Ms. Silje Uhlen Maurset

Adviser, Section for Partnerships, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)

Ms. Silje Uhlen Maurset works at the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), focusing on partnerships with the private sector and on how development finance can help de-risk and mobilise private investment.

She currently leads Norad’s initiative to explore how Norwegian expertise and experience in aquaculture can contribute to strengthening aquaculture value chains in African countries. Her work focuses on bringing together expertise from industry, research and academia to identify constraints to investment, and explore opportunities for partnerships that can help unlock commercially viable and sustainable aquaculture projects.

Prior to joining Norad, Ms. Maurset worked in strategy and management consulting at Monitor Deloitte and with technology transfer at CERN, and she has a background spanning bio- and nanotechnology R&D, entrepreneurship and startup mentoring.