Niko Ek is a Head of Strategic Contracting at SAS - Scandinavian Airlines. Colleagues describe them as "I had the sincere pleasure of working with Niko during four years as my direct leader. Niko is a very authentic and loyal leader who has helped me and his other team members to develop professionally. Niko thinks in opportunities and his genuine style makes him a very easy person to work with. I have always appreciated his respectful and clear way of communicating. And I have always admired his quick and accurate analytical skills to reveal the core of a problem which he could consequently present in a clear and well set up way. The most memorable achievement of our cooperation was building a new European sales organisation together which was a huge challenge but turned out to be very successful to the team and the company. Thanks to his challenging attitude and critical view, he pushed me in a positive way beyond my personal limits by giving clear ownership for the task. Niko can be proud of his achievement of having built a solid European sales team that was based on trust and respect. He's very much open for constructive feedback and has demonstrated that his leader competences can take one much beyond expectations. As Niko is an ambitious person, his aim is to "always improve" the actual where he has shown to be successful as his contribution to the European sales results and team were key. His approach is focused and he manages to get sustainable relationships within the company and outside. If I ever would have the opportunity of working with Niko again, I would immediately go for it without any hesitation. " and "I had the pleasure to work with Niko in Blue1 & SAS. He has great can do attitude and high commitment.Niko has strong experience in key account management of global corporates .He prefers concrete results and likes the challenge of solution selling. Niko is also good team builder,he can lead both with execution and coach with motivation and empathy"