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- Lysholt Allé 10, 7100 Vejle (HQ)
- Lindvedvej 75, 5260 Odense S
- Borupvang 3, 2750 Ballerup (Copenhagen)
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+45 2288 1661 | mfb@birn-partners.com
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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
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+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
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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 40258870 | nsk@birn-partners.com
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Nina has more than 20 years of experience from various commercial roles in sales, marketing, leadership and strategic business development in the private sector.
For many years Nina has been employed by large multinational corporations within the Life Science industry and held responsibilities in Nordic – and Baltic hubs, as well as had responsibility for global sales within the biotech industry. Due to these positions Nina has an extensive network as well as industry insight within the Life Science field.
Further, Nina has experience with consultancy while she twice has had her own consultancy firm, assisting companies with strategic development of the organization and how to increase performance of the business. She has as well been Partner in a consulting firm with focus on team and leadership development.
Nina is results driven and passionate about helping companies to succeed and maximize commercial impact. She likes to challenge status quo while focusing on finding the talents, who can bring new perspectives to the company and drive the business forward to meet future goals.
Education:
Master of Science
Business School
Certified Change Manage Professional
Leisure:
Fitness, travelling, walks by the sea, family time
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 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 40765016 | nhp@birn-partners.com
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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 been primarily 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 based on the belief that all business success is based on people who are in and around the company.
Education:
Business economics and management (HA, HD(R)), University of Southern Denmark
Strategic Human Resource Management, Harvard Business School
Leisure:
Running, walking, reading, cooking and focusing on living a good family life.
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Pernille has been working within the HR field since 2006.
She has a wide field of experience ranging from onboarding, recruiting, training, coaching, work environment, communication, performance management to organizational development.
Pernille has previously been working as a consultant within different industries such as the pharmaceutical industry and the public sector.
Working as a HR Business Partner, Pernille is very goal oriented and driven to support the organization.
Education:
Master in International Business Communication from the University of Southern Denmark.
Leisure:
Long-distance running, reading, traveling and experiencing new cultures
Contact Information:
+45 22744228 | hn@birn-partners.com
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Henrik has a background within Headhunting, Consulting and Management.
Since 1998 he has been working with Danish and international clients in different industries and in the public sector, helping them with executive search, research, recruitment and training & development.
Prior to his consulting-career he was trained as an officer/reserve officer in the Danish Army where he acted as a platoon leader before joining the Army Reserves.
Education:
Masters degree in German and Scandinavian Studies from the University of Southern Denmark in Odense and the Ludwig Maximilians University in Münich.
First lieutenant/reserve officer from the Danish Army.
Leisure:
Soccer coaching and family activities
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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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Maria Møller comes from a carrier within project coordination, - management and show-business starting in 2004. She has been responsible for organising all types of arrangements and/or projects within a various range of businesses.
On her way to become a Project Manager, she has lived minimum 3 month in respectively Spain, California, Copenhagen and Århus before ending with Birn+Partners in Vejle, Denmark as Business Support Manager handling back-office assignments and setting the scene for the many talented colleagues.
Maria has the uniqueness of being both creative and good with numbers, which comes in handy in the position as Business Support Manager.
Education:
Bachelor in International Marketing Economy accompanied with IT- / Marketing- and communication courses + Certified Prince2 Project Manager.
Leisure:
National as well as International cultural activities.
- Bogstadveien 41, 0366 Oslo
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+47 958 33 132 | wsp@birn-partners.com
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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
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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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Truls has extensive expertise in Executive Search, Team-, Cultural- and Organizational Audit and Development. Based in Oslo, Truls focus is mainly on cross-border projects, serving a wide range of industries, especially in the Nordic and Central European market.
He has worked as an executive c-level consultant since 1998, based in Oslo, Stockholm and Barcelona. He is a former NATO officer and has held leading positions in national, Scandinavian and global management consulting companies. He was serving domestic and international clients in both public and private sectors, mainly Industry, Finance, IT, Transportation and Professional Services.
He strives on using all of his level of expertise to maximize the precision and effectiveness of especially executive search processes using parts of management audit, team development and onboarding in a highly effective way for the client. He is always searching for innovative methods to help the clients specific needs. Truls has a unique impact on people with an open and direct approach with a passion for understanding peoples strengths and motivational drivers.
