Wenche Karin Nistad (born 1952) is a Norwegian businessperson and civil servant.
degree at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in 1976, and worked in Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri from 1976 to 1984.
[2] She then went on to Hadeland Glassverk, but resigned in 2004 after a tenure of only thirteen months.
Dagens Næringsliv speculated that there was a conflict with owner Atle Brynestad.
[3] On 1 June 2005 Nistad assumed office as director of the Norwegian Guarantee Institute for Export Credits.