Katja Iversen

Katja Iversen is the CEO of the Museum for the United Nations – UN Live - a UN affiliated organization, unleashing the power of popular culture and conversations to include, inspire and engage people everywhere towards positive action, UN values and a sense of global belonging.

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Ms. Iversen holds various board and executive advisory roles, and is a sought moderator and keynote speaker, including on global health, wellbeing economy, the power of popular culture and sustainable development.

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Ms. Iversen has a background as a leader in civil society, the United Nations, and as a cross-cultural leadership trainer for Fortune 500 executives. She has been a member of Prime Minister Trudeau’s and President Macron’s G7 Gender Equality Councils, the President of Women Deliver, an advisor to the World Economic Forum, Clinton Global Initiative and MIT Solve Challenge among many other things.

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In many of her roles, Katja has worked with popular culture to further the agenda and build broader support to various SDG issues. She has been an adviser to several artists regarding driving social impact through arts.

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Katja holds a Master’s Degree in Communications from Denmark, and a Leadership Degree from Columbia University in the US. In 2022 she was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy for her “iconic and outstanding contribution towards furthering cross cultural connections”. She was named Dane of the Year in 2018 and given a Woman of the Decade award in 2022 by Women Economic Forum.

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