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- Borupvang 3, 2750 Ballerup (Copenhagen)
Consultants:
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+45 22881661 | mfb@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Since 2007 Mikkel has been working with headhunting, onboarding and career advisory on a professional and international level. Over the years his network and many solved assignments has led to a strong executive experience within FMCG, Engineering, Energy, Industrial and Financial industries. He has a history as CEO, Sales Director and HR Manager and he has a very thoroughly understanding of the business agenda and organizational development often needed in executive search and consulting.
He has experience with Executive search, M/A, turn-arounds, talent aqusitions, coaching, mentoring, board governance, P/L responsible as CEO for +100 employees. Mikkel has worked in 18 countries and lived in 5 different countries.
Education:
Board Governance, INSEAD
MBA, Coventry University
Leisure:
Running
Contact Information:
+45 4079 6655 | kt@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Kim is a dedicated headhunter and business consultant, and has been active in this industry since 2008. With great insight, and experience in various industries, he offers services within the fields of company boards, advisory boards, C-titles, turn-arounds, specialists, building international organizations, sales, marketing, production, engineering, construction, advertising, and FMCG. Clients range from family/private companies to internationally listed companies.
He has his experience from many years of international C-level titles in manufacturing, B2B, FMCG, and more.
Education:
MBA study, Henley University
Leisure:
Sailing, fishing, hunting, diving
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Jeanette has an impressive experience within the Life Science industry, gained through more than 25 years of commercial positions, from sales rep to senior management. Since 2005 she has been in different Managing Director positions where she through her focus and result oriented approach managed to create success through people. Apart from deep industry insights, she has always been passionate about team dynamics, recruiting the best candidates and with a strong intuition and onboarding thoroughly.
Since 2016 Jeanette has successfully worked as headhunter. As she has a significant network within the Life science area, she masters filling of positions in that industry flawlessly and has in a short time established framework agreement with some of the leading companies. Jeanette also demonstrated strong skills in finding the best talent outside the Life Science industry e.g. Energy, Construction, Engineering and legal.
She has always worked in international environments, often based in Nordic hubs, and has successfully solved international assignments for multiple clients in various industries.
Education:
Nurse
CBA study, AVT Business School
Leisure
Golf, Tennis, Running, Family time
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Casper started out as an officer in the Danish army, where he has held management positions in Denmark and in international operations for a number of years.
Since 1997 he has worked with recruitment and headhunting of managers and directors as well as development of management teams. He has successfully solved several tasks in this area both nationally and internationally.
His experience also includes an extended period as HR Director for a large, Danish retail chain.
In his working life, Casper has focused on good leadership, developing leaders and helping organizations achieving better results. This has been done by establishing a close partnership with the individual company and thus gaining great insight into the company's business, success criteria, culture and workflows
Education:
Officers Basic Training in the Army
Higher Officer Training in the Army
Leisure
Hunting and exercising in the gym when time permits
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Lone has an extensive experience as general manager creating results by developing business though people.
She has been managing business within an international HR company, responsible for both sales, new business and recruitment and has a broad knowledge of all HR processes combining focus on results with developing people to make their own successes. Managing business and large contracts within the FM industry has given her a broad experience in creating results by driving operational processes, optimization and effectiveness along with developing diverse teams to deliver and exceed the service target to the clients.
She is recognized as a visionary and result driven manager always aiming to balance results with good leadership.
Education:
Bachelor Business Law
Commercial Business Diploma
Executive Business Mentor
Leisure
Hunting, travelling, reading
Contact Information:
+45 40516037 | lh@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Since 2000 Lars has worked in an international environment and held a global responsibility of sales, marketing and HR. This has given Lars a profound understanding of the business agenda and organizational development in a global context, which is often needed in executive search and consulting.
Over the years Lars has worked with sales and marketing management, talent assessment and development. He is also experienced in developing and implementing strategy, search, recruitment and onboarding. His main experiences come from an industrial environment, mainly in the graphic industry.
Lars has worked in more than 20 countries and lived in 3 different countries. This has given Lars an international network and experience that give Lars a sturdy base for identifying the needs and challenges many businesses face today.
Education:
Board Governance
Mini MBA
Commercial Business Diploma
Leisure:
Tennis, SUP, Football Coach.
Contact Information:
+45 23307891 | kr@birn-partners.com
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Klaus is a dedicated headhunter and business consultant and has been active in the industry since 2005. With great insight and experience in various sectors, he offers services within the field of company boards, advisory boards, C-level and specialists in a variety of industries: engineering, IT, construction, manufacturing, technology, sales and marketing.
Clients range from internationally listed companies to family / private companies.
Klaus has his experience from many years as a manager within the financial industry, the health care industry and as a part-owner and self-employed within the recruitment industry.
Education:
Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Marketing Management), Aarhus Business School
Leisure:
Football, martial arts, movies
Contact Information:
+45 2463 2229 | la@birn-partners.com
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Lars has spent roughly 10 years as an internal and external consultant. He has worked with some of the most well-known consumer brands (Coca-Cola, Toms and LEGO) with the purpose of providing relevant market, consumer and competitor insight as the foundation for strategic and commercial decision making.
Subsequently, Lars has worked in various commercial and general management positions and he has played a role in a number of boards. His experience includes BtC and BtB, regulated and liberal businesses, infrastructural and service industry, transactional sales and recurrent revenue. Throughout Lars’ career, he has been focused on building culture, coherent high impact teams, no-nonsense strategy plans, day-to-day strategic implementation and execution.
The diversity of his career has given him a valuable understanding of the dynamics ruling public listed corporations, coops and family owned businesses. This provides a strong foundation for search assignments and advise on organizational development, strategy and practical implementation.
Education:
M.Sc. Business Controlling, Aarhus University
Executive Programme, Wharton School
Executive Board Programme, INSEAD
Leisure:
The good things in life: family, friends, bike riding, travelling, food and wine
Contact Information:
+45 23477388 | wp@birn-partners.com
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William has a strong experience specializing in recruiting managers and specialists for several industries. Over the years, he has recruited and created numerous effective, targeted, and successful sales and management teams.
William has 20 years of experience from the construction industry in the Nordic region, of which the last 10 years were as CEO with responsibility for +150, which has led to a strong understanding of the industry in general. William also has a background as a consultant teaching in sales and management.
Leisure:
Running, boxing, hunting and art.
Contact Information:
+45 42993068 | jla@birn-partners.com
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Jesper has been working for several years in the real estate and construction business in both Denmark and Spain, before becoming an established recruitment consultant. The past 5 years he has been working with headhunting, recruitment and HR, assisting management by recruiting and developing organizations.
