Kristian Tangen

Kristian Tangen has with keen interest followed closely the evolution of international climate negotiations and the global carbon market over more than a decade. In 1999, he founded Point Carbon, together with two colleagues at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute. He was the CEO of Point Carbon in its first four years, and was later responsible for building up its Research and Advisory Department, from two to 36 employees in four different countries. Kristian was hands-on in establishing the products, publications, databases and long-term models offered by the department, and worked extensively with private and governmental clients, in particular in Northern Europe and Japan. He played a leading role in establishing offices in Kiev and Tokyo. In 2010, when Point Carbon had nearly 200 employees, the company was sold to Thomson Reuters.

After playing a pivotal role in negotiating Point Carbon’s acquisition of Perspectives Gmbh, Kristian is today a co-owner of this leading independent provider of carbon policy advice. In early 2011, Kristian also co-founded Differ.