NABA - Norwegian-African Business Association | Icebreaker

NABA - Norwegian-African Business Association | Icebreaker

Members

Trond Riiber Knudsen

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Trond is one of “Norway’s 100 most influential business leaders”( Kapital 2017 and 2019) – where he is a leading proponent for the required transformation of the economy towards next generation renewable energy and new digital business models. In addition, Trond is very active in Ethiopia and Kenya, promoting entrepreneurship, investments and job creation, working closely with the Norwegian Government through their Development Agency NORAD, as well as their Direct Investment Vehicle NORFUND. ---------- TROND RIIBER KNUDSEN - FOUNDER TRK GROUP AS - SHORT RESUME ------------------ During his 23 years with McKinsey, from 1992 to 2015 - Trond led a number of practices and initiatives, aimed at diversifying the Firm: - Trond led the European Marketing and Sales Practice as well as the External Candidate Evaluation Committee. - Furthermore, he was the Chair of the Global Consumer Institute, Chair of the Early Tenure Learning Board and a member of the Upper Tenure Principal Candidate Evaluation Committee. - He also co-led the Expert Principal Council as well as the Global Practice Olympics, a knowledge competition aimed at energizing every consultant to develop knowledge valuable to our clients. - His client leadership was centered around decade long transformative partnerships with Nordic institutions aiming for global leadership positions, across Consumer, Retail, Media, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Technology. After leaving McKinsey in 2015, Trond has built a Venture and Advisory Company, TRK Group, in Oslo. - Here, he focuses on supporting early stage tech growth companies with global ambitions. TRK Group has ownership in 100 + ventures, with a focus on disruptive technologies, digital services and marketplaces, as well as Ethiopia, where Trond was born. - Trond spends significant time in Addis Abeba, where he was born. Together with fellow McKinsey alumni, Marie Nielsen, he has built the only paper and packaging recycling business in Ethiopia, currently employing 7,600 people. Trond has helped to launch the social impact accelerator Katapult, as well as the global talent incubator, Antler, which with the help of NORAD and NORFUND he also established in Nairobi Trond is member of the board of Opera Software, Laerdal Medical, Scandza and The North Alliance, as well as an Advisory Board member of SpareBank 1 Markets and Laerdal Million Lives Fund. Trond holds a Siv.ing. Degree from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Fulbright Scholar.

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