Carine Smith Ihenacho is the Chief Governance and Compliance Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management, the manager of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund. She is responsible for exercising the fund’s ownership rights and promoting good governance and responsible business conduct with the fund’s investments in over 8,000 companies. This includes the development and implementation of the fund’s climate initiatives.
Ms. Ihenacho is passionate about the role of sustainable finance and how it can support the climate transition. She has an extensive career in law and finance and has served as a non-executive director of several boards and advisory councils. Carine holds a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School, a Master of Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics, and a law degree from the University of Oslo.
