Øyvind Schanke
Role: Associate
Site: CDL-Oxford
Stream: Climate
Øyvind Schanke currently holds the title of Chief Investment Officer at T.D. Veen AS, a Norwegian Family Office. He was prior to this the Managing Partner at 4D Venture Capital Management AS, since March 2019. Before this, Øyvind was the Chief Executive Officer at SKAGEN Funds (2017-2018). Skagen Funds manages 6 equity funds, 5 funds in funds and 4 fixed income funds. The company is a fully integrated fund management company incorporating fund management, IT operation & development, product development, and distribution. Previously, Øyvind held the position of Chief Investment Officer, Asset Strategies, at Norges Bank Investment Management, for 3 years (2014-2017). His responsibilities included; global management of the broad equity and fixed income portfolios (approx. 600 billion USD), financing activities, trading, factor exposure, FX and market structure research. Øyvind was also Global Head of Equity Trading and Head of Trading at Norges Bank Investment Management, for 13 years (2001-2014). Norges Bank Investment Management manages the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, often referred to as the Norwegian Oil fund. The fund is invested worldwide in equities, fixed income and real estate, totaling around 8,200 billion kroner (1 trillion dollars). Schanke currently serves on the boards of Argentum Asset Management AS (State owned PE fund investor) , Smedvig AS ( Family Office) and First Fondene AS (Fund manager).