Meet Natalie Shaverdian Riise-Knudsen, Group CFO

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.  

Natalie Shaverdian Riise-Knudsen

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. 

About Natalie Shaverdian Riise-Knudsen:

  • Group CFO since 2021 
  • Started in COWI: 2021 
  • Year of birth: 1981 
  • MSc in Business and Administration 
  • Nationality: Swedish
  • Directorships and executive positions: Terma (MB), DSV (MB).