In his worklife he has been focusing on peoples way to succeed through identifying, skills, passion and motivation, and advising managers to achieve better results. Companies ranging from family/private companies to international listed companies within several industries, such as production, construction, advertising, economics, start ups,
In partnership with clients he has achieved great results by recognizing the importance of strong relationships and high level of service. After gaining thorough insight in the businesses, he is always focusing on honesty, hard work and trust as keys points to succeed.
Beyond work, he is furthermore passionate about music, where composing and playing in a band, is like developing teams and organizations, where defining a vision and surrounding yourself with great players who share the same passion to then create an ambience of trust and collaboration, giving you the ability to create something unique together.
Education:
Business academy
Bachelor of HR and social work
Certified in personality analysis
Board education from the Danish finance center
Leisure:
Music composer and singer, swimming, running and family activities
Contact Information:
+45 60 166 299 | kj@birn-partners.com
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Kim has more than 30 years of management experience and more than 21 years of experience within headhunting. Mainly in Denmark and the Nordic countries, but also outside Europe. He has worked at all levels - but mainly with specialist and middle management. Kim is experienced within the pharma and life- science sector, The public and governmental sector, The retail/FMCG and foodservice branches as well as the construction and engineering branch.
Kim holds an MBA and has a solid strategical experience and toolbox.
Education:
Kim is educated from the national defense as Captain - experienced within artillery and Air defense.
Furthermore Kim hold an MBA in Strategic Management
Leisure:
Marathon, football, fitness, travelling, history
Contact Information:
+45 25114817 | nf@birn-partners.com
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Coming from the financial sector, Niels has a great and broad experience across many industries, and deep insight specifically in the financial sector, including banking, insurance, investments, and pension.
Through many years of customer responsibility in various sectors, including retail, real estate investment / operations, production, IT companies and start-ups, Niels has a good network within all sizes of companies, from small family owned to enterprise business.
Niels has been in the financial sector for 25 years. He has served as branch manager with employee management and as corporate customer manager.
In his working life, Niels has created results with focus on good leadership, employee skills and passion.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree, Master in LedershipDefense Academy leadership training
Leisure:
Running, mountain biking and winter swimming
Contact Information:
+45 4076 5016 | nhp@birn-partners.com
Profile:
After being CFO and CEO in the private sector in the early eighties Niels Holger entered the management consulting industry in 1988. Since then Niels Holger has acted as trusted advisor to leaders, managers and employees in a broad range of private and public organizations in Denmark and internationally.
From 1988 – 2006 Niels Holger was managing consultant and partner in PA Consulting Group, a global innovation and transformation consultancy. Niels Holger focused his advice on business strategy, business transformation as well as people and organizational change. Since 2006 Niels Holger has primarily been self employed with the same advice focus acting in the role of a consultant and increasingly as board member and chairman in several boards.
In 2007 Niels Holger was initiator and cofounder of the partner owned private equity company Executive Capital who invests in and develops small and medium sized companies. Niels Holger is still a shareholder and chairman in Executive Capital. Niels Holger has a broad and life long experience with business and organizational development.
Education:
- Business economics and management (HA, HD(R)), University of Southern Denmark
- Strategic Human Resource Management, Harvard Business School
Leisure: Art, music, literature, cooking, exercise (cycling and hiking)
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Dorte has a background in cultural analysis, providing insights into how and why people (re)act, the way they do. Since 2014, she has worked with analyzing human resources, motivation and interviews in different contexts, and she has experience in driving all aspects of the recruitment process within a wide range of industries.
She has found that recruitment is the perfect space to combine her passion for people & relations, cultural insights & understandings, as well as her quest to support others in fulfilling their purpose
Education:
Master of Arts in European Ethnology with elective courses in Cultural Dissemination and
Cultural Journalism, University of Copenhagen
Basic Education in Narrative Conversation Practice v/Magnus Brammer
Leisure:
Cooking, movies and spending time with good people
Contact Information:
+45 20641245 | kg@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Karin has more than 20 years of experiences in Executive Search, and she has run many recruiting projects in the years. Particularly she has been responsible for research and screening of candidates, so the right match between client and candidate was present.
She has worked with many industries in Denmark and is experienced with recruiting at both C-Level as well as with middle managers and specialists.
The many years of experience within research and recruitment has given Karin a high understanding of organizations and businesses. She has a “can do” approach to any assignment and will always focus on finding the right match between the client and the candidate.
Education:
Leisure:
Literature, cooking and spending time with friends and family
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With a background as headhunter, consultant and HR Director, Lone has more than 25 years of experience within business driven HR, recruitment, onboarding, outplacement and leadership development.
Lone has worked in international companies executing HR strategies in Scandinavia with focus on recruitment, assessments, development, talent spotting and mapping. She is an experienced business coach and leader.
People and culture has always been Lone’s passion. Her broad and many years of experience within HR and consulting has given her a deep understanding of the dynamics within organizations and teams. She has a heart for people and a mind for business, focusing on the right match between person, job and company.
Education:
Academic Profession Degree in Human Resources, Tri-lingual Correspondent Diploma, Certified International Life & Business Coach, Certified Process Consultant.
Leisure:
Cycling/spinning, reading, kayaking and hiking.
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Hanne started out as a social educator in the socio-economically disadvantaged area Vollsmose.
Hannes HR-carrier started in an international design company, from which Hanne quickly gained both an interest for along with experience within research, screening of candidates, recruitment, onboarding and workplace assessment (APV).
Hannes passion for people and relations, makes her curios and gives her a can-do approach, although the main focus is on propriety. Hanne is a very strong proof of a person living and thereby proving her own mantra When you engage with people: "Do it with passion, and do it right!"
Education:
MA in Education with elective courses in HR-management, University of Southern Denmark
Leisure:
Football, swimming, golf, and as often as possible enjoying good food and wine with family and friends
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Margarita is an experienced researcher and have had many different job functions.
She has been working with research, screening of candidates, candidate/customer relations, job descriptions, marketing, small recruitment cases and the whole search process.
She has experience within different industries, such as: Economy, automation, IT, sales , the building industry and many more.
Margarita enjoys working with people and has a big passion for the whole HR aspect. Because of her passion, she has decided to start an HR education in February 2022 as a part time study.
She is born and raised in Russia, lived in Greenland and then moved to Denmark. She is fluent in Russian, Danish and English.
Education:
Event Management
Leisure:
Elite OCR runner, trailrunning, fitness, outdoor life and travels
Contact Information:
+45 30897224 | ag@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Since the beginning of 2020 Astrid has been working with recruitment, having gained experience in search, recruitment and onboarding in both Norway and Denmark. Astrid´s main experience comes from recruiting candidates within the industrial sector including construction, manufacturing, warehousing and more. This has given Astrid a thorough understanding of the industrial sector and the issues faced when identifying and supplying suitable candidates to industrial clients.
