania) Vista Analyse, together with Satu Mare County Intercommunity Development Association, is increasing knowledge and raising awareness on renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy security among local and regional public administrations, NGOs, public institutions, pupils/students and the general public. The last project is taking place in Greece together with the Agricultural University of Athens, where there is being build a plant to desalinate sea water in order to produce drinking water on Kimolos Island.
For a list of Herman's project experience, see his complete CV found on the right hand side.