Norika joins FSD Africa with over seven years of experience in sustainable finance, climate and nature-related policy, and multilateral negotiations across the public and private sectors in Europe and East Africa. She combines a legal background with a strong track record of translating environmental finance policy into practical, real-sector outcomes.
Most recently, she was a Senior Consultant specialising in climate and nature finance at Rebel Advisory East Africa in Nairobi, where she advised public and private sector clients on climate adaptation, nature finance and investment fund strategy. For example, she contributed to a report on Nature-Related Financing and Investment Opportunities for Kenyan Commercial Banks for the Kenya Bankers Association, WWF-Kenya and GIZ.
Before moving to Nairobi, Norika built and led the Sustainable Finance practice at #SustainablePublicAffairs in Brussels. She managed a USD 1 million Climate Finance Fund project and founded the EU Sustainable Banking Coalition, a group of fifteen fossil-free, impact-focused banks advocating for a just and inclusive banking system.
Norika began her career in environmental policy at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, where she progressed to Senior EU and International Sustainability Policy Officer. She was the Netherlands’ lead negotiator at the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi in 2022 on the resolution establishing an international agreement on plastic pollution. Earlier in her career, she developed a climate diplomacy strategy for the Netherlands Embassy in Accra, Ghana, and taught international and European law at Leiden University.
Norika holds a Master’s degree in International and European Law (summa cum laude) from Radboud University Nijmegen, as well as Bachelor’s degrees in European Law from Radboud University Nijmegen and Criminology from Erasmus University Rotterdam. She has been a Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance through the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management since 2025. She is fluent in Dutch, German and English, and has a basic working knowledge of French.
