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Stockholm, Stockholm County, Se

Leading the international expansion and scale-up of Future Place Leadership. The last few years, turnover has grown by 70-80% annually. The goal is to grow to 30mSEK turnover by 2028, by adding scalable business areas and services to the portfolio. Keynote speaker and thought leader in talent attraction for places, remote work and place attractiveness, with media appearances in BBC Global News, BBC Work Life, Forbes and Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

Östersund, Se

The Remote Lab is a knowledge and development node for the future of remote work. The mission is to assist society, organizations, and individuals in the transformation from the norm of the physical workplace to a remote mindset.

Stockholm, Se

Officer in the army reserve, group commander specializing in analysis and crisis management.

New York, Ny, Us

Providing periodic analysis, input and strategic advice on communications and business development in areas such as green growth, sustainability and public diplomacy to support Dual Citizen's development. Part of reference group of the Global Green Economy Index. Dual Citizen aims to improve the value of data and communications as tools for promoting international development and green growth.

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Se

Executive Chairman and Co-founder of Future Place Leadership, a Nordic management consultancy specialising in the development, innovation and marketing of places. Focus areas include Talent Attraction Management of cities, regions and countries, business attraction, place branding, cluster development and innovation policy.

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Se

CEO and co-founder of Future Place Leadership (Tendensor International until 2017). Managed an international team and network of representatives in four countries. Led change management, business development, research and strategy projects in the Nordic region, Baltic countries and the UK. Advised and trained representatives of countries, cities, regions and innovation ecosystems in Europe on their reputation, innovation and attractiveness. Areas of expertise include talent attraction, change management, investment promotion, place branding and innovation policy.Key achievements: Doubled the turnover of the firm in a year and successfully established market presence in four countries. AUTHORCo-author of "Innovating Talent Attraction – A Practitioner's Guide for Cities, Regions and Countries" (2016, U Press), as well as a range of handbooks and papers on talent attraction, investment promotion, place branding and cluster development. KEYNOTE SPEAKERRecent presentations:– 'Talent Attraction Management for Cities, Regions & Countries', Smart Specialisation Conference, Brno, Czech Republic, September 2016– 'Managing place attractiveness and transnational cooperation', Baltic Executive Programme, Tallinn, June 2016– 'Place Branding 3.0', Nation & City Branding Conference, Tallinn, June 2016– 'Global branding for the Nordic Region: the potential in cooperation and joint profiling to export education', Nordic Education Export conference, Copenhagen, November 2015– Guest moderator, City Nation Place, London, November 2015 – 'Global Branding for the Nordic Region, Cool North – Cultural Diplomacy in the Nordic Countries, Copenhagen, September 2015 – 'How to go from brain drain to brain circulation? Improving talent mobility through cooperation among cities in the Baltic Sea Region.', OPEN DAYS, Brussels, October 2015

Se

Managing a unit of 15 analysts and information specialists providing the executive management of the agency and the government with actionable intelligence, forecasts and analyses on international migration trends and patterns, with a a view to enhance operational preparedness and decision making. Responsible for general management, change leadership, budgeting and administration.The unit has a strong focus on innovating intelligence gathering and analysis, e.g. through digital methods such a using big data and predictive analytics.

Nordic Place Academy is a non-profit organisation and network providing training, conferences and development projects to place managers in the Nordic countries and Europe.

Kalmar, Kalmar Län, Se

Managed a Nordic team of consultants and analysts and head of Stockholm office. Led Nordic research, strategy and development projects in the areas of cluster development, regional innovation, place attractiveness and talent attraction for cites and regions.Drafting handbooks, policy briefs, strategy papers and analyses for clients. Policy adviser and leading trainings on regional development, place attractiveness and public diplomacy in the Nordic countries.Organisation of seminars, workshops and conferences. Key achievements: Helped increase client base from Swedish to Nordic and double turnover and employees since becoming partner.

Kalmar, Kalmar Län, Se

In charge of research and international projects at Tendensor, regarded as the leading place-branding consultancy in Scandinavia. Responsible for research and analysis, business and method development and Tendensor’s international projects and clients. Head of Stockholm office, and business area "ClusterBrands".

Copenhagen, Dk

Heading up a team working with transnational place branding project "BaltMet Promo", in charge of the organisation's public affairs and research function and managing key accounts and projects in the area of innovation policy and investment promotion.

EU negotiations and policy formulation during the Swedish EU presidency in policy areas of innovation, sustainable industrial development and entrepreneurship.

Solna, Se

Ran intelligence operations and produced threat assessments and foresight for senior management and policy makers. Collection, processing and dissemination of intelligence focusing on international security threats.In charge of team of five analysts and law enforcement officers.Key achievements: My team managed to detect and prevent several grave security threats.

Brussels, Be

Innovation Policy Development Unit of the DG for Enterprise and Industry.

Copenhagen, Dk

Responsible for international and cross-sector projects on economic development strategy in the Baltic Sea Region. Also involved in projects on the branding of the region. Responsibilities within project management, communication, CRM, research, lobbying and government liaison.Key achievements: Set up a transnational high-level group of policy makers and business executives dealing with transport infrastructure strategy in the Baltic Sea Region countries.

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Se

Responsible for all steps in staffing and recruitment projects, i.e. managing new sales, maintaining existing customer accounts, marketing and staff hiring.Key achievements: Reached highest sales budget in my region.

Se

Took part in an event marketing project conducted by the marketing department of Swedish daily Aftonbladet. Involved in the planning, execution and evaluation phases.

Education record

Diploma, Digital Transformation For Leaders

Master (Msc.), Business And Economics, Major In International Marketing

Master (Msc.), Political Science, Economics, Human Geography, Major In European Affairs

Erasmus Studies, Political Science, International Relations, South Asian Studies

Bachelor (Ba), Business And Economics

Advanced English As A Foreign Language, English, International Relations