Valentina Kristensen

Valentina Kristensen is Corporate Affairs Director at OakNorth, where she leads the bank's external and executive communications, public policy, and government relations, ESG and sustainability strategy, and its CSR and 1+1% Commitment initiatives. A member of OakNorth's Executive Committee, she helps shape the strategic direction of stakeholder engagement across the business globally. Valentina began working with OakNorth in June 2015 consultancy side, shortly after the business secured its provisional banking licence and prior to its launch. Following a period of secondment, she joined the company full-time in 2016 and has played a key role in its growth and development ever since. Beyond her executive responsibilities, Valentina serves on the Advisory Council of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and is a Board Advisor to ETA Technologies, an AI-powered startup that uses psychometric assessment to help investors identify and support high-potential founding teams. She is also a volunteer and Corporate Partnerships Board Member at Bookmark Reading, a charity dedicated to improving children's literacy by fostering a culture of reading for pleasure in primary schools, particularly among children from disadvantaged communities.