Education:
Truls has a military officer education from Royal Norwegian Army and NATO in Munich, in addition to studies in psychology, philosophy, law and PR & Information from University of Bath, Bergen and Oslo, and Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (BI).
Leisure:
Tennis, skiing and hiking in the mountains
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Ingjerd Birkelund has extensive experience in Senior Management roles in ManpowerGroup, DNB and Elkem among others. Prior to joining Birn+Partners Birkelund held the position as a Manager at Experis Executive where she delivered strong results and developed both people and organisations to meet the changing demands in the global world of work.
Ingjerd’s solid business and senior management experience combined with Executive Search, Consulting, Onboarding, Assessment and Career Advisory services will secure the highest possible outcome and business impact from placing the right people into the right positions and developing the organizations to the next level.
Her experience from the Finance business, gave her valuable insight in transforming and learning how to adapt, challenge and utilize the typical management style and cultural differences with a systematic approach to streamline financial institutions.
Ingjerd has a unique and powerful engagement in building young talents into future leaders, especially focusing on genders and diversity. She has developed several courses and mentoring programs that successfully helped both companies and individuals to utilize their strengths and build a sustainable and developing culture. She has also a passion for the Generation Game and has several successes with workshops on how to close the skills gap with existing competencies and learnability as a focus.
She has been used as a lecturer both for companies, clients and at universities and her communication skills are appreciated both in large forums as well as in smaller groups.
Education:
Executive MBA – BI Business School
Dale Carnegie Management
Leisure:
Hiking and running, cooking, boat, football and handball, family
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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
- Spektri Business Park, Pilotti building 3rd floor, Metsänneidonkuja 4, 02130 Espoo
- Joukahaisenkatu 6, 7. kerros, 20520 Turku, Finland
Consultants:
Contact Information:
+45 2288 1661 | mfb@birn-partners.com
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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:
+358 40 70 24 160 | ja@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Jukka has over 30 years experience of sales management and C-level positions. He has been in different positions and built new businesses in Finland. Since 2008 Jukka has been working with headhunting, onboarding and career advisory on a professional and international level and he has accomplished hundreds of searches globally. Jukka has also made many successful consulting cases in different business areas and has a wide understanding of the business, sales and engineering organizational development needed in executive search and consulting.
Education:
Graduate Diploma in Business
Leisure:
Sailing, Tennis, Ice hockey
Contact Information:
+358 44 38 33333 | mmi@birn-partners.com
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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 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 4050 3 1124 | khf@birn-partners.com
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During his career, Kari has acquired extensive experience in electronics, telecommunications, semiconductors, and FMCG both on national and international level. He has been responsible for key marketing and sales positions in the companies he has worked for.
Since 2013 Kari has been working with Headhunting, Career advisory and Onboarding utilizing the professional capital, networks and experience he has acquired during his career. During his career Kari, has developed an excellent understanding of business dynamics and requirements in different segments. Furthermore he is good at understanding customer needs and the challenges companies face in the volatile market today. Kari is capable of utilizing these assets in providing services that meet customer satisfaction.
He has been successful in completing many challenging headhunting assignments in technology/IT area, sales and marketing, FMCG and engineering. Before entering this business he has held global sales management roles in electronics/semiconductors for 13 years being responsible for significant sales revenue on annual basis.
Education:
MSc in international marketing
Leisure:
Gym, fitness
Contact Information:
+358 50 559 2945 | ns@birn-partners.com
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Niklas has built and led his career on an international level. Since 2008 Niklas has worked within consulting and accomplished his proficient competence through sales leader and consulting assignments within global complex btb sales environment. Niklas has steered his consulting career from management consulting, training & coaching, assessment & development towards executive search.
Niklas has led hundreds of in-depth dialogues, interviews and assessments. He has represented world’s leading training companies and as certified Lead Trainer he has trained thousands of business and sales leaders, technical experts and other key people globally.
Work and consulting assignments have engaged Niklas mostly within Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Machinery, Civil Engineering, Construction, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Paper & Forest Products, Packaging and Containers, Textiles, Oil & Energy, Insurance, Financial Services, Security & Investigations, Logistics and Supply Chain, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Services, Automotive, Business Supplies & Equipment, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, and Marketing and Advertising.
