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My role is to support the company and the rest of the aviation sector with analysis to support an economic and green transformation.

Region Hovedstaden, Danmark

Helps the aviation and tourism sector to be both economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.

Aalborg, Region Nordjylland, Danmark

Affiliated with Aalborg University as an advisor within aviation, the green transition, and the relationship between business and research. Initiator and chairman of the Danish Aeromobilities Academy, which aims to promote Danish aviation research and education through collaboration between the industry and the university world. Were Work Package leader in the four-year research project AirCIF (2017-21). Supervisor for PhD students. Teaching the course Air Traffic Management. Guest lecturer at the university.

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Essentially, the role of the position is to create a societal positioning platform that the company can stand on in interaction with society.Member of Communication and CR department leadership. Member of the LTR group comprising the leaders in Copenhagen Airport who report to a director.Initiator and author of a series of reports called “Viden om Luftfart” (Knowledge about Aviation). They have addressed a wide range of topics within aviation.Represented Copenhagen Airport and Danish aviation in the public debate through opinion pieces, speeches, and participation in debates. In collaboration with the research institution CRT, developed a new method for estimating the airport's macroeconomic significance. This type of analysis, based on statistical records and the economic model SAM-K/LINE, has never been developed anywhere in the world. The analysis has been crucial in placing the airport as a very important part of Danish infrastructure and the national economy.Supported the Public Affairs department in Copenhagen Airport and external stakeholders such as the Confederation of Confederation of Danish Industry and the Danish Chamber of Commerce with analyses and insights. This includes consequence calculations for proposals for national and international regulation (e.g. EU's Fit for 55). Models and data have also been shared and used by ministries and agencies. Co-chair for working group under the international airport organization ACI Europe that defines the tender, selects the supplier, and monitors the development of a new European analysis of the socioeconomic value of aviation.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Responsible for traffic forecasts for use in budgeting and master planning, including the preparation of scenarios in connection with Covid-19. Internal and external advisor for a number of departments and projects within and outside Copenhagen Airport.Including:• Member of the Climate Partnerships for Aviation analysis working group• Member of the restart team after Covid-19• Analytical support for the Communication & CR department in Copenhagen Airport and external partners. This includes economic calculations of an aviation tax and development of a model to estimate the climate impact of departures from Copenhagen Airport• Analytical support in connection with tariff negotiations with airlines• Development of the Aviation Strategy for the route development department• Information dashboards for the management team with internal and external indicators• Support for master planning on capacity calculations and scenarios• Member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs working group on travel guidelines, etc.From 2014 to 2022, chairman of the international network Air Traffic Think Tank (AT3) under ACI World (the international airport organization) with more than 100 experts from around the world.

At3 is an informal and international think-tank club of airport representatives.At3 provides its members with a very light and highly reactive structure for them to freely exchange and share their views, insights, understanding and know-how in any air traffic and air transport related issues such as traffic data collection, traffic/demand analysis, forecasting techniques, airlines economics, consumer behavior, etc.From 2014 At3 is a subcommittee to ACI World's Economic Committee.

Responsible for calculating the economic significance of tourism. Has been the initiator and primary developer of the tourism forecast model. Used as a tourism expert in the press. Has prepared a number of ad hoc analyses. Representative for VisitDenmark in the European Travel Commission (ETC).

Teaching the course "Tourism and Hospitality". Supervisor for thesis projects.

Responsible for the tourism and culture statistics section. Representative for Denmark in a number of international organizations such as Eurostat, the EU Commission, and the OECD. Dispatched to Poland as a national expert in EU matters. Contributor to the travel item in the balance of payments. Author of the Statistics Denmark publication "Tourism - Regional, National, and International".

Responsible for loyality program, competitor analysis, statistics among other.

Master, Economy

High School, Social Sciences