$NVZMY · Ester Baiget - CEO of Novonesis | Podcast | In Good Company | Norges Bank Investment Management

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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

Ester Baiget - CEO of Novonesis | Podcast | In Good Company | Norges Bank Investment Management

2025-11-12 · 2 company · 5 thematic

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ester baiget

CEO of Novonesis (merged Chr. Hansen and Novozymes), previously spent 25 years at DSM in chemicals. Chemical engineer with MBA, Spanish/Catalan leading a Danish-headquartered global bio-solutions company. Focused on replacing fossil-based chemicals with nature-based alternatives via enzymes and microbes.

nicolai tangen

Nicolai Tangen is the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds. He hosts the podcast 'In Good Company' where he interviews leaders across various fields.

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“We are the leading bio solutions company. We silently touch with our enzymes with our microbes more than two billion people every day... the biosolution market it is um 60 billion market... specialty chemicals market which is a trillion do…”

—ester baiget

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