Astrid has an educational background within journalism and has experience with carrying out lengthy and in-depth database searches. She is responsible for researching and sourcing information on prospective candidates, in conjunction with having qualitative conversations with the candidates to have a full understanding of their skills, knowledge and personality.
Education:
BA in English, Aarhus University
MA in Journalism, Aarhus University/Danmarks Medie- og Journalisthøjskole
Leisure:
Spending time with family, reading, running and travelling.
Contact Information:
+45 3012 0844 | ps@birn-partners.com
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Pernille has a background within anthropology along with several years of work experience within research. She specializes in in-depth research for candidates in varying areas of expertise including but not limited to the legal field, the public sector and the construction industry.
Furthermore, Pernille has prior experience in expanding her own research department. This included recruitment, onboarding and ongoing development of employees. Her core interest lies in the research process, where she is able to use her analytical and qualitative skills.
Curiosity is one of her key driving factors when looking for qualified candidates. Her sincere curiosity for people and relations was also a primary reason for her choice of studies in anthropology, culture, and people.
Education:
Master’s degree in Educational Anthropology
Bachelor’s degree in Health and Nutrition
Leisure:
Traveling, yoga, food and wine, spending time with her friends.
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Pernille has worked with recruitment and HR since 2011 and has been a professional Research Consultant since 2017.
She has specialized in recruitment within IT and Project Management, and as a former Ass. HR Manager, she has experience with a broad range of HR tasks - including recruitment, onboarding, training, employer branding, GDPR, project management and business- and employee development. She is a certified PRINCE2® Project Manager and a certified Scrum Master.
Pernille is very passionate about people and culture and have traveled most of the world – working and living in 4 different countries. Her solid experience and her curiosity about people and relations, gives her a unique ability to spot talent - matching both the professional and personal criteria.
Education:
Project Management at Business Academy Aarhus
Certified PRINCE2® Project Manager
Certified Scrum Master
Leisure:
Travelling, cooking, family activities
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Anitta is an experienced marketer and has 25 years of experience in creating strong brands in both the BtC and BtB market.
She has worked in different positions in international companies and advertising agencies, where she has created, planned and executed marketing strategies, communication universes, coherent campaigns, e-commerce platforms, digital content and a lot more. Developing brand and businesses has always been the heart of Anitta’s work and she has a strong understanding of the mechanisms of the various sales and marketing tools.
Anitta is very passionate about creating marketing and strive for communicating “why we are the best match for clients".
Education:
Graduate Diploma in Marketing management, Aarhus University
Leisure:
Running, walking, painting and focusing on living the good life.
Contact Information:
+45 20308288 | hsk@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Helle Sofie Kaspersen has held senior management positions in large international companies within FMCG and the automotive industry and has served as partner within management consulting and headhunting. She has considerable experience with strategy, governance, leadership, organizational development, legal and sustainability.
In addition, Helle Sofie Kaspersen has 20+ years of experience with board work, as chairman/board member and as business consultant, where she has been responsible for executive board education for more than 300 CXO’s and board members, board assessments, etc.
Education:
M.Sc. in business administration and commercial law (Aalborg University), an Executive MBA (IMD) and a Master in Leadership and Organizational Psychology (Aalborg University).
Leisure:
Running, hicking
Contact Information:
+45 27213696 | tn@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Trine has a board experience in communication and marketing. She has worked with B2B and B2C marketing for brands like Würth and Toyota. Over time she has build up a great experience in digital marketing, websites and SOME.
During her time at Würth she built up an ‘Art Forum’ in the company. She made art exhibitions with great artist, built up an art shop and held guided tours for groups.
Between her marketing jobs, she has worked as skiguide, restaurant manager and she has also been partner at a ‘Wine and tapas bar’, where she could combine passion for wine with work. Trine is very passionate about marking experience through great service.
Education:
HA (Civiløkonom), Syddansk Universitet
Web Marketing Manager, Innovationsfabrikken
Leisure:
Fitness, walking, art and wine.
- Bogstadveien 41, 0366 Oslo
Consultants:
Contact Information:
+47 958 33 132 | wsp@birn-partners.com
Profile:
With 18 years of executive recruitment experience, including more than 10 years as founder and owner of her own executive search company. Wenche has acquired significant experience and developed an extensive network that serves our clients in the recruitment processes. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration from BI Norwegian Business School, specialising in organisational management. The focus of her studies was on bi-directional relationship between the organisation and management, company performance and on creating winning teams. In addition, she has also studied International Marketing.
Wenche is certified in DNV-approved tests and analysis, which is essential for our customers' security that the tests have been reviewed and documented with respect to quality. This is an important tool to ensure the process of selecting top managers, and it is an integral part of all recruitment-processes in Birn+Partnes. Furthermore, she has experience in recruitment in the public sector in Norway.
She has management experience from several companies and has played a key role in the establishment of 2 companies within managerial and specialist recruitment.
The main focus for Wenche is on recruitment of leaders at strategic level, as well as professional specialists. She has recruited complete teams for Board of Directors, delivered on both open and confidential assignments to replace and recruit top management and strategic management. She has a large network within Oil and Gas, Engineering, Finance and IT & Telco Industry.
Education:
Bachelor Science in Business Administration from BI Oslo + studies in Marketing
Leisure:
Skiing, trecking, sailing, literature, painting
Contact Information:
+47 917 51 360 | kij@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Kjell is Partner in Norway and Managing Director – Expansion Markets. He is a recruiting executive for Norwegian and international clients within most industries, having experience in Energy, Oil & Gas, Industrial & entrepreneurial, Engineering, FMCG, and Financial industries.
Kjell has been a partner and consultant in the HR and executive search community for more than 12 years. Most of his career he has been working for major multinational companies such as The Shell Group of Companies, Exxon and Honeywell having held senior executive positions both on national and international levels. He also has experience from The Royal Norwegian Defence organisation.
Kjell has board experience as chairman and board representative of several Shell subsidiaries.
Mr. Johnsen is a certified user of CEB team and individual assessment and development tools.
Education:
Kjell holds a Masters degree in Engineering with operations research from University of Sussex in England.
Leisure:
Skiing, trekking, travel
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Rune Buseth has a broad background in management and consulting. Starting his career as a military police officer in NATO, he went on to acquire a Master in Int. Management at Hanken University in Helsinki. From joining Equinor as an HR-graduate, he took on as a leader in their outsourcing of recruitment and had 39 people reporting to him 3 years later. After the outsourcing, he had the role as recruitment manager with global responsibility for Equinor’s external recruitment, including their emerging talent programs, for Equinor via their outsourcing partner Alexander Mann Solution. Last years before joining Birn+Partners, he has taken on consultant assignment to handle recruitment on behalf of energy and IT companies.
