Our sustainability professionals

Zabielski joined Storebrand Asset Management’s sustainable investments team in 2021. Previously worked as Head of Sustainability at the Norwegian Export Credit Agency (GIEK), and as advisor at the Council of the Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global.

He has a specialization in human rights/ labour rights, conducting due diligence of companies, and evaluating environmental and social risks and impacts of projects in a wide range of sectors. He has a LL.M in International Law and M.Phil in Human Rights Law from the University of Oslo.

Machado-Helland joined Storebrand Asset Management's sustainable investments team in 2008. Her specialty areas are human rights, labour rights, indigenous peoples' rights and international humanitarian law. She is responsible for Storebrand's overall active ownership strategy and company engagement. In addition, she engages with companies mainly on social but also on environmental issues.

Previously, she has worked at the Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global, the Ministry of Finance in Norway and as an attorney in the US. She holds a Juris Doctor’s Degree and a Texas State Attorney license. She also holds a Master's degree in International Relations and Development.

Lidén joined Storebrand Asset Management’s sustainable investments team in 2021. She is based in Stockholm and working with ESG analysis and active ownership with a particular focus on the Swedish/Nordic market. Prior to joining Storebrand Victoria has 6 years of experience working with sustainability within the financial industry.

She holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University (major in finance), including a semester at National University of Singapore. In addition, she has taken several courses in sustainable development at CSR Sweden and Stockholm Resilience Centre.

Philip Ripman specializes within the areas of politics, climate change, commercialization of sustainability and integration of the UN Sustainable Development Goals as investment themes.

Ripman has held numerous positions within the company, including Group Head of Sustainability. Through his engagement with sustainability, he has advised several governments and institutions on topics ranging from coal exclusions, to environmental impacts of human activities, and policy requirements for achieving international climate agreement targets.

His education includes Master’s degrees in Chinese Studies and Political Science.

Since August 2021, Slette has worked as a portfolio manager in the investment team Solutions. Her focus areas have been investment strategies within the themes smart cities and renewable energy.

Slette joined Storebrand in 2017 as a Sustainability Analyst. In this role, her focus areas were sustainability assessments for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She was responsible for carbon footprinting of investments and following up green bonds, and worked with the team on corruption, human rights and the environment.

As an Investment analyst for our Solutions team, she focuses on research and portfolio construction of solution companies with products and services that significantly contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She holds MSc degrees in Industrial Economics (NTNU, Norway, 2016) and Technology Management (Ajou University, South Korea.

Grieg Andersen joined Storebrand Asset Management’s funds team in 2019 as a Project Manager trainee. In this role, she was involved in the project planning of internal processes and communication of the company’s sustainability work. She also participated in the graduate program ”Future Impact”.

She started in the Solutions team as an Investment analyst, focusing on research and portfolio construction of solution companies. In the autumn of 2021 she became Portfolio Manager of Storebrand Equal Opportunities.

She holds a Master’s degree in International Economics (Lund University, 2018) and a BSc in International Business in Asia from Copenhagen Business School (2017), including a semester at Fudan University in Shanghai (2016).

Hofstad has led the sustainability work of Storebrand Real Estate since 2011, on strategy, organization and operational matters, reporting and product development.

With a MSc Civil Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, her background is from engineering consultancy on energy and environment, and municipal advisory on environment and societal development.

Stenbro has worked as Sustainability Manager for the Norwegian building portfolio in Storebrand since April 2022. Before this he worked as a chief engineer and environmental coordinator at Statsbygg (The Norwegian government's building commissioner, property manager and developer).

He has a master's degree in nature management and has extensive experience in climate and environmental work in the private and public sector.

Svensson joined Storebrand Fastigheter in 2011. He is based in Stockholm and working with SPP Fastigheter ABs Real Estate portfolio. He has a 17+ years of real estate experience within development and construction, management, and sustainability of properties. Prior to joining Storebrand Henrik has 6 years of experience working with construction and project management.

He has an MSc in Civil Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Sweden