Kjetil Watne

Kjetil Watne

Norges Bank

Information

Position
Special advisor and project manager, CBDC exploration project
Biography
Kjetil Watne has extensive experience from various assignments at Norges Bank within the financial stability and payment systems areas. Including oversight and supervision, RTGS operations and policy execution and strategic planning. He is now a special advisor in the unit for payments analysis and innovation and is currently leading Norges Bank's project on exploration of issues related to issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Norwegian Kroner.

Speaker on

Payments in transition: CBDCs, stablecoins, and tokenization

Panel Digital sovereignty
06/10/2026 | 14:45 - 15:45