Jacob Kooter Laading has been appointed as Vice-President, Chief Risk Officer, and Head of Risk & Compliance of the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB). He will join the Bank’s Executive Committee at the headquarters in Helsinki on 1 April 2025. Jacob Kooter Laading, a Norwegian national, brings extensive experience in risk management and quantitative analysis.

Jacob Kooter Laading has held senior roles at Norway’s largest financial services group DNB, where he among others has been responsible for endorsement of large capital markets transactions, market and liquidity risk management, the introduction of risk appetite and modernising and centralising the operational risk function. He has previously served as Director of Portfolio Risk Management at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), where he was responsible for portfolio risk management, including board risk reporting, and market and model risk management across the bank. Jacob holds a PhD in Statistics from Duke University and has broad experience in both academic and corporate settings. He holds a secondary appointment as associate professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

“We are excited to welcome Jacob Kooter Laading to the Nordic and Baltic countries’ international financial institution,” says André Küüsvek, NIB President and CEO. “Jacob’s extensive experience in risk management and quantitative analysis will be very important as we continue to strengthen our risk management framework. His leadership and expertise will undoubtedly contribute to our mission to finance projects that improve productivity and benefit the environment of the Nordic and Baltic countries.”

“I am looking forward with great energy and enthusiasm to join the Nordic Investment Bank later this year,” says Jacob Kooter Laading. “I have been impressed with the professionalism and warm sense of purpose in my meetings with the institution, and I am excited to share my experience as a risk management professional and leader to the NIB family. To help foster effective and sustainable transition and growth in the Nordic and Baltic region in the current global environment seems more important than ever. I can´t wait,” says Jacob Kooter Laading.

Jacob Kooter Laading succeeds Hilde Kjelsberg, First Vice-President, Chief Risk Officer, and Head of Risk & Compliance, who retired in December 2024. Since joining NIB in 2006, Hilde Kjelsberg has made a significant impact in shaping a modern risk and compliance function.

Source, Nordic Investment Bank