Elizabeth Kaiga

Chief Commercial Officer, DNV, North America

2020 Business Award Winner

Elizabeth Kaiga is a transformational leader in the energy industry who has, for over two decades, developed and implemented innovative growth and commercial development strategies for national and global professional service firms.

Kaiga is currently Chief Commercial Officer for Energy Systems at DNV, North America. In this role, she leads commercial activities across DNV’s lines of service to bring the full firm to customers, all while laser-focused on growing the firm and delivering distinguished customer experience and quality assurance. These efforts include DNV’s go-to-market strategies in North America. Her work centers on providing customers with strategies and solutions to navigate the complex transition to an equitable, safer, and sustainable energy future.

Prior to joining DNV, Kaiga led business development efforts for the Renewable Energy Practice at CohnReznick LLP. She held similar positions within the Energy & Utilities Practice at Marsh & McLennan, Arthur Andersen LLP, and ICF Consulting.

Kaiga currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a national nonprofit organization that unites finance, policy, and technology to accelerate the energy transition. From 2017 to 2023, she served on the board of Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE), a national nonprofit that promotes the professional development and advancement of women in the energy sector. She has also served on the Board of Directors for Solar Sister, an organization that delivers clean energy solutions to off-grid rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, by leveraging a network of women entrepreneurs.

Kaiga is a strong supporter of inclusive leadership and has received recognition in that capacity from the YMCA of Greater New York, the Houston Business Journal, and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Kaiga holds a Master of Arts in Global Marketing from Emerson College.