Rikke Eckhoff Høvding is the CEO of the Norwegian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (NVCA). She joined NVCA in 2015, from Argentum Asset Management where she was Head of Corporate Affairs. She also has experience from the PR industry working as consultant, and as a journalist focusing on the venture capital and private equity markets as Nordic editor of the trade journal unquote.com. She holds an MSc Management with Finance from Bath University and an BA Hons Politics with International Studies from Warwick University.