User:Johanna.risan/Kim Noguera Gabrielli

Kim Noguera Gabrielli (born 1980) grew up in Nøtterøy, Vestfold. He is the CEO of UN Global Compact Norway, which is the United Nations organization for sustainable business.

Gabrielli also serves as the host of the podcast "Fremtidens Næringsliv" ("Business of the Future") together with Øystein Søreide. The podcast is produced by UN Global Compact Norway and Abelia.

Education
He holds a master's degree in languages (German and Spanish), religious studies, and international migration from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. He wrote his master's thesis on the integration of Muslims in Europe. He attended the elite sports program at Sandefjord High School and participated in handball as his sport.

Career
Gabrielli has worked for ten years in UN-organizations including UN Global Compact, UNICEF og UNESCO. From 2012 to 2019, he worked at UNICEF Norway, holding positions such as Assistant Secretary-General and Director of Children's Rights and Sustainability. . In that role, he negotiated the first agreement between UNICEF and Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) concerning children's rights in value chains. This agreement has resulted in global guidelines on how businesses can integrate children's rights into their sustainability efforts. NBIM manages the Government Pension Fund Global (SPU), also known as the Norwegian Oil Fund. He also hosted UNICEF Norway's podcast «Bærekraftspodden» («Sustainability Podcast»).

He also has experience as an international advisor at the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (Norges Idrettsforbund) (2008–2012), at UNICEF's headquarters in New York, the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin, Amnesty International in Dublin, and the Red Cross.

Gabrielli, together with Terje Andreas Eikemo, is one of the initiators of the research center CHAIN - Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). The research center connects leading researchers in social sciences and medicine with UNICEF's practical efforts to reduce social inequality in the field of health.

In E24's 2020 Leadership Talent Awards, Gabrielli was recognised in the top ten list in the category "Sustainability of the Year" for his work with the Norwegian office of the UN Global Compact and the vintage store Skogen Design. He has experience as an entrepreneur and co-founded the vintage store Skogen Design and Form Forlag.

Together with Stina Torjesen, he has written the book Social Democratic Foreign Policy in Trump's World ("Sosialdemokratisk utenrikspolitikk i Trumps verden"). He has political experience from the Labour Party, as a member of AP's international committee nationally, attending deputy on the Oslo Arbeiderpartis board, leader of Vålerenga and Ensjø Labour Party team, deputy leader of Grønland, Tøyen, Gamlebyen Labour Party team and leader of the Internasjonalt Forum i Oslo Ap. The International Forum is one of the largest local Labour Party branches with over 300 members and around 200 supporting members.

He has also held a number of positions in various non-profit organisations, including deputy chair of Oslo European Youth and chair of the international committee of the Red Cross Youth. Gabrielli is also a Norwegian junior and high school handball champion and has played for the junior national team.