Natalie Shaverdian Riise-Knudsen has solid international leadership experience in engineering consultancy, insurance, finance and biotech industries, where she has driven complex strategic initiatives, M&A activities and financial operations for multinational corporations.

Since 2021 she has served as Group CFO at COWI where she oversees all business support functions and spearheads COWI’s company-wide transformation under the FUTURE-NOW strategy. As a strategic partner to the CEO and Board, she combines enterprise-wide insight with financial and commercial acumen, focusing on strategic execution.
Prior to joining COWI, she held leadership positions at Novonesis (Novozymes), RSA and GE Capital. She is also a board member of Terma A/S and DSV A/S as well as Chair of the Audit Committee at DSV A/S.
Natalie holds an MSc in Business and Administration with MBA courses in corporate finance and marketing.
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