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Aarhus, Dk

Senior project management consultant at the Project Office, Mayor's Department in the Municipality of Aarhus.Key responsibilities/projects include the improvement of the marine environment in the Bay of Aarhus and nearby waters; improving the level of experienced safety and security in the Municipality of Aarhus (Safe in Aarhus / Tryg I Aarhus); cooperations between municipality and government authorities primarily regarding defence/security; crisis management and the Crisis Staff and policy analysis and development for the Mayor and city CEO.

Mayor'S Department, Municipality Of Aarhus

As a senior consultant at the Mayor's Office in the Municipality of Aarhus I worked directly for the Mayor, City Manager and the Chief of Staff, primarily managing media coordination, speechwriting, policy development and performing policy analyses. Furthermore, I planned and prepared political delegation visits both foreign and domestic. Lastly, I coordinated and participated in the municipal public affairs efforts and function as executive assistant to the Mayor when necessary.I am experienced in screening, preparing- and participating in meetings relating to the Mayor, and well versed in interdepartmental cooperation, relational coordination and in building social capital.With a population of ~340,000, Aarhus is Denmark’s second-largest city and the fastest-growing in the country. In the past ten years, the city has received 25,000 new residents and created more than 20,000 new jobs, the majority within knowledge, service and innovation industries.The Municipality of Aarhus has more than 21.000 fulltime employees and a budget of more than 20 billion Danish kroner (~3 billion USD/~2,7 billion Euro)

Favrskov, Midtjylland, Danmark

Member of the City Council in Favrskov Municipality. Political spokesman for The Conservative People's Party, Chairman of the Committee for Sustainability, deputy chairman of the Committee for Technical Services and Environment, deputy chairman of Favrskov Forsyning A/S, member of the Disability Committee

Midtjylland, Danmark

Co-Owner of the family-owned business Kollerup Gods, a historical manor house placed on top of thousand years old ramparts in the Lilleå Valley on the southern outskirts of Hadsten.Kollerup is a modern agricultural business with historic roots going back more than a millennia. The first written sources are from 1218, but archaeological digs and surveys show that Kollerup – or Koltorp – goes back at least to the Viking-age, with further finds in the area showing that people have inhabited the surrounding areas continuously since the stone age. We take great pride in running and protecting our part of the Lilleå Valley, knowing that it has been a great place to live and thrive for thousands of years.Kollerup has 260 hectares of agricultural land, forests, marshlands, wetlands, and has a diverse portfolio, including agriculture, hunting, fishing, property rental, investment and property development.We put a great deal of work into nurturing our lands, and have a strong focus on sustainability, nature-conservation, and restoration. To reduce CO2-emissions and increase biodiversity on our lands, we’ve conversed previously high-intensity arable lowlands into non-cultivated areas, worked with extensification of environmentally sensitive lowland soils and established large portions of wetlands.Forestry efforts are done with a primary focus on removing invasive species, increasing biodiversity and leaving it better for coming generations.

Århus Area, Denmark

As a member of the board of directors for the museum "Den Gamle By" (The Old Town) in Aarhus, I was part of the overall leadership of the living museum "Den Gamle By.The Board is responsible for recruiting and, worst case, dismissing the director of the museum and the head of administration. Furthermore it is the board that defines the strategy of the museum, what the museums relationship with the public is, the price of admission and many other issues.

Karup, Jutland

As Staffsergeant (Kommandobefalingsmand) for AFTC (Air Force Training Center) SRES II (School Reserve 2nd unit) I primarialy worked with administrating, coordinating, evaluating and teaching a unit of officers and sergeants, improving their leadership- and instructor-skills as part of an Airforce-program. Part of the job was to coach them and participate in, and evaluate on, their lessons thus helping them to improve their personal skills.

Århus Area, Denmark

The Department for Health and Care has about 7,000 employees – or approx. 25% of the municipal workforce – and is responsible for the health of all the citizens of Aarhus, and the care of the elderly in the City of Aarhus.As a consultant at the Secretariat, I worked directly for the alderman, director and the leadership team, providing and assisting them with research, comments, policy analysis, policy development, language proofing and speechwriting.I furthermore developed and maintained the departments’ strategic media/communications plan, planned and executed the Committee for Health and Cares study-trip to San Francisco, and assisted the department with press management and press releases.

