Sebastian Ludens Email & Phone Number

Leadership & Strategy – Crisis management – Communication & Advocacy – Business DevelopmentSix years of leadership experience from demanding international humanitarian crises after nine years of experience from the business sector working with entrepreneurship and business development – including successfully starting a tech company while in university. Crisis leadership training from Harvard and Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Master’s degree in industrial economics and technology management from NTNU in Norway.Has managed complex operations during armed conflicts (Syria, Mosul and South Sudan), outbreaks of contagious diseases (West Africa Ebola outbreak as well as cholera) and with refugees (maritime search and rescue operations on the Mediterranean, refugee camps in South Sudan, Iraq and Syria).Experience with crisis leadership, crisis communications, security management, context analysis and complex multi-party negotiations. Has designed innovative approaches both in humanitarian relief and within business models and technology.Communication work includes writing opeds, debating with politicians on TV and radio and in newspapers in Norway and internationally. Was spokesperson and part of the strategy team that successfully influenced Norway to participate in the international Ebola response.Leadership experience managing teams up to around 750 employees with highly varied backgrounds working under extreme pressure.Commercial background as entrepreneur and business developer in start-up companies. Closed a 60MNOK deal for music streaming company Tidal by successfully conducting multi-partner negotiations with record labels and a media company. Experience with business model design and business strategy.Columnist in Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet at spare-time and member of the advisory boards for the think-tank Minotenk and NTNU School of Entrepreneurship. Alumni of HRH Crown Prince Haakon’s SIKT summit for talented leaders under 40 years.

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  Senior Consultant

  Mind As

  Oct 2021 - Present - Oslo, Norway