Our strategy
On 1 September 2026, NIB announced its renewed mission and strategy in connection with the Bank’s 50-year anniversary. NIB’s strategy is built on three interdependent mission pillars —competitiveness, sustainability and resilience.
In fulfilling NIB’s mission, the strategy is to operate from the strength of a AAA/Aaa-rated international financial institution, to invest in our people and digital capacity, to deliver impact, reliability and added value to clients, investors and owners.
Deliver impact and finance with added value
Operate from strength
Invest in people and build digital capacity
- Strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of the region
- Support regional integration
- Deliver added value to clients and owners
- Support underserved and priority markets
- Broaden credit risk-taking in a balanced manner
- Act as counter-cyclical financier in times of crisis
- Maintain the AAA/Aaa credit ratings
- Use capital and other resources efficiently
- Continue to focus on profitability
- Best-in-class risk governance and risk management
- Further develop capabilities in resilience financing, project and structured finance, SME and mid-cap financing, and capital market development
- Invest in employees to attract, develop and retain talent
- Build culture according to NIB’s values
- Use data and Al to improve decision-making, efficiency and processes
- Evolve the digital operating model for speed, collaboration and alignment
"For fifty years, NIB has adapted its financing to the needs of the region it is serving. This ability to evolve has enabled the Bank to remain a relevant and trusted partner to its member countries through every era. Today, the challenges of competitiveness, sustainability and resilience can no longer be addressed separately. Prosperity underpins security, security safeguards prosperity, and both ultimately rely on a livable environment.”
André Küüsvek
NIB President and CEO
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About us
We are the international financial institution of the Nordic and Baltic countries.
Our values
The values that guide our operations are collaborative, competent, committed, and courageous.
Our history
50 years ago, NIB began operations, promoting economic growth and cooperation between the member countries.