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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · 2025-11-12 · 47 min · 8,205 words

Novonesis CEO: Biosolutions at Scale, Replacing Chemicals and Leading for a Healthier Planet

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Hi everyone, I'm Nikola Tangen, the CEO of the Norwegian Solomon Wealth Fund, and today I'm here in really good company with Esther Bajet, president and CEO of Novo Nessis, which is one of my absolute favorite companies. Esther is leading the transformation to biosolutions and which basically replaces chemicals with nature-based alternatives. And you'll have it in everything you eat, bread to the stuff you use to clean your clothes. And basically Novinesis is part of very many things in your life. We own 2.5% of Novanesis, which is more than $700 million.

And we are just super excited to have you here, Esther. Thank you very much and delighted to be here, Nikolai. So let's just start with the basics. What you do? What do we do in Novanesses?

I mean, you actually made a beautiful description of whom we are, Nikolai. We are the leading biosolutions company. We silently touch with our enzymes, with our microbes, more than two billion people every day, enabling a healthier life, enabling a healthier planet, enabling a solutions that drive value for our customers, transforming the way that they produce and the foods that we eat. But by but I mean biosolution, what is it exactly?

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