Knut Kjaer
Knut KJaer
Founding CEO Norges Bank Investment Management
Knut was the founding CEO of NBIM that manages the Government Pension Fund of Norway, the world’s largest Sovereign Wealth Fund. He is currently Executive chairperson of Sector Asset Management, a boutique of hedge-funds and partner at FSN Capital, a Northern European private equity firm.
After leaving NBIM in 2008 Knut become President of RiskMetrics Group in New York, with direct responsibility for the firm’s global risk management and corporate governance advisory businesses.
He is currently member of the Supervisory board of APG Asset Management that manages the large Dutch pension fund ABP, member of the Investment and Risk Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Advisory Investment Committee of the Central bank of Thailand. In the past he was member of the Investment Strategies Committee of GIC, Singapore, and the International Advisory Board of China Investment Corporation. He has also been member of the commission that managed the Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund and the Investment committee of ABP.
In 2008, Knut was appointed a Knight Class 1 of the Royal Order of St. Olav by His Majesty King Harald of Norway for his management of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund and his contribution to the Norwegian economy and the future financing of its pensions.
Knut also holds a master’s degree in Economics and a degree in political science from the University of Oslo (1982). He attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School (2003).
