Bente Pretlove is the program director for Ocean Space and Sustainable Food Systems with DNV Group Research and Development. In this role, she manages DNV's research efforts related to the sustainable development of ocean-based industries, ocean health and global food systems. She has served in various roles with DNV since 1998.
She is a member of the Norwegian national committee for the UN Ocean Decade and has been a member of the international UN Ocean Decade Advisory Board (IOC-UNESCO) for two years. She is DNV's point of contact for the UN Global Compact Ocean Stewardship coalition and has also held the position as vice chair for Blue Growth in the EU technology platform Waterborne.