Education:
M.Sc. (Eng.) Mechanical Engineering, Energy Technology, International Economics and Energy Economics
Leisure:
Opera, sports
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 41 716 1451 | kn@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Karri has more than 20 years’ experience from Pharma & Biotech, Medtech development in sales & marketing positions in European, Asian and US markets. Karri is an experienced team –and commercial leader with passion to improve health outcomes through innovative solutions. Karri’s experience has led into detailed knowledge of business coaching, talent assessment and partnership building within Life Science field. He is also board member & business advisor for Start-up Biotech companies. Karri has also been involved in demanding recruitments within the Pharma, Medtec and Start-ups.
Having worked and lived in four different countries in Asia and Europe more than 10 years has given him an international network and deep understanding of cultural diversity, which gives a strong base for identifying the needs and challenges many businesses face today.
Education:
Master in Business Administration
Bachelor in Pharmacy & Pharmacology
Diploma in Medical Marketing
Leisure:
Outdoor activities with passion for skiing, tennis, culture, gastronomy and geocaching
- Klevgränd 8, 2 tr, 116 46 Stockholm
- Mässans Gata 10, 7 vån, 412 51 Göteborg
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Contact Information:
+45 2288 1661 | mfb@birn-partners.com
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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 (0)709 69 01 65 | jb@birn-partners.com
Profile:
Jonas bio includes Executive Search, Coaching, Employer Branding and Management Communication.
Career Advisory, Outplacement and Advisory in Labour Law, are other parts of Jonas experience.
Before his management consulting career he has worked with Strategic Advisory and different roles within Line Management.
During several years Jonas has worked in the union-political landscape and also as an advisor within Public Relations within several NGOs as clients. He has also lectured in Strategy and Corporate Development and Swedish Labour Market at University level.
Jonas strength is of high quality in his deliveries. He has a structured personality, strategic and convincing.He is efficient, leaves nothing to chance and has a great interest in people and to explore the individual key drivers. He combines Strategic Level with Operational Delivery. Further, he is experienced in leadership within disciplines as Communication, Market and Sales, HR processes, including Employer Branding. His bilateral competencies result in a holistic approach.
Education:
Bachelors Degree in Political Science and Economy from the University of Karlstad
Additional courses in Competitive Intelligence with a focus on Strategy and Corporate Development.
Leisure:
Family including dog, literature and golf
Contact Information:
+46 702 43 79 01 | jkm@birn-partners.com
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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
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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
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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:
+46706980433 | vl@birn-partners.com
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Victoria’s passion has always centered around purpose and the potential of people and communication. Her key expertise and interest lie in supporting sustainable growth and process of co-creation in a complex environment by addressing modern neuroscience, learning experience involving cognition and emotion as well as personal motivation on a deeper level.
Through her leadership experience on different levels within organizations, she has gained experience of what are the driving key factors for the meaningful change process, successful goal achievement and personal wellbeing at work. Her background itself is a mirror of constant learning and skill update stretching from sales, and digitalization of sales processes, leadership on an operational level, destination development, start-up experience to coaching and team development. Her academic background is within Marketing communications, Pedagogics and Psychology (organizational & personal growth).
Victoria is active in non-profit area, by being a board member at Protus, an organization aiming of supporting personal and social development process of teenagers and young adults and offering tailor-made learning experiences. She also is involved in transition coaching for individuals during the times of uncertainty and higher unemployment.
Education:
Master degree in Market Communications and Pedagogics, St. Petersburg School of Economics.
IHR, Stockholms University
Organizational development and Neuroleadership, Gestalt Academy of Scandinavia
Leisure:
Spare time is frequently used in the archipelago of Stockholm, where she gets some extra energy and time for reflection or getting inspiration of diverse forms of Arts.
Contact Information:
+46 (0) 708 614 202 | fo@birn-partners.com
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Frida has several years of experience from Executive Search, recruitment services and coaching. She has over the years both worked in an international and national context and is foremost focusing on and working towards the private sector.
As a Consultant, Frida enjoys the mix of working with both smaller companies and start-ups as well as large international and national companies in the Industry sector, IT-sector as well as the Finance-sector. Frida has a long career in sales, sales – and business development and sales strategy.
Education:
University Diploma in Social Sciences from Örebro University.
Leisure:
Running, Gym, Golf, Tennis, Skiing. Family and friends. Travelling
- 41 Dzirnavu Street, Riga, LV-1010, Latvia
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+371 2927 2629 | gd@birn-partners.com
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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
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- 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.
