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Kenneth Junge Hermansen

Senior Partner, CEO Norway 
MSc. Business and Administration

kjh@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 31 20 55 38

Kenneth leads the way with his high spirit, also when deadlines are to be met. He runs the office in Aarhus with focus on business development and innovation.

His sharp brain and many years of experience within innovation management and EU funding have made a big difference to many companies and universities getting grants. Moreover, Kenneth has extended proposal writing skills and a profound knowledge of project administration matters in both EU and national context.

The few hours Kenneth does not work, he is a busy daddy of two small children.

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Henrik Kemp

Senior Partner, CEO
MSc. Management of Technology

hk@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 31 52 32 36

Henrik has got a real nose for discovering the great idea which is one of the focal points for Nordic Innovators. During Henrik’s entire career, he has focused on helping startups getting EU funding. Now, Henrik puts all his energy to 

Despite being partner, Henrik’s personality does not dominate. On the contrary, he resembles of Gyro Gearloose - always thinking of new ideas. Also, Henrik is known to be a bit absent-minded - maybe because his brilliant mind is always working over.

In his spare free time, Henrik does karate which gives him new energy.

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Jesper Damlund

Senior Strategy Consultant
MSc. Finance & Strategic Management

jd@nordicinnovators.dk

Tel. +45 21 77 95 20

 

Jesper is the guy you want to talk to if you have a great idea or need advice on how to run your business. He is a profound networker and opens doors at every stakeholder level. Just remember to have plenty of time as Jesper talks… a lot! 

He gets the strategy and possible funding programmes tied together so clients achieve the best conditions to develop their business ideas. His many creative inputs make you think whether or not you have a viable business in sight. 

Jespers' sparkling mood always contributes to funny discussions at lunch. When business plans are not on his mind, his lively children or racing bike take over.  

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Kristoffer Riis

Partner, COO 
MSc. Management Research

kr@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 22 74 59 70

Kristoffer’s calm mindset makes him the perfect manager of our Danish office.

His task is not only to supervise and give our clients advice on innovation management, but also to tie the clients’ business ideas and needs to the right colleague who then will write their funding application.

Outside of work, Kristoffer's background as business development engineer shines through as he always has several ongoing projects at the same time - Kristoffer says, he just needs more time to finish them, however, we wonder...  

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Kjell Sørestrand-Hansen

Country Manager, Norway
MSc. International Relations

ksh@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.: +47 92 60 44 11

Kjell is a chatty guy who knows all about the Norwegian funding programmes. He is a customer-orientated individual with 20 years of practical insight and experience from both large companies, like Equinor (Statoil), SMB companies and start-ups.

He is a procurement specialist with vast experience from, e.g. product & service development, innovation, project management, strategy development and senior management.

Kjell travelled the world for many years and spent much time especially in Asia, Australia and Denmark. Outside of work, his first priority is family, but Kjell is also very passionate about football, diving and salmon fishing.

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Gabriel Morales Cid

Partner, Country Manager, Spain
PhD Analytical Chemistry, MSc. R&D Project Management & MSc. Advanced Fine Chemistry
gm@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 659 381 027

Gabriel has many years of experience with innovation management and soft funding programmes. Moreover, he has a recognised scientific background with a strong industrial slant.

Before Nordic Innovators, he was the founder and manager of an European Project Office and head of an industrial research group working with innovative SMEs and large industrial companies in the automotive, aerospace and food and packaging sectors.

Off work, Gabriel loves spending time with his growing family and not least his bass guitar.  

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Sébastien Allibe

Partner, Head of Quality Management 
MSc. Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

sa@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +33 (0)6 35 26 22 48

From his office in Lyon, Sébastien is the middleman ensuring the collaboration among our offices across Europe runs on tracks. He is the master of EU Delivery programmes and provides operational support and quality control to our staff across Europe. If you need to know about the article 6.2 A of the GA, how to appoint your LEAR, or to find the latest EC template, please ask Sébastien.

With more than 17 years’ experience within EU Framework programmes, Sébastien has successfully coordinated, negotiated and managed more than 80 EU proposals across different sectors and technology areas.

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Lise Nesgaard

Partner, Head of Scientific Programmes & University Partnerships
PhD Science and Technology
ln@nordicinnovators.dk 
Tel. +45 53 83 20 18

Lise has a strong intellectual and technical background in molecular biology and biotechnology as well as scientific programming. Before joining us, she was a fundraiser at Aarhus University.

With her personal emphasis on creative problem solving, knowledge generation and project management, Lise has taken on several tasks at Nordic Innovators. Lise is now head of Scientific Programmes & University Partnerships, a relatively new focus area for Nordic Innovators.

When Lise is not busy with work, she has a partiality to creative chores and needlework.

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Lana Stankovic

Programme Responsible EIC Accelerator
MSc. International Marketing and Management

ls@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 649 446 778

Lana has a remarkably strong background in business leadership with focus on constructing solid business and marketing plans and activities. Her career includes senior marketing and product management roles from large multinational companies such as Philips, L'Oréal and Beiersdorf.

Lana is an exceptional communicator and brings a wealth of knowledge regarding business and product development, consumer understanding, investor pitching and product innovation. Her broad experiences with funding programmes are an excellent fit for creating successful proposals built on solid business approaches. Therefore, she is part of the team preparing our clients to pitch.

After living in 5 European countries, Lana feels like a true European but Spain is where her heart is!

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Emiliano Lepore

Business Development
PhD Structural Engineering

el@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +65 8265 7018

Emiliano is entrepreneurial with a goal-oriented mindset. No surprise, he is co-inventor of 7 patents, 5 of them have successfully been licensed out. In addition, he has more than 10 years of experience within innovation and business development in medtech and biotech with international experience in Europe, Japan and Singapore.

Emiliano has lots of experience with EU funding schemes - initially a writer but is now focused on business development searching and identifying innovative companies across Europe with potential to be successful winners at a European level. 

When he is not working, he likes long runs and exploring the world with his wife and daughter.

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Filippo Maria Contenti

Business Development & Senior Project Consultant
MSc. Social Needs and Urban Areas Design, MSc. Marketing Research

fmc@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 663 795 286

Filippo is hardworking, straightforward and sometimes impulsive. He gives his best and runs the extra mile for clients. Moreover, Filippo gives valuable support and insights on how to make your business shine!

Filippo is attracted to original ideas aiming at increasing people’s quality of life and reducing our environmental footprint.

After work, Filippo enjoys "wrestling" with his two kids, literature master-pieces before sleeping, as well as running with his dog along Malaga seafront. Filippo is a gourmet food & wine nerd and loves to explore new cities and landscapes.

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Grego Martínez

Senior Project Consultant
MSc. Electronic Engineering

gmr@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 678 478 844

Grego has around 20 years of experience in the conception, definition, writing and execution of EU-funded projects combining electronic devices and/or ICTs. He also worked in the Catalonian Research & Innovation Centre and for the Italian scientific-medical institute of the spine, leading the tasks of business development, proposal preparation, knowledge and technology transfer.

Grego also works as Business Innovation consultant for the Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME - European Commission) in projects within the Health industry. 

Grego knows his home town, Barcelona by heart so he can be your local guide. Maybe because he loves asking questions - they probably add up during his daily meditation or after playing his Spanish guitar.

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Bernat González Llinares

Senior Project Consultant
PhD Experimental Neurosciences

bg@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Bernat has lots of experience from preparing feasibility studies (including business plans) to writing winning proposals for the European Innovation Council Pilot, FTI and Horizon 2020.

He provides added-value services that involve a thorough search of the market, regulations and competitor landscape, as well as discussing prototype improvements and new features. Bernat has specialist knowledge of the linguistic, ICT, biological and medical sectors.

Bernat's nomadic lifestyle has taken him around the globe but has now settled down in Malaga with his family.

In his free time, he enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee - flipping the disc helps him turn ideas upside down.

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Félix Urbain

Senior Project Consultant
PhD Materials Science

feu@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Félix has a very interdisciplinary background. In addition to his PhD in the field of Materials Science for Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage, he earns a Business, Management and Economics Master’s degree. In fact, Félix is a world record holder. Together with his former research team, he improved the efficiency record for Solar-to-Hydrogen conversion for prototype devices based on cheap photovoltaic materials.

Leaving the mark on the science community, Félix took on a new challenge by joining us to support clients with his experience to propel their innovative ideas toward real-world applications.

As a native Luxembourger, Félix speaks five languages. He appreciates living and working in warmer regions close to the sea.

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Charles Lawrence

Senior Project Consultant
PhD Materials Science

cl@nordicinnovators.dk 
Tel. +45 27 29 26 01

For the last decade, Charles has had a sharp pen on preparing successful funding applications for EU and Danish funding programmes. 

Moreover, he has been extensively involved in proposal preparation for research funding with a focus on the various European Commission Framework Programmes.

Charles is the longest serving Nordic Innovators employee. Though a lot has happended since the early years of Nordic Innovators, Charles is still Nordic Innovators' early bird and makes the coffee ready for us to drop in.

Behind Charles’ quiet appearance, he hides the most fantastic British sense of humour and conjures up the funniest comments.

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Michael Grasty

Senior Project Consultant
LL. B, Economics

mg@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 53 87 32 36

Michael’s South American bubbling personality makes a difference in the office and lightens up everyone’s morning mood. Regardless of causal charm, Michael is a detail-oriented person with a legal background and very studious and meets his clients at eye level, so the best application is developed.

Michael has hands-on-experience in the energy industry, having worked for 2 years in a gas transmission pipeline in New Zealand. He is knowledgeable in the SME Instrument Phase 1 and Phase 2, having written successful proposals in the areas of ICT, Agritech, Healthtech and Energy.”

Michael is not afraid of taking the initiative as his goal in life is to keep the world spinning and not just watch it from the sideline.

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Konstantina Kaisheva

Senior Project Consultant
MSc. International Business Economics

kk@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 53 89 32 36

Konstantina is a skilled project consultant specialized in proposal preparation and project management. She is passionate about innovative solutions which can be financed by Nordic and EU funding schemes.

Konstantina has prepared a number of winning project proposals and business cases in IT (IoT, machine-learning), clean tech, smart transport and infrastructure. 

When she is not working on projects for Nordic Innovators, Konstantina loves to play volleyball or lose a few hours in a video game.

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Joost Haugmark Jensen

Project Consultant
MSc. Agricultural Economics

jj@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 26 32 32 36 

Joost is an experienced project consultant and his success rate of grants won for innovative SMEs bears witness to his insight in administrating and applying for Danish innovation grants.

He has an international profile and has lived in both Belgium, Australia and the Netherlands. He has secured a sound background knowledge of the EU institutions and policies related to climate change, research and innovation. Joost is therefore eminent to acquainted himself with the clients’ place and situation.

When he and the colleagues need a break, they often play table football - rumour has it that he is the best player in Nordic Innovators.

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Vera Pinheiro

Project Consultant 
PhD Neurosciences

vp@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel: +45 31 76 61 80

Vera only needs a short brief and then she runs with the ball. This is shown in fact that only after a few months into to her job at Nordic Innovators, she accomplished to write several successful funding projects.

Vera is not a typical Portuguese person: she speaks five languages fluently, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Italian and English – pretty impressive. We wonder if Danish will be her sixth language.

Though Vera has never experienced a really cold winter in her childhood, she enjoyed being a winter swimmer when she lived in Denmark. Recently, Vera moved to Italy to be with her boyfriend.

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Alexander Thomasen

Project Consultant
MSc. Operations & Innovation Management

at@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 53 57 12 39

Alexander started as an intern. However, we were so pleased with his personality and work that we did not want to let him go! He has gone my many titles, lately he was promoted to also being a Team Lead. 

Alexander has strong analytical skills and not least eminent IT skills. No wonder he has a passion for thinking IT into new business opportunities and improving processes by identifying and optimizing various systems.

Alexander supports research tasks on selected projects and does back office analysis task as well. Moreover, he is taking lead on delivery of InnoBooster proposals.

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Ana-Marina Popescu

Project Consultant
MSc. Urban Planning and Management

amp@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.: +45 31 20 35 96

Marina is originally from Romania, but moved to Denmark in 2014. She graduated from Aalborg University in 2016 where she did research on livability, smart mobility planning, and citizen participation in Denmark, Romania, the UK and Poland. 

Marina has a background in funding applications and project management within mainly international and sustainable development, active citizenship and youth engagement.

When Marina is not occupied with project consulting, she is the inhouse photographer and not least Marina our graphic designer presentations, etc.

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Shelley Edmunds

Project Consultant 
PhD Biological Sciences, MSc. Business Admin and Bioentrepreneurship & MSc. Physiology
se@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 42 36 04 46

Shelley is a long way from home. She left New Zealand years ago and has lived in several European countries before finding her way to Denmark.

After finishing her PhD in Biology, she spent years doing research as a pre-clinical pharmacologist, working as a post-doc in Ireland, Germany and Sweden in different disease areas. New opportunities came up when she moved to Denmark. Shelley just finished a MSc in Business Admin and Bioentrepreneurship at CBS. She aimed to learn how to support other people in turning their ideas into real things - a perfect match for the future projects she will do at Nordic Innovators. 

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Emily Riley

Project Consultant
PhD Biophysics

er@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 31 44 22 90

After spending the last decade in Universities, Emily began a new chapter as project consultant at Nordic Innovators. 

In her previous career, she was a biophysicist who looked at how small things swim. As a project consultant, Emily looks forward to scaling up and spreading out her expertise. 

Outside of work Emily is really in to martial arts, especially now where Danish classes do not dominate her free time any more. Other than that, she does a bit of yoga or on a lazy day she plays video games. 

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Rajat Pandey

Project Consultant
PhD Biochemical & Metabolic Engineering

rp@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 28 11 66 23

Rajat joined Nordic Innovators with several years of experience writing successful funding applications for many different programmes and clients. He adds to our diversity as we welcome India to our many represented nationalities.

Prior to his PhD, Rajat worked as a research scientist at a Drug Discovery Company in India where he worked in protein production and structural studies. Before moving to Denmark, Rajat worked in Portugal for 7 years. 

When he is not occupied with work, his eyes are clued to books or other hobbies such as traveling, gardening and singing. Moreover, he looks forward to experiencing the Nordic culture.

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Ayşe Tolunay

Project Consultant 
MA Advanced Migration Studies 

ato@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 28 44 23 76

Ayşe's background is an odd combination that led her to work for EIT Health HQ as a project manager for 1,5 years. With EIT Health, she ran her own project and supported many HQ programmes. After a lot of business trips (at least twice a month until COVID-19) and reporting for the European Commission, she wanted to try the other side of supporting start-ups, and here she is at Nordic Innovators! 

Currently, Ayşe is doing a mini MBA at LSE, however, she tries to find some free time for herself while working on financial statements and learning Danish in the evenings. She hates the soft d and æ sounds! Ayşe is always down for running, biking and rowing.

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Michelle Jo Kirkeberg

Project Consultant
MSc. Psychology of Language

mki@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 60 38 90 42

Michelle is another great example of how a successful internship can result in a full-time job at Nordic Innovators. Michelle is always eager to meet new challenges and you are not in doubt that she has a linguistic background.

Michelle has a sharp pen and an eye for details which no doubt benefit the InnoBooster projects she is working on.

Off work, Michelle both enjoys the Copenhagen city life and not least long walks at the beach together with friends and family.

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Jacob Baun Laursen

Project Consultant
MSc Economics and Business Administration

jbl@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 28 44 23 71

Jacob has a academic background in Business Development and Market Research in an international context.

Jacob has a lot of experience working with statistical data and solving complex business cases.

Before joining Nordic Innovators, he worked as a financial service advisor at Nykredit and with financial management at TMJ.

In his free time, Jacob enjoys physical activity and both teaches and performs mixed martial arts and football.

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Satcha Jensen

Associate Project Consultant
MSc. Business and Development Studies

sje@nordicinnovators.dk

Satcha recently joined our team at the Vedbæk Office. She has an academic background in Business, Language and Culture with great interest in the Spanish language and Latin American culture - an advantage she no doubt will profit by when talking to all her Spanish colleagues.

Satcha has experience from teaching, working in start-ups and doing volunteer work around the world. Now she is all in on helping small businesses get investments and looks forward to gaining experience and knowledge from meeting and working with people from different backgrounds and different industries.

In her free time, Satcha enjoys dancing and spending time in the nature, while indoor time is spent on cooking with friends and baking delicious cakes.

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Kristian Thode

Associate Consultant 
MSc. Innovation and Entrepreneurial Dynamics

kbt@nordicinnovators.dk

During his master's, Kristian researched startup methodologies, business model innovation, management of product/service/process innovation and technological innovation systems (TIS). For his thesis, he did a novel exploratory study of hardware-tech startup’s experiences with “The lean startup” by Eric Ries. Before joining Nordic Innovators, he worked as a sales executive and business developer.

Kristian works predominantly with IFD applications but is also associated with other Danish grant schemes. He looks forward to making use of his educational background and turn it into successful applications for our clients.

In his free time, Kristian is an active scuba diver and an enthusiastic basketball fan who can be found participating in outdoor pick-up games during the summer. 

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Bruce George Sutherland

Project Consultant
MSc. Biotechnology, Doctorate in Plant Molecular Biology

bgs@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Bruce has been with us since the beginning. His background is in classical and molecular genetics of cultivated plants, plant breeding and forestry. He spent many years working as a plant breeder and geneticist in the UK.

Bruce handles all manner of European and Danish projects, from mechanical engineering, IT, biomedicine, food science, water quality and fish farming, to mention just a few.

He moved to Spain with a secret ambition. He restored an abandoned farm and lives the very simple life in the middle of the mountains with, among others, mosquito bites, goats, wild boars and is planting while sunburnt in summer and frozen in winter... 

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Miguel Narvaez

Project Consultant
University Expert in Air Traffic Management, Air Traffic Controller license by Global ATS Ltd.

mn@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Miguel has an academic background in photovoltaic solar energy systems and in Thermal & Photovoltaic systems design.

Before joining Nordic Innovators, Miguel was responsible for the technical department at Odin Importaciones. Moreover, he has had his own IT company.

Luckily, Miguel lives close to the sea. In his free time, Miguel enjoys doing almost any activity related to the sea, from sailing to diving or fishing.

Alejandro Varas Gálvez

Project consultant
MSc. Innovation Management

avg@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Alejandro has been involved in R&I since 2008 trying to find disruptive solutions for social demands and thinking about how to improve the world. He has also been an adviser to start-ups and participated in incubators and support programs for Technology Based Enterprises with which he loved to spend time brainstorming about new applications to their products. Alejandro is always willing to help with any technology challenge.

Alejandro is a proud father of two girls - and when they are not occupying him, he enjoys DIY-projects related to electronics and rocketry, basketball or reading sci-fi books or biographies about brilliant people - Richard Feynman rocks!

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Claudia García Guzmán

Project Consultant
PhD in Medicinal Chemistry

cg@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Claudia has two passions in life - Science and travel. Therefore, she has been studying and developing her career in different countries in Europe (Norway, Germany, Finland, France and UK). Claudia even did a collaboration in the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) in the south of India.

Claudia has experience in writing Horizon 2020 proposals, mainly related to medical devices, intelligent of things and food sector with a big interest on improving people's quality of life and developing a sustainable life. After living abroad for 7 years, Claudia joined Nordic Innovators in Malaga and enjoys living under warmer skies again.

