Rasmus Abildgaard Kristensen Email & Phone Number

New Delhi, Dl, In

Danmark

► Danfoss is a multinational cleantech company headquartered in Denmark with 42.000 employees worldwide. Danfoss is engineering innovative and energy-efficient solutions that play a key role in reducing emissions and driving electrification. Responsible for the public affairs activities of the global group. Working on positioning Danfoss among key decision-makers and other stakeholders as an industry thought leader and a strong enabler of the green transition.

► Head of department for green diplomacy and climate integrating the full spectrum of capabilities and responsibilities of the Danish Foreign Service, including climate and energy policy, international climate negotiations, climate finance, climate and development, green export promotion, partnerships and alliances to drive climate action in the private sector as well as strategic sector cooperation with partner countries around the world.

► Responsible for managing Denmark's relations with Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea and ASEAN, including political dialogue, trade and export promotion, development assistance, consular affairs, cultural exchange and public diplomacy as well as government-to-government cooperation on good governance, maritime affairs, food and agriculture, renewable energy and environmental protection.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

► Head of department responsible for public diplomacy and communication, including country branding of Denmark, public outreach, communication about Danish development assistance and export promotion as well as management of the Danish Foreign Ministry's press and media relations.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

► Head of department responsible for international energy policy and global mitigation initiatives, including bilateral energy partnerships with key emerging economies, as well as international climate finance and the UNFCCC negotiations. Managed the multi-million dollar Danish Climate Envelope together with the Danish Foreign Ministry.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

► Head of unit responsible for analyses of Danish exports and foreign direct investments, international economic cycles and trends as well as Denmark's export promotion strategies targeting key emerging and developed markets.

Beijing, China

► Head of embassy team responsible for managing economic relations with China as well as Sino-Danish cooperation within a range of sectors, including science & technology, regional & city cooperation as well as environment & energy.

Beijing, China

► Reponsible for reporting on Chinese foreign and security policy as well as trade and investment issues. Brief also included relations with Mongolia and DPRK.

Copenhagen

► Assistant Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Brief also included support to the senior management group and the task force responsible for reorganising the Danish Foreign Ministry.

Copenhagen

► Assistant to the Danish Trade Council’s Board of Directors. Responsible for the Danish Government’s international recruitment initiative ‘Denmark – a good place to work’ (2007).

Copenhagen

► Desk officer for China and the Asia-Europe Meetings (ASEM). Part of team responsible for drafting the Danish Government’s ‘Asia Strategy’ (2007). Initiated the first EU-Latin America CSR Conference in Brazil in 2006.

Venice Area, Italy

► Taught the ‘Human Rights and Business’ module of the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Venice and served as thesis supervisor at the Danish Institute for Human Rights.

Copenhagen

► Human rights advisory services to Danish and multinational companies. Contributed to the development of training courses and tools for companies, including the ‘Human Rights Compliance Assessment' and the 'CSR Compass’.

Copenhagen

► Research for World Bank/IFC study ‘Strengthening Implementation on CSR in Global Supply Chains’ prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Business for Social Responsibility and the Danish Institute for Human Rights.

Århus Area, Denmark

► Taught the 'Introduction to Political Science Course’ for undergraduate students.

Vienna, Austria

► Covered OSCE’s activities in the Balkans and Caucasus as well as security and disarmament issues in the OSCE’s Forum for Security Cooperation.

Msc (With Distinction), Climate Change And Development

Oxford Executive Leadership Programme

Executive Climate Change Programme

Summer Institute In Public Diplomacy

Hertie School Leadership Programme

Creating High Performance Teams

Advanced Executive Communication Skills

Summer Academy On Energy And The Environment

Best Practice In Managing People

Summer Programme In International Intellectual Property

Graduate Certificate In Business Administration (Gcba)

Msc, Political Science

Mscecon (With Distinction), International Politics

Bsc, Political Science

Ba, History