Nina Jensen is the CEO of REV Ocean and is a tireless champion for promoting environmentally responsible solutions for the world's ocean. REV Ocean is currently building the world’s largest Research and Expedition Vessel (REV), which will be available for scientists, NGOs, policy makers, innovators, engineers and ocean stakeholders to create solutions to ocean problems. Equipment onboard will include scientific trawls, laboratories, a lecture auditorium, moonpool, sub-marine, advanced communication equipment and a high-tech incinerator system for plastic waste.
She started this position in 2018 after 15 years of positive impact in WWF-Norway (as Secretary-General since 2012). Nina holds a Master’s degree in Marine Biology from the University of Fishery Science in Tromsø, and has a background in communications and marketing from Ogilvy&Mather. Nina is a board member of The Business for Peace Foundation, HUB Ocean, The Brain Tumour Association, Ocean Wise, Project Energy Reimagined, Polyteknisk forening and KR Foundation. She is also on the Council for the Centre for the Ocean and Arctic, member of the steering committee for Friends of Ocean Action and an advisor to the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy.