Elís Benediktsson
Senior Innovation Adviser
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Elís Benediktsson
Senior Innovation Adviser
Elís combines his scientific educational background with his broad international experience in biotech, banking and economic diplomacy. His main strengths lie within business development & analysis, project management, as well as international trade & investment advisory.
Håkan Lind
Senior Innovation Adviser
Håkan Lind
Senior Innovation Adviser
Håkan has 15 years’ of experience in international business development and promotional work with vast experience from developed and emerging markets.
Anna-Maija Sunnanmark
Senior Innovation Adviser
Anna-Maija Sunnanmark
Senior Innovation Adviser
Anna-Maija is a finance and business development professional with 20 years’ of experience in identifying innovations and scalable business models in various industries in international context with execution capability, a can-do-attitude, holistic perspective and passion to build on Nordic strongholds.
Marthe Haugland
Senior Innovation Adviser
Marthe Haugland
Senior Innovation Adviser
Marthe combines her international experience with her knowledge of business development and innovation to promote Nordic cooperation within the circular economy. She belives Nordic cooperation can drive the systemic change and give Nordic companies a competitive edge going forward.
Mikael von Dorrien
Senior Innovation Adviser
Mikael von Dorrien
Senior Innovation Adviser
Mikael has long experience working within the field of hightech startups. With a background from Swedish Almi Invest, he has in depth knowledge of the startup investor market. Since 2014 Mikael has worked at Nordic Innovation with entrepreneurship, Nordic Innovation Houses and now the Nordic Smart Mobility and Connectivity program.
Þórður Reynisson
Senior Innovation Adviser
Þórður Reynisson
Senior Innovation Adviser
Magnus Buer
Senior Communication Adviser (On parental leave)
Magnus Buer
Senior Communication Adviser (On parental leave)
Magnus loves to find and tell the stories hiding among Nordic Innovation’s activities. His journalism background has given him a knack for finding the right words at the right time to get the message across.
Mona Truelsen
Senior Innovation Adviser
Mona Truelsen
Senior Innovation Adviser
Mona has deep experience in developing collaboration between different Nordic stakeholders, companies and the public sector within the field of health and welfare making the Nordic region a frontrunner internationally.
Frigg Harlung-Jensen
Communication Adviser
Frigg Harlung-Jensen
Communication Adviser
Frigg has for about eight years been working with different aspects of digital communication. Her main focus is social media and managing the Nordic Innovation website, but her area of interest also includes internal communication and graphic design.
Rasmus Malmborg
Senior Innovation Adviser
Rasmus Malmborg
Senior Innovation Adviser
Rasmus has extensive international experience in complex project management, predominantly within health care system development. Prior to joining Nordic Innovation, Rasmus has been with LHL International for nine years and worked the last four years as CEO.
Lena Henriksson
Head of Communication
Lena Henriksson
Head of Communication
Visionary change maker who believes in a good strategy. Combined communication and marketing expert with working experience from the broadcasting businesses Swedish Radio and UR. Walked from Media to Business and became responsible for marketing, corporate communication and PR in startups and institutes. Interested in making a difference with great communication.
Simen Strand Jørgensen
Project Manager, Nordic Council of Ministers
Simen Strand Jørgensen
Project Manager, Nordic Council of Ministers
Simen works for Nordic Council of Ministers, as a communications advisor and project manager for Norden i Fokus, a project that organizes seminars on current topics in politics, environment, business and culture. He is interested new technology and digital trends and has a broad background with strategic and political communication, press work and content production.
Iiris Tarvonen
Communication Adviser
Iiris Tarvonen
Communication Adviser
Iiris loves to help making a difference through creative communication. Her experience in research communication has made her good in finding and communicating key messages in an understandable way. She has a background in media and cultural studies.
Niina Aagaard
Chief Operating Officer
Niina Aagaard
Chief Operating Officer
Niina has been working as COO at Nordic Innovation since the autumn of 2017. Before that she has a history within Finnish governmental trade and investment promotion, and from the private sector. She is a strategist who believes that practiced diversity is best for the business. She is empowered by people.
Haukur Stefánsson
Senior Administration Adviser
Haukur Stefánsson
Senior Administration Adviser
Haukur has been involved in international cooperation since 2005, working for the Nordic cooperation since 2009. He is an expert on all matters regarding organization-administration and is the go-to person when it comes to HR.
Skule Storheil
Financial Manager
Skule Storheil
Financial Manager
Skule has been working for Nordic Innovation for several years, handling all financial matters and IT for the organization.
Mikael Heimonen
Special Adviser
Svein Berg
Managing Director
Svein Berg
Managing Director
Svein began as managing director of Nordic Innovation in 2017. Before that he held various positions in Innovation Norway, including Senior Vice President and Regional Director. Svein has also been CEO of The Norwegian Seafood Council and an Advisor in the Norwegian Ministry for Local Government. He holds a master's degree in economics from The University of Oslo.
Trine Moa
Senior Administration Adviser
Trine Moa
Senior Administration Adviser
Trine has more than 14 years of experience working with strategic planning, developing and implementing methodology and tools for results management, evaluation and learning, with an innovative and solutions-oriented approach to her work.
Hanna Törmänen
Innovation Adviser
Hanna Törmänen
Innovation Adviser
Hanna has background in Nordic and international exports, public-private cooperation, project management and market analysis. Her focus at Nordic Innovation is to support Nordic businesses and ecosystems in their transition towards sustainable and circular business models.
Linda Valestrand
Administration Consultant
Linda Valestrand
Administration Consultant
Linda has 23 years of administrative and client service experience. She is a problem solver and our go to person when it comes to procurements and knowledge about the daily administration of Nordic Innovation.
Rola Yazbeck
Intern
Rola Yazbeck
Intern
Rola has a great interest in taking part in the development from an idea into practice. With a previous academic background in international political studies, she has previously worked as a case office at a Swedish government agency. A true people person which believes that cooperation is key for innovation.
Ivar Josefsson
Innovation Adviser
Ivar Josefsson
Innovation Adviser
Ivar combines his international experience with an environmental background to identify the most promising Nordic projects for achieving sustainable growth. His main strengths lie within the fields of international relations and environment, and he worked briefly in the international development sector prior to joining Nordic Innovation in 2018.
Nina Egeli
Senior Innovation Adviser
Nina Egeli
Senior Innovation Adviser
Internationalization, innovation and business development support, in combination with a strong background in strategy and policy development are main pillars in Nina’s professional life. Through project design and management, she aims to fit market needs with relevant services and opportunities that allows new business partnerships and business projects to prosper.