His experience includes responsibility for recruitment services to build Equinor’s centre of Excellence in IT and supporting both IT start-ups and more senior IT-focused companies. Further, he has recruited for the entire oil&gas spectrum, Wind and solar. Depending on your need, he can arrange everything from a single specialised role, to build a long term talent pipeline or arrange assessment centres for large scale recruitments. He also has substantial experience with background checks and recruiting for positions requiring security clearance/military suppliers. He has dealt with recruitment across all continents.
In his daily work, Rune focus on building long term value for his stakeholders and create lasting solutions based on strong values. Rune believes personal values are vital and his own include: Karma, Integrity, Sisu (Finnish for Grit) and fun.
Education:
Business Economist BI (remote studies while working for NATO)
Bachelor in International Business at Haaga-Helia university of Applied Sciences
Master in International Management at Hanken University
Leisure:
Fishing, boating, travel, economic history
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Alexander Arvidsson has over 30 years of experience in sales and sales management. He is focused on creating a winning sales culture based on development, cohesion, and goal achievement. He has led various sizes of sales units and teams for startups, scaleups and larger companies, and is one of Norway’s most experienced and merited within sales management. As a sales director and sales manager, Alexander has successfully recruited over 120 talents to his units and teams.
Alexander has achieved strong results within sales and recruitment in Telenor, Finn.no, Letsdeal.no, Varde Hartmark and Videocation. Alexander has a broad network across different industries and is genuinely interested in building good relations.
Education:
Solstrand Accelerate, AFF
Performance Coach, Grow
Courses and Programs in Telenor, Schibsted and Finn.no
Leisure:
Travel, boating, food, relations and boxing
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Gro-Helen has a broad background in consulting and coaching.
She has a background as a manager in the computer industry, and from there went into consulting with a focus on recruitment and development of sales organizations. This gradually developed into a career in executive search, organizational development, and leadership coaching/career advisory
Gro-Helen is a recognized lecturer in the field of "Inner Sustainability" and has published two books in the same subject.
Gro-Helen also has wide experience from working in the broadcasting industry both in front of camera and as a producer/journalist. Also, here with a focus on finding clients inner strengths.
In recent years, she has lived in Italy, where she has run courses and performed coaching for individuals and managers, before moving back to Norway in 2021 to offer her services in onboarding, coaching, mentoring and executive search.
Contact Gro-Helen for Executive Search assignments and as an expert coaching groups and individuals.
Education:
Bachelor Marketing from BI Norway
Huma Nova, Department of Psychosynthesis
Leisure:
Nature experiences, literature, writing, travel, the good conversation, inner sustainability or the meaning of life
- Hills Business Park, Klovinpellontie 1-3, Torni 1, 6. kerros, 02180 Espoo, Finland
- Joukahaisenkatu 6, 7. kerros, 20520 Turku, Finland
- Tulli Business Park, Åkerlundinkatu 11, 33100 Tampere, Finland
Consultants:
Contact Information:
+358 44 383 3333 | mmi@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Mona-Maria has served as CEO/MD for more than 20 years in various companies, especially in pharma and consulting business and before that in various sales, communications and marketing positions. She is an experienced recruitment consultant with extensive track record in executive and manager recruitment, coaching and leader trainings since 2006. She has a strong understanding of different kind of organizational cultures and company development practices. Since 2010, Mona-Maria has been working with Executive Search, Assessments, Coaching, HRM and Career Advisory and Advisory board and almost 18 years with with Interim management and recruitment. Mona-Maria lived in Denmark for almost six years and speaks fluent Danish as well as Finnish, Swedish and English. She has previously worked for many different Nordic companies. She has successfully executed search assignments in pharma, life science, hospital device / biotech, FMCG, various kind of organizations as well as construction and engineering industry. For Mona-Maria, high-quality customer service, fully understanding the needs of the customer and a recruiting process ending in results exceeding the customers expectations is what brings joy to her own work. One very important subject for Mona-Maria is improving employer branding.
Education:
Bachelor in Business
Specialist Qualification in Management
Technician of laboratory
Bachelor studies in biochemistry and pharmacy
Coaching Certificate
Master in Economics 2022
Leisure:
Summer cottage, nature, sailing, painting, reading, cooking and singing
Contact Information:
++358 40 07 91 689 | am@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Antti has over 25 years of experience in sales and sales management. He has a strong business intelligence and an understanding of sales success factors. He is genuinely interested in customers in developing their business. He has led and coached various sizes of sales units and teams and successfully recruited many top talents.
Since 2017 Antti has been working with headhunting, onboarding and career advisory on a professional and international level. Over the years his network and several solved assignments have led to a strong knowledge within ICT, construction, industrial and engineering industries. He has a history as sales director and other sales management positions and, he has a complete understanding of the business and sales organizational development often needed in executive search and consulting.
He has competence in headhunting, executive search, sales development, coaching, p/l responsible as sales director in large international companies. He has also gained international experience in leading sales and service organizations abroad.
Education:
Specialist Qualification in Management
Graduate Diploma in Business (Marketing)
Leisure:
Boxing, gym, and swimming
Contact Information:
+358 40 51 96 380 | pst@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Petri is an internationally experienced business leader with 25+ years of business management and P&L responsibility experience in global, regional and local leadership roles. His expertise includes business management positions in global Blue Chip consumer goods companies, in consultancy and start-ups.
Having lived in 3 countries, worked in Europe, Asia and North America, Petri has a broad international network and understanding within general management, finance, sales, marketing, HR and supply chain matters. He believes in long term business partnership and summarizes his experience in the following sentence ”People is everything in business”.
Petri has completed demanding recruitments within the Food Industry, Consumer goods, Construction, IT and start-ups.
Education:
Insead, Strategic Leadership
University of Joensuu, MSSc in Economics
Leisure:
Golf, Floorball, Hunting, member of Bayern München
Contact Information:
+358 40 76 87 663 | mis@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Since 2014 Mirja has been working with Business coaching, and since 2016 with Headhunting, Career advisory and Onboarding.
She has successfully completed many challenging headhunting assignments in Engineering, Construction and Logistics industries, and in sales and marketing. She has coached both individuals and teams.
Before entering this business, Mirja has held global sales management roles in sporting goods and electronics, OEM-products, jewellery, luxury watches and medical devices, being responsible for significant sales revenues from all over the world and Finland, in manufacturing and importing companies. In these jobs she has held positions of Commercial Director, Vice President Sales, Marketing Manager, Export Manager and Sales Manager. She also has many years of experience as a board member.
Mirja is a keen speaker of foreign languages (English, Swedish, German, French and Spanish).
Education:
Ms.Sc. in Econ., International Marketing
Solution Focused Coach
NLP Master Practitioner
Leisure:
Reading, studying languages, exercising, Lions Club activities.
