NABA Team

Secretariat

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Solveig Tangen
Solveig Tangen

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
st@norwegianafrican.no

Amalie Østhassel
Amalie Østhassel

Chief Operating Officer (COO)
ao@norwegianafrican.no

Ingeborg Vale Opdal
Ingeborg Vale Opdal

Project Manager
ivo@norwegianafrican.no

Mathilde Thue
Mathilde Thue

On leave until May 2026

Volunteers & Summit Team

  • Amie Secka

  • Amos Kakende

  • Catherine Wanyama

  • Cecilia Saguet

  • Dapaabi Konlan

  • Edvin Barstad

  • Faith Uyaro

  • Fredrikke Myhre

  • Garzeen Hussain

  • Happiness P. Mosha

  • Ingrid Langfeldt

  • Isabella A. Indrebø

  • Jonathan Kongolo

  • Kaitesi Ertzgaard

  • Knut Gjendem Fjørtoft

  • Laila Elias Yonas

  • Laura Roche-Villarreal

  • Maria Espelid

  • Marit Ølstad

  • Marlene Svingen

  • Noela Kimati

  • Nyagoa W. Nyvon

  • Olivier Mukuta

  • Queen F. Swai

  • Rim Othman

  • Sandra Opoku

  • Takunda A. Tanyanyiwa

  • Valentin Koestler

Board

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Øystein Botillen
Øystein Botillen

Chairperson

Manager of Global Initiatives – Yara International

Lars Tormodsgard
Lars Tormodsgard

Board Member

Partner - SANDS Law firm

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Per Kristian Sbertoli

Board Member

Head of Public Relations, Norfund

Reinaart Pretorius
Reinaart Pretorius

Board Member

Senior Project Manager, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO)

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Lefteris Karagiannopoulos

Board Member

Vice President Communications, Global Strategy and Business Development at Equinor

Kai Simon Eikli Yuen
Kai Simon Eikli Yuen

Board Member

International Advisor, Norwegian Shipowners’ Association

Erling Ølstad
Erling Ølstad

Board Member

Managing Director, Mester Grønn

Advisory board

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Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta

Executive Director, Financial Services, Africa Finance Corporation

Barbro Ciakudia
Barbro Ciakudia

Business Development Manager, AMEA Power

Anne-Lene Dale
Anne-Lene Dale

Former Ambassador of Mozambique

Orli Arav
Orli Arav

Managing Director, EMFin Advisory

Erik Solheim
Erik Solheim

Former Minister and Executive Director

Kjell Roland
Kjell Roland

Former CEO, Norfund

Trond Riiber Knudsen
Trond Riiber Knudsen

Founder & CEO, TRK Group AS

Koosum Kalyan
Koosum Kalyan

Board of Directors, Aker Solutions

Kjetil Tronvoll
Kjetil Tronvoll

Professor, Bjørknes University College

Jorunn Mæhlum
Jorunn Mæhlum

Former Ambassador of Tanzania

Isobel Appiah Endresen
Isobel Appiah Endresen

Partner, Appiah-Endresen & Co

Terje Osmundsen
Terje Osmundsen

Founder/CEO, Empower New Energy AS

Mark Eddo
Mark Eddo

CEO, Articulate Ltd

Marius Koestler
Marius Koestler

Co-founder Laboremus Uganda & Imata

Vegar Wikhammer Heir
Vegar Wikhammer Heir

Chief Commercial Officer, Vipps

Bjørn Dale
Bjørn Dale

Managing Director – DNO

Kai Yamaguchi-Fasting
Kai Yamaguchi-Fasting

Chief Consultant Product Management, Vipps MobilePay

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