Marthe Skaar is responsible for the Communications and External Relations area and has strategic responsibility for all global communication activities, including media relations and other external communications, the fund’s reporting and website, internal communications, speechwriting and participating in external meetings.

Marthe Skaar was appointed Chief Communications and External Relations Officer on 1 April 2023. She was previously Acting Chief of Communications at Norges Bank and, before that, Global Head of Communications and External Relations for the fund. Skaar started at Norges Bank Investment Management in June 2013 and has held a variety of positions at the fund and elsewhere at Norges Bank.
Before joining Norges Bank Investment Management, Skaar was managing news and analysis editor at Six Financial Information. She also worked as a financial journalist and expert commentator on economics for Norwegian financial newspapers.

Skaar holds an Executive Master of Management in energy from BI Norwegian Business School and IFP School in Paris, studied international studies specialising in economics at the University of Oslo, and has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Volda University College.