Contact Information:
+358 400 984 150 | jl@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Jaana has more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare, medtech and pharmaceutical industry coming from several sales and marketing director- and manager positions. Jaana is familiar with social welfare and health reform topics and how to translate the challenges into opportunities.
In addition to Finnish market Jaana has experience in global and Nordic life science.
She has always been a visionary leader who accepts and achieves high targets and create bold solutions in order to reach them. She is a specialist in creating strong networking and stakeholder engagement leading to true partnership and successful cooperation.
She believes also in soft values that lead to hard results. Company culture together with clear business understanding are key when creating a well performing company.
Her areas of interest are change leadership, winning culture creation, creative business solutions and wellbeing. Jaana’s experience is valuable in restructuring organisations and strategy, onboarding, coaching and mentoring.
Jaana is fluent in Finnish and English.
Education:
BA in Nursing
MBA in Economics
Certified Business Coach
Leisure:
Sailing, active networking in social topics, volunteering in Odd Fellow community
Contact Information:
+358 50 559 9940 | jrs@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Jonna has worked in various roles within HR for 20+ years. She has extensive knowledge and a proven track record from executive search & selection, talent acquisition, psychometrics and HRD/ HRM, with a mix of public and private sector experience. She´s also held a position as Nordic HR manager at a global medical company where she helped in setting up the new structure post a large scale business divestment. She was also part of the Nordics group and held key responsibility of reporting all HR related issues and topics to HQ.
During her career she has also carried out a good number of career coaching assignments mostly in the private sector. Seeing people reach their full potential by a successful recruitment process and by coaching them in the right direction is one of the key drivers at work.
Jonna has extensive experience in cross-border communication within the Nordics. Having lived in Sweden for many years as well as having worked in the Nordics has given her an in-depth understanding of differences but also similarities in the Nordic business cultures.
She provides her services in Swedish, Finnish and English.
Education:
Behavioral scientist with a major in psychology from Stockholm University, ICF certified business coach, certified in several psychometric tools; Assessio, SHL and MPA, to name a few.
Leisure:
Family, friends and our dog. Running, reading, travelling. Archipelago life and boating.
Contact Information:
+358 50 357 3718 | sb@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Stefan is a business professional with experience in creating, implementing and executing strategies, including re-organizing ways of work and daily business routines. He is a business developer who continually search for growth opportunities with target to create long-term value for the organization. He has gained his experience on all organizational levels from Sales rep to CEO.
The last, more than 2 decades, he has worked within technical wholesales & retail in Finland, Scandinavia and the Baltic´s.
He do also have an extensive experience from several Board of Directors positions.
Stefan puts always the customer in the center! He focus on supporting the customer to solve their needs and challenges. He has a strong belief in teamwork and trust to the organization. Leading and coaching by example, towards better results, has always been his motivator.
Education:
BBA in Business Economics & Marketing
Certified Board Member
Leisure:
Summer cottage, building & renovation, alpine skiing, volleyball
Contact Information:
+358 40 661 0618 | li@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Linda is bilingual (Finnish-Swedish) and has experience in research, communication, marketing and PR. She has worked with Executive Search Companies with recruitment and research. She has also experience from marketing- and PR positions for different companies.
At the moment she’s also a master’s degree student at Åbo Akademi University, majoring in organization, leadership and strategy.
Her areas of interest are organizational psychology, sustainable development, technology, leadership, organizational development and Nordic businesses and collaborations. Outside her work and studies, she’s committed to educate herself and enjoy life.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration
Master’s Degree in Economics 2022
Leisure:
Book club, summer cottage and swimming.
Contact Information:
+358 40 187 1871 | mha@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Michaela is fluent in four languages (Swedish, English, Finnish, and Spanish) and has experience in research, communication, and project management. She also has ample work experience in customer service in e.g. the food and beverage industry and the insurance sector.
Her international mindset has led her to specialise in Latin American Regional Studies and she also holds a minor in Gender Studies. Having lived in Mexico and Chile, she has a natural passion for international collaboration and intercultural communication.
With a major in Organisation, Leadership and Strategy, her areas of interest are organisational psychology, diversity management and conflict resolution. Thanks to Michaela’s interdisciplinary background and passion for contributing to organisational development, she approaches assignments with genuine curiosity and is driven by assisting people in reaching their potential.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Comparative Religion.
Master’s degree in Economics (Organization, Leadership and Strategy).
Leisure:
Fitness, martial arts, reading, hiking, travelling, interior design and architecture.
- Klevgränd 8, 2 tr, 116 46 Stockholm
Consultants:
Contact Information:
+45 2288 1661 | mfb@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Since 2007 Mikkel has been working with headhunting, onboarding and career advisory on a professional and international level. Over the years his network and many solved assignments has led to a strong executive experience within FMCG, Engineering, Energy, Industrial and Financial industries. He has a history as CEO, Sales Director and HR Manager and he has a very thoroughly understanding of the business agenda and organizational development often needed in executive search and consulting.
He has experience with Executive search, M/A, turn-arounds, talent aqusitions, coaching, mentoring, board governance, P/L responsible as CEO for +100 employees. Mikkel has worked in 18 countries and lived in 5 different countries.
Education:
Board Governance, INSEAD
MBA, Coventry University
Leisure:
Running
Contact Information:
+46(0)707155222 | sw@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Sven comes with experience within Executive Search, Recruitment and Management. Sven has been working with several big and small companies and is therefore bringing with him a good and big network, experience from several business cases and a strong will to get things done.
Sven will supply the Swedish Birn+Partners market with all our services and have a specialty within Executive Search and Career Advisory.
Education:
Sven comes from an Economical education from Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden from where several internationally wellknown students have graduated.
Leisure:
Sven is active as a boardmember of various Board of Directors, when he is not travelling and following his son Alexandre to his sports activities.
Contact Information:
+46(0) 73 069 87 16 | ms@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Marcus has always had a great interest in people and worked +20 years within marketing and sales both as a specialist and manager. Through this he has met a lot of different people resulting that during these years, Marcus talked, listened and helped all types of personalities develop both privately and in their careers. This interest got Marcus to work with Executive Search full time from 2016. This people´s business got Marcus to make a living of matching the perfect candidate for a job at hand.
Over the past years Marcus has been breaking new grounds within Executive Search and build up an expertise not only in his preferred job position but also in the context of
interdisciplinary coorporations. An example could be recruitment, marketing and sales, which form a very strong mix.
Marcus balance a creative mind with the need to produce results and find a solution that works for all. Marcus always look to be challenged and to challenge others, hence driving customers and candidates to think outside the box and really bring out their best in order to achieve an optimal result.
