Sturla Henriksen

Sturla Henriksen is Special Advisor, Ocean, to the UN Global Compact, and co-chair of the Ocean Group under the G20 presidencies of Brazil and South Africa. He has formerly served as CEO of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, Senior Executive at Accenture, and Director of Astrup Fearnley Asset Management, and held positions in the EU Commission Services, the European Free Trade Association and the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. He has been on the board of the International Chamber of...See more

Sturla Henriksen is Special Advisor, Ocean, to the UN Global Compact, and co-chair of the Ocean Group under the G20 presidencies of Brazil and South Africa. He has formerly served as CEO of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, Senior Executive at Accenture, and Director of Astrup Fearnley Asset Management, and held positions in the EU Commission Services, the European Free Trade Association and the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. He has been on the board of the International Chamber of Shipping, the European Community Shipowners's Association, and the Norwegian Institute of Foreign Affairs, and been deputy chair of the Council of Det norske Veritas. He has been a member of the World Economic Forum's Arctic Expert Panel, and the China Council Task Force on Green Maritime Operations, an advisory body to the Chinese government. He has for many years been a licensed scuba-diver instructor, adding a practical bottom-up perspective to the top-down reflections from his extensive career as a maritime executive. See less