I was the lead candidate in Aarhus E., Randers and Favrskov, representing all of Eastern Jutland as a candidate for Parliament for The Conservative Party in Denmark. At my last election I came in third in regards to personal votes, and was one of the only Conservative candidates who received more votes in 2011 than in 2007.In my time as a candidate I have amassed vast experience with policy analysis and development, public affairs, press relations, communications- and campaign planning, public speaking and networking. I was handpicked for a talent development program with intense focus on developing and expanding my skills in campaigning and the art of politics, and have been mentored by several MPs. As part of the program have experience with both local-, regional-, national- and international elections.

Eastern Jutland

During the 2014 elections for European Parliament, I was campaign manager in Eastern Jutland for MEP Bendt Bendtsen from The Conservative People's Party.Part of the task was coordinating with central headquarters; recruiting and managing the volunteers in Eastern Jutland; managing the budget; keeping morale high and ensuring the volunteers had optimum working conditions.The campaign was a huge success, and during the campaign we managed to rise from 3,5% in the polls, to 9,2% of the votes, resulting in the reelection of Bendt Bendtsen to the EPP-group.

Århus Area, Denmark

As a consultant at Ramboll Management Consulting – Attractor, it was my primary responsibility to analyze the growth potential of the course- and consultancy-portfolio, and to optimize the external sales revenue. To this end I took part in developing a targeted marketing strategy, where we used micro targeted Direct Mail, Social Media advertising and add-words in combination to reach maximum penetration towards the primary customer base.

Aarhus City Hall

I was the Political Spokesman for the Conservative Group in the City Council of Aarhus, and also a member of The Finance Committee and The Technical Committee. As Political Spokesman I was part of the Conservative budget-negotiation team, contact person to the press and responsible for external relations at City Hall.

Aarhus University

Primary study areas: History, Political Communication, International Communications, Branding, Authenticity, Campaign Planning.I have a BA in History and Media Studies, and a Masters in Media Studies. MA Thesis: "Political Credibiliy - Credible Politics."

Aarhus

Teaching basic academic skills and methods to new students. Organizing and teaching at a course in oral presentation techniques, focussing on the skills needed for new students to make oral academic presentations of research materials.

I ran for office in the City Council of Aarhus, the second largest city in Denmark.As part of the campaign, I worked intensely with canvasing, direct mail and social media, and participated in a number of public debates.Despite being a first-time candidate, I came in as first alternate for The Conservative Party, only 28 votes behind Councilman Niels Brøchner, who I the following year had the honor of replacing in the Council.

The Academy Council awards PhD degrees and doctorates and reports to the Dean concerning the internal allocation of funds, concerning strategic areas of research and education as well as plans for knowledge exchange and presents recommendations to the Dean concerning the composition of assessment committees for academic positions. The Academy Council is entitled to present statements on all academic issues of major significance to university activities, and is obliged to discuss all academic and financial issues presented by the Dean.

Århus Area, Denmark

HUMrådet is the political leadership and representation of the Student Body at The Faculty of Humanities in Aarhus. The purpose of the organization is to represent students' views within the faculity, primarily on local issues.

Prince'S Life Regiment, Skive

Responsible for the training and leadership of small size military units.Specialised in Combat Reconnaissance and Intelligence gathering behind enemy lines, working independently of Battalion Command, and assessing and reacting to tactical developments.Also worked with Administration, having the full administrative responsible for the maintenance of all weapons, equipment and vehicles of a Danish Peacetime Battalion.

Master'S Degree, Media Studies, Post Graduate Degree

Activities and Societies: Studenterrådet, Konservative Studenter, Fagudvalget på Historie, HUMrådet, Akademisk Råd,The Post Graduate.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History And Media Studies, Graduate Degree

Activities and Societies: Student member of the Academy Council, President of the Student Council at the Faculty of Humanities.

Nco, Sergeant, Reconnaissance And Administration

Activities and Societies: Spokesman for the Sergents in training from The Royal Danish Lifeguard.At the NCO Army Academy in Sønderborg I.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Chairman of the Students Council, Vice Chairman of the Board of directors, Berts Disciple (Impro Theater)