Nicolai Hansteen

Nicolai Hansteen holds a BA from Middlebury College (1992) and an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance from City University Business School, London (1996). He has some 30 years' experience in shipping and oil & gas, including as a financial analyst at Nordea Securities, in shipping markets at Pareto Securities, as Department Manager for second-hand and newbuilding transactions at S&P Oslo, and as Chief Shipping Analyst at Lorentzen & Co in Oslo.

Since August 2023 he has been Director, Shipping Markets, Business Development Maritime at DNV, developing business relations for the classification society's bulk carrier and tanker segments.

He spoke at 13 Mare Forum events between 2005 and 2025, including five editions of Mare Forum Oslo.