Education:
MBA in International Marketing, Åbo Akademi in Finland
Speaks Swedish (mother tongue), English (4/5), Finnish (4/5) and also some German (2/5)
Leisure:
Exercise and wellbeing
Reading books (preferably printed on paper)
Spending time with family including dogs
Visit the Archipelago more than just in the summertime
Contact Information:
+46 702 43 79 01 | jkm@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Jenny comes with +20 years of experience as Senior Executive positions in Retail, FMCG and White goods industry. She has a proven strong track record within Leadership, People and Organizational Development.
Through her extensive commercial experience in international, cross-functional settings, she has a solid foundation and insight in various roles, company cultures and organizational setups. Jenny is passionate about Business Development and how People and Culture support into Business Excellence and she is exceptionally respectful and appreciative of diverse cultures and viewpoints.
In recent years Jenny has been headhunting and appointing executives for Swedish and international clients with a focus on Retail, FMCG and Finance. An important area of her consulting expertise lies in the appointment of advisory and supervisory boards.
Jenny´s passion has always centred around purpose and the full potential of people. Her key expertise and interest lie in development and build-up of Humans, Culture and Business.
Education:
Master of Economics and Business Administration, Accounting and Finance, Organization and Leadership, Stockholm School of Economics
Certified board member, StyrelseAkademien
Certified horse assisted coach, Träfallet, Uppsala
Political Science, Uppsala University
Studies in Law, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munchen
Leisure:
Spending time with friends and family
Athletics, skiing
Contact Information:
+46(0)705879010 | sj@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Sven comes with experience within Executive Search, Management Audits, Talent Management, Career Advisory, and Coaching. He has successfully accomplished recruitment assignments of executives, managers and senior specialists in the sectors of Industry, Real Estate, Professional Services, IT/Telecom, Public, and Non-Profit in Sweden as well as on Nordic and European level.
Sven has experience of implementing new strategies and services, and comes with experience within strategic planning, business- and service development, start-ups, sales and marketing, and operations management.
Education:
Sven has an educational background as Master of Science Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. His education is supplemented with certifications, and courses in leadership, sales and marketing from companies such as London Business School, Hucama, Hudson, SHL, and Mercuri.
Leisure:
Spending time with family and friends;
Listening to POD-casts, webinars and books;
Trying to stay fit with gym training, golf and padel;
Likes traveling to different locations within Sweden and abroad on vacations
Contact Information:
+46768373465 | jh@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Johan comes with experience in sales management lead in several technical areas as well as coaching and business development. He has successfully accomplished recruitment assignments of specialist, sales and managerial positions within technical oriented industries.
Johan has experience of leadership and career coaching from Dale Carnegie, ALMI, Manpower and CoachHuset.
He is certified within MI, Motivational interviewing (Humanova), DISC/PPA/GIA (Thomas International) and Business Architecture Master (Dataföreningen).
Education:
Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics with focus in change management, agile leadership and strategy formulation, Stockholm University
Technical engineer exam on gymnasium level
Leisure:
Spending time with family and friends;
Personal development by reading about group development and motivational interviewing;
Trying to stay fit with trail running and adventures kayak excursions
Contact Information:
li@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Linda is bilingual (Finnish-Swedish) and has experience in research, communication, marketing and PR. She has worked with Executive Search Companies with recruitment and research. She has also experience from marketing- and PR positions for different companies.
At the moment she’s also a master’s degree student at Åbo Akademi University, majoring in organization, leadership and strategy.
Her areas of interest are organizational psychology, sustainable development, technology, leadership, organizational development and Nordic businesses and collaborations. Outside her work and studies, she’s committed to educate herself and enjoy life.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration
Master’s Degree in Economics 2022
Leisure:
Book club, summer cottage and swimming.
Contact Information:
mha@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Michaela is fluent in four languages (Swedish, English, Finnish, and Spanish) and has experience in research, communication, and project management. She also has ample work experience in customer service in e.g. the food and beverage industry and the insurance sector.
Her international mindset has led her to specialise in Latin American Regional Studies and she also holds a minor in Gender Studies. Having lived in Mexico and Chile, she has a natural passion for international collaboration and intercultural communication.
With a major in Organisation, Leadership and Strategy, her areas of interest are organisational psychology, diversity management and conflict resolution. Thanks to Michaela’s interdisciplinary background and passion for contributing to organisational development, she approaches assignments with genuine curiosity and is driven by assisting people in reaching their potential.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Comparative Religion.
Master’s degree in Economics (Organization, Leadership and Strategy).
Leisure:
Fitness, martial arts, reading, hiking, travelling, interior design and architecture.
- 41 Dzirnavu Street, Riga, LV-1010, Latvia
Consultants:
Contact Information:
+371 2927 2629 | gd@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Since 1997 Gitana has been working in human resources consulting and development field with focus on competencies assessment and development, career advisory and leadership development both in private and public sector companies. Over the years, she has developed extensive professional network and gained strong professional reputation in the Latvian market.
She has significant experience with strategy planning and business development as she has created and developed several professional services companies. Furthemore she has worked as the head of HR in professional services firm PwC. Her psychology degree in combination with extensive consulting and management experience makes an excellent combination to work with organization development (e.g. turnaround and change management) and people development (e.g. talent and leadership development) across different industries. She has worked mostly in Baltic and CIS countries.
Gitana has published two books (in Latvian): “Organization Efficiency Model” (2008) and “Leadership phenomena in Latvia” (2008).
Education:
Cand. Polit, University of Latvia
International affairs, Institute of international affairs, University of Latvia
M.Sc.psych., University of Latvia
Leisure:
Argentine tango, Tai-Chi
Click here to connect with Gitana on LinkedIn
- Neuer Wall 10, 20354 Hamburg
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Heinrich is Managing Director and Partner in Germany, and has been in the search & selection business since 2011.
He has started his career in the IT-Industry as a business consultant and project manager. After a couple of years of successful on-site consulting he moved into a business management and sales oriented career path, where he gained 20 years of leadership experience within market leading Software Vendors and System Integrators, including P/L responsible for +400 employees.
Heinrich has built, developed, incorporated and managed teams in an international and multi-cultural context. From his own management experience he learned how important it is to hire and develop the right talent to run successful businesses, and learned how to match talent with business needs in various business environments.
With this background, Heinrich is able to best support his clients in the areas of Executive Search & Consulting.
Education:
Heinrich holds a University Degree in Business Management and Administration, and is fluent in English.
Leisure:
As a former basketball professional during university, he likes doing sports, including race cycling, skiing, and sailing. He also loves to ride motorcycles.
Click here to connect with Heinrich on LinkedIn
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Arwid is Executive Management Consultant in Germany and started his way in the search & selection business in 2000.
He has started his career in the Audit & Accountancy-Industry as an auditor. After a couple of years, he moved into leading finance and controlling roles where he gained leadership experience.
