Peder Nicolas Paus (pronounced [ˈpèːdər ˈpæʉs]; born 22 November 1945) is a Norwegian banker and investor in the petroleum industry.
He is a co-founder and former chairman of the international oil and gas exploration company Questerre Energy Corporation.
He is married to the businesswoman Nine Olrich Paus, formerly the Marchioness de Olaso (a title in the Spanish and Papal nobility) by her first marriage to a Spanish-French nobleman.
Peder Paus obtained a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of California, Berkeley in 1971.
[1] He has held key positions in the bank Manufacturers Hanover Trust in London and New York.