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+49 172 646 4785 | noh@birn-partners.com
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Nicola is partner and trusted advisor in Germany. She has been in the HR business for more than 20 years and has experienced HR consulting in many facets as candidate, client and consultant. In recent years Nicola has been looking for executives for German and international clients with a focus on retail, marketing, communication, purchasing and retail operations. An important area of her consulting expertise lies in the appointment of advisory and supervisory boards.
After graduating from university, she began her professional career as managing director in one of the largest European department store groups. In addition to strategic tasks in sales, marketing as well as in responsibility for different branches, Nicola was responsible for the entire HR department as personnel director.
As a freelance partner, she has already worked in a national executive consultancy and successfully brought companies and managers together.
Nicola has experience as chairman of the supervisory board of a non-profit company and as a member of the advisory board of a family business.
Education:
Master of Business Administration
Leisure:
Family & friends
Sports
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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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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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Andreas has held senior positions with diversified international experience across pharma & health care, commercial real estate, food ingredients, and startup companies. His areas of expertise include commercial & general management, strategy, business development, sales, and marketing.
He has worked in multinational corporations and privately owned small and mid-sized companies. Over the past decades, he gained a comprehensive understanding of managing turnaround and growth projects.
Having lived and worked in Germany, France, USA, and Singapore, he has a strong cultural awareness and understanding, Andreas is fluent in German, English, and French.
Education:
Andreas holds a University Degree in Business Administration and Corporate Management from Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL) and is a registered medical representative (German chamber of commerce).
Leisure:
Cooking, golf, US-sports, and travelling
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Henrik has a background within Headhunting, Consulting and Management.
Since 1998 he has been working with Danish and international clients in different industries and in the public sector, helping them with executive search, research, recruitment and training & development.
Prior to his consulting-career he was trained as an officer/reserve officer in the Danish Army where he acted as a platoon leader before joining the Army Reserves.
Education:
Masters degree in German and Scandinavian Studies from the University of Southern Denmark in Odense and the Ludwig Maximilians University in Münich.
First lieutenant/reserve officer from the Danish Army.
Leisure:
Soccer coaching and family activities
- Via Sant' Antonio da Padova 12, 10121 Torino
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+39 3385 01 8817 | mze@birn-partners.com
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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.
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+39 3351 24 8632 | bgu@birn-partners.com
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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
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Contact Information:
+39 345 3654562 | aab@birn-partners.com
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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.
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Contact Information:
+39 3666 62 0921 | amn@birn-partners.com
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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
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+39 3357 08 3716 | cr@birn-partners.com
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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.
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+39 349 820 3750 | mem@birn-partners.com
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Senior Human Resources Consultant, Business Coach, Trainer and Counselor. Maria Elisa has been working for several years in the Human Resources area, collaborating with important International and National Consultancy Firms for which she has worked in market-leading companies, managing projects that involve people throughout their working life cycle, from entrance (Career Advice and Skills Balance, Selection and Evaluation) to permanence (Assessment and Development of Competences through Assessment & Development Center, Coaching and Training) until exit (Outplacement and Career Counseling).
She has worked in organisational contexts that differ in size and product sector, from large Italian companies to multinationals and from small and medium enterprises to public administrations, interfacing with professional figures of all kinds.
She has experience with Executive search, M/A, talent acquisitions, coaching and board governance.
Education:
Degree in Psychology at the University of Bologna and subsequent enrolment on the Register of Psychologists of the Emilia-Romagna Region.
"Master in Skill Coaching", Idea Management
"Master in Assessment&Development Center", Idea Management
"Counseling" Certification and registration in the Register of Counsellors of S.I.A.F.
"Work-related stress", School for Advanced Training in Psychological Disciplines
"Master in Corporate Coaching Program", Corporate Coach U Italia. (ICF accredited school)
"Master in Personnel Management and Human Resources Management", School of Advanced Training
"Effective Communication Strategies: Neuro Linguistic Programming, Metaconsulting
Leisure:
Sports
Animals
Art
Contact Information:
+39 335 36 9319 | mpt@birn-partners.com
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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
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Contact Information:
+39 338 5018714 | sca@birn-partners.com
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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
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- 33 St. James’s Sq. London SW1Y 4JS, UK
- 39 The Grove, Ilkley, LS29 9LH Yorkshire
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+44 7850 34 3905 | rf@birn-partners.com
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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.
- Borupvang 3, 2750 Ballerup (Copenhagen)
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+47 917 51 360 | kij@birn-partners.com
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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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