In 2000 Arwid moved into the Executive Search Industry with focus on Finance & IT. Since 2006 he is engaged in the Renewable-/Clean Energy Market especially in Wind Industry, as he is convinced that we need to get a grip on environmental issues like uncontrolled carbon dioxide emissions. On the other hand, there is a huge business potential in Clean Energy which needs the right talents and experts. Meanwhile Arwid is a proven expert and has built and developed a wide and strong network within this industry. Furthermore, has an excellent understanding of matching the right talents to the different needs and demands of his clients in various business situations.
Based on his experience and ability to understand the needs of his clients as well as his candidates, Arwid is your trusted advisor in the renewable industry.
Education:
University Degree in Business Management and Administration
Leisure:
Cycling, hiking, weight training and yoga
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Arne is an Executive Management Consultant in Germany.
Arne has 18 years of experience in leadership and management director positions. In the FMCG and Life Science sector he has developed teams of up to 3.500 employees and reached a two digit growth in a declining market.
Having successfully led and implemented several turnarounds, digitalization strategies and change processes, has led to a believe in growth, sales and the need of constant change.
Arne is customer focused and has a holistic approach with flying high and diving deep. Arne works in an international environment with strong ties into China, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.
„Winning the race for great leaders that attract and develop talented people with a fitting personality is the first crucial factor for company success!“
With this mindset and background, Arne is able to best support his clients in the areas of Executive Search & Consulting in the FMCG and Life Science market.
Education:
University Degree in General Management
Leisure:
Arne enjoys the beauty of the moment. He likes photography, theater, ballet as well as gardening, hiking and having a big barbeque with friends.
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Christine is an Executive Management Consultant in Düsseldorf, Germany.
She has over 25 years of experience in Executice Search. Her career in this segment started at Baumgartner & Partner, a formerly well-known and reputed Executive Search Company in Germany. Being quickly involved in project management and execution, she received more and more responsibility for both projects and new employees in the research department. From then on she continued her path in HR Consultancy and Recruiting systematically and worked in several national and international Executive Search companies.
She always used to work cross-industry but developed deep competencies in specific market sectors like Agribusiness, Automotive, Energy, Logistics and Manufacturing.
During her career she successfully led multiple national and multinational projects and placed candidates throughout the whole hierarchy, from specialist functions up to C-level Management positions.
In addition she worked as a Rater in Assessments and thus gained Know-how in aptitude diagnostics what gives her and add-on in the selection and evaluation of candidates.
Learning it from the scratch she developed a profound expertise in search and consultancy, which enables her to deeply understand each step in the process and to generate the best results for the customer.
Education:
University Degree in Business Management and Administration.
Leisure:
Riding, Travelling, Philosophy, Family time and activities
- Via Sant' Antonio da Padova 12, 10121 Torino
Consultants:
Contact Information:
+39 3385 01 8817 | mze@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Since 1997 Marco has been working with headhunting, assessment, junior talent evaluation, and management training for medium sized and large companies in Italy.
Prior to his headhunting career, Marco worked in the HR department of a large FMCG American company, as HR development manager and process improvement manager. In 1995 he started as full time consultant for HR development in organizations, mainly as a coach and project manager of the development of process and professional capabilities.
He has experience with Executive search, management training, individual coaching, mentoring, and evaluation of management capabilities. He has gained extensive experiences within FMCG, Automotive, and ITC industries.
He was, for many years, visiting professor in Turin University of management (SAA), teaching Organization.
Also he works as a clinical psychologist.
Education:
Psychology degree, specialized in organizational psychology
Several management courses, during activities in companies
Graduate school for Psychotherapist, after University.
Leisure:
Trekking, mountaineering, and reading.
Click here to connect with Marco on LinkedIn
Contact Information:
+39 3351 24 8632 | bgu@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Since 2004 Barbara has been working as headhunter and HR consultant in different industries. She is currently operating in an international environment developing the potential and actual skills of executives and managers. Over the years her network and results have provided a strong competencies within evaluation of human resources, development as well as spotting talent and recruiting the people to the right companies. Previously she has acquired great experience within sales and organizational development at international companies.
She strongly believes in the fundamental importance of own professional competence, personal characteristics as courage, honesty and empathy and in the value of a deep, accurate and detailed knowledge is fundamental when helping her clients.
Education:
Business Bachelor, SAA Turin- Reno, Nevada USA
Psychology Bachelor, Turin, Italy
Transactional Analysis Psychotherapist Certification, Turin Italy
Neuro Programming Linguistic Master Trainer, Florence Italy
Leisure:
Listening to Music
Mountain Trekking
Yoga
Click here to connect with Barbara on LinkedIn
Contact Information:
+39 345 3654562 | aab@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Anna has been working with people, in Human Resources, since 1988.
She was Human Resources Manager in the Headquarters of Italian multinationals in the Consumer Durables and in the Food & Beverage industries, where she took international responsibilities and contributed to the global development of the company.
In 2015 Anna moved to executive search and headhunting, leveraging on her experience in international search and selection, talent and leadership development, HR Business Partnership and Career Planning.
In her experience she has also been in charge of Performance Appraisal, Leadership and Competency Evaluation, People Engagement, Rewarding, Organization Development and Change Management.
Her most relevant projects include recruiting Managers internationally, Assessment Centers, Induction Programmes for new recruits, designing Team Rewarding Models, Internal / External Succession Planning.
Education:
University of Torino – Humanities and Philosophy
1982–1987 Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures with top marks
Leisure:
Gardening, travelling, cats.
Click here to connect with Anna on LinkedIn
Contact Information:
+39 3666 62 0921 | amn@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Throughout her whole career Anna Maria has been working for FMCG and Automotive multinational companies, covering roles very close to the market. She operated in Marketing and Sales Departments and leveraged on this experience to contribute in the Human Resources Departments at all levels, up to the HR Direction.
She is used to operate in an international context and interact with multicultural mindsets.
In the last 4 years she moved to HR consultancy and headhunting. Her HR experience also includes Talent Management, Leadership, Coaching and Performance evaluation.
Education:
Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures – Turin University, July 1989
Masters and Seminars:
M.B.A., Open University – Great Britain
Leisure:
Horseriding
Click here to connect with Anna Maria on LinkedIn
Contact Information:
+39 3357 08 3716 | cr@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Since 2008 Claudio has been working with headhunting, onboarding and career advisory on a professional and international level. Over the years his network and many solved assignments has led to a strong executive experience mainly in flexible packaging industries. Before entering the HR business he held positions such as CEO, Sales Technical manager, Sales Director, Managing Director and his experience has provided him with a thoroughly understanding of the business agenda and organizational development often needed in executive search and consulting.
He has experience with Executive search, M/A, talent acquisitions, coaching and board governance.
Education:
Istituto Rizzoli
Leisure:
Claudio likes watching a good movie, listen to music, and walk.
