Karen Elisabeth Ohm Heskja, investment manager and head of DNB Ventures, the corporate venturing unit for Norway’s largest financial services group, has joined accountancy firm BDO as director of business and strategy advisory.
Ohm Heskja, a GCV Powerlist 2020 award winner, had helped set up DNB Ventures in late 2017 and said she would be “connected to the corporate venture arm of BDO as part of my work”.
Anders Østensvig, board member of DNB Ventures since the start of 2019 will take over managing its portfolio companies as investment manager. He has already been on the boards of Unite Living and Luca Labs.