Click here to connect with Claudio on LinkedIn
Contact Information:
+39 345 5904455 | av@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Senior Human Resources Consultant, Professional Business Coach, Career Advisor and Recruitment & Selection Expert.
Alessandra has been working for more than 10 years in the Human Resources area, as Talent Acquisition and Development Manager managing important project as Career Path, Group Assessment, Management Training and mapping of organizational skills.
From 2012 Alessandra has worked as Senior Human Resources Consultant, Business Coach EMCC Qualified, Career Advisor, Headhunter particularly interested in issues related to Emotional Intelligence applied to Business, Career Coaching, People Management & Development, Recruitment & Selection and Assessment.
Alessandra has experience with Talent Acquisitions, HR Management, Head Hunting, Business coaching , Career Counseling
Education:
Degree in Philosophy at the University of Milano
Master in Business & Executive Coaching, SCOA – The School of Coaching
Business Coach WABC Certified™ (CBC™) and EMCC EQA Senior Practitioner in Business Coaching
Certified Emergenetics Associate, Emergenetics International
Certified Facilitator LEGO™ SERIOUS PLAY Method & Material, TrivioQuadrivio
Certified Systemic Managerial Constellation, SISMACON
Certified Business Coach Flowknow ®, SCOA
Leisure:
Travelling
Art
Trekking, Cycling
Contact Information:
+39 335 36 9319 | mpt@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Maria Pia has been working with search and selection companies as market coordinator and administration manager as well as headhunter and assessor since 2004. Previously she has been working as a controller in a training company for 10 years and then in another company as administrative and personnel manager.
She has experience with Executive search, M/A, talent acquisitions, coaching and board governance.
Education:
Degree in Business Administration
Degree in Psychology
Leisure:
Trekking
Reading
Click here to connect with Maria Pia on LinkedIn
Contact Information:
+39 338 5018714 | sca@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Stefania is a graduand in International Trade (BBA course). Her studies gave her multicultural awareness and interest in international environment. In spite of her young age, she has already gained professional organizational skills thanks to her work experiences in accounting firms and in a commercial enterprise within pulp and paper industry.
She believes in the importance to be an active listener and in personal characteristics such as courteousness, organization and respect of deadlines that are essential when helping customers.
Education:
Currently studying for BBA in International Trade.
Leisure:
Travel, trekking, running
Click here to connect with Stefania on LinkedIn
- 33 St. James’s Sq. London SW1Y 4JS, UK
- 39 The Grove, Ilkley, LS29 9LH Yorkshire
Consultants:
Contact Information:
+44 7850 34 3905 | rf@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Roger has been consulting and recruiting internationally for more than 25 years. Over the years his network and track record have led to continual referrals and repeat assignments in all areas of his work, including recruitment, selection, onboarding, coaching, team development, leadership development and consulting.
Roger’s particular experience working with universities has led to many UK-wide and international assignments in this sector. His experience with SME sector businesses complements the extensive contribution he has made to many corporate clients internationally. He has worked throughout Europe, as well as in India, the Middle East and Russia.
Education:
Roger has studied to graduate and postgraduate levels in management, psychology, education, organisational behaviour, social research and business (BSc MPhil PGCE MEd MBA).
Diploma in Performance Coaching and a Certificate in Life Coaching.
Certified as a Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) by the Coaches’ Training Institute and and is qualified to use the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI).
Associate Certified Coach (ACC) of the International Coach Federation.
Leisure:
Roger enjoys playing chess, is trying to master Argentine tango and has recently completed a first 10K run for charity.
He is a Trustee and Director of Sibs, (www.sibs.org.uk) a charity supporting the brothers and sisters of disabled children and adults and an active fund raiser for Martin House Children’s Hospice (www.martinhouse.org.uk) for life limited and dying children.
- Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Baltics and United Kingdom
Consultants:
Contact Information:
+45 2288 1661 | mfb@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Since 2007 Mikkel has been working with headhunting, onboarding and career advisory on a professional and international level. Over the years his network and many solved assignments has led to a strong executive experience within FMCG, Engineering, Energy, Industrial and Financial industries. He has a history as CEO, Sales Director and HR Manager and he has a very thoroughly understanding of the business agenda and organizational development often needed in executive search and consulting.
He has experience with Executive search, M/A, turn-arounds, talent aqusitions, coaching, mentoring, board governance, P/L responsible as CEO for +100 employees. Mikkel has worked in 18 countries and lived in 5 different countries.
Education:
Board Governance, INSEAD
MBA, Coventry University
Leisure:
Running
Contact Information:
+47 917 51 360 | kij@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Kjell is Partner in Norway and Managing Director – Expansion Markets. He is a recruiting executive for Norwegian and international clients within most industries, having experience in Energy, Oil & Gas, Industrial & entrepreneurial, Engineering, FMCG, and Financial industries.
Kjell has been a partner and consultant in the HR and executive search community for more than 12 years. Most of his career he has been working for major multinational companies such as The Shell Group of Companies, Exxon and Honeywell having held senior executive positions both on national and international levels. He also has experience from The Royal Norwegian Defence organisation.
Kjell has board experience as chairman and board representative of several Shell subsidiaries.
Mr. Johnsen is a certified user of CEB team and individual assessment and development tools.
Education:
Kjell holds a Masters degree in Engineering with operations research from University of Sussex in England.
Leisure:
Skiing, trekking, travel
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Profile:
Anitta is an experienced marketer and has 25 years of experience in creating strong brands in both the BtC and BtB market.
She has worked in different positions in international companies and advertising agencies, where she has created, planned and executed marketing strategies, communication universes, coherent campaigns, e-commerce platforms, digital content and a lot more. Developing brand and businesses has always been the heart of Anitta’s work and she has a strong understanding of the mechanisms of the various sales and marketing tools.
Anitta is very passionate about creating the best marketing and strive for communicating “why we are the best match for our customers".
Education:
Graduate Diploma in Marketing management, Aarhus University
Leisure:
Running, walking, painting and focusing on living the good life.
Contact Information:
+45 40516037 | lh@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Since 2000 Lars has worked in an international environment and held a global responsibility of sales, marketing and HR. This has given Lars a profound understanding of the business agenda and organizational development in a global context, which is often needed in executive search and consulting.
Over the years Lars has worked with sales and marketing management, talent assessment and development. He is also experienced in developing and implementing strategy, search, recruitment and onboarding. His main experiences come from an industrial environment, mainly in the graphic industry.
Lars has worked in more than 20 countries and lived in 3 different countries. This has given Lars an international network and experience that give Lars a sturdy base for identifying the needs and challenges many businesses face today.
Education:
Board Governance
Mini MBA
Commercial Business Diploma
Leisure:
Tennis, SUP, Football Coach.