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Ana Cristina Calvo Lainez

Project Consultant
PhD Molecular Biology

ac@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Another project consultant just joined the Malaga office! Ana will be working on the SME Instrument projects. Besides her experience with several funding programmes, she has numerous years of laboratory experience in neurobiology and behavior. Recently, she worked as a freelance innovation consultant.

She loves learning about innovative companies and their projects and not least helping them to reach their goals. Ana also likes visiting new countries and meeting people from all over the world, so the Danish offices are looking forward to her visit. Although, she now lives in the sunny and beautiful city of Granada, she has also lived in Norway and in the US. 

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Giulia Di Matteo

Project Consultant
Msc. Statistic, Economic and Demographic Sciences

gdm@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Giulia has a background in statistics, economic and demographic sciences and just recently started to match this scientific knowledge with the European project management. Before Giulia moved to Spain, she worked in Brussels helping agricultural entrepreneurs developing marketing strategies and getting support from European funding schemes under the CAP.

Like a good Italian, one of Giulia's big passions is cooking & sharing. She loves to organise dinners and share the traditional Italian – but also international – recipes. Moreover, she loves travelling and learning about new cultures, a passion that she cultivates by volunteering with international NGO. 

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Vasco Brummer

Project consultant
Dr. rer. nat.

vb@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 621 339 535

Vasco is the first Northern European employee at the Malaga office. Vasco is German but his heart already belongs to Andalucia.

Before joining Nordic Innovators, he worked at various universities in Germany as researcher and research coordinator. Vasco enjoys working across the offices developing both succesful Danish and EU funding applications.  

Living near the Black Forest, it has been mandatory to do some hiking, mountain biking and skiing. Now, hopefully stand-up paddling in the Mediterranean will take over if Vasco can find the time away from his family and 1-year old son.

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Darya Zavertalyuk

EU Programme Delivery Manager

MA Psychology

dz@nordicinnovators.dk

Darya brings more than five years of experience in proposal writing within many different programmes.

Moreover, her experience combines business development, proposal writing and project acquisition, project management, as well as provision of advisory and research for public sector clients and international financial institutions.

Darya left her home country, Ukraine, years ago. She is very passionate about travelling and exploring new cultures.

She speaks four languages and is eager to start learning Spanish. When time permits it, she enjoys figure skating!

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Wael Obeid

Project Consultant
MSc. Biotechnology, Microbiology, Diagnostics & Therapeutics Engineering
wo@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.+34 722 205 977

Wael brings years of experience within EU funding programmes feeding his passion for strategic consultancy and startup innovation space. His combination of social, confident, dreamer and ambitious mindsets have led him to undertake an exciting journey in different countries.

Wael left Lebanon when he was 17 for studies in France. Later, he moved to Spain to pursue his academic career, first as a researcher. Wael is a creative, versatile and positive person with high team spirit. He enjoys his wide communication capacities speaking Arabic, English, Spanish, and French. He enjoys socializing, football and tennis, listening to uplifting music and watching documentaries.

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Hana Finkova

Project Consultant
MSc. international affairs and EU integration

hf@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Internationalisation and multiculturalism is what defines Hana most. She has lived in several places but for now she is based in Spain.

Hana started to work at the Ministry of Finance on EU affairs. However, as she was more attracted to the practical and more human side of the EU integration, she got closer to Horizon 2020 and the world of innovative SMEs. This led her to be a consulant who is drawn to the topics of environment, biodiversity, circular economy, education, rule of law, etc. She aims to make EU better from within the Nordic Innovators' team. 

Hana spends her free time with family, doing crafts or go for runs enjoying beautiful Barcelona.

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Jan Rezek

Lead Consultant
MSc. Strategy, Organisation, Leadership

jr@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.: +45 25 33 98 89 

We are happy to have Jan onboard as he adds another nationality to our multinational culture. Jan is from the Czech Republic, but has lived in Denmark for the last five years. At Aarhus BSS he studied his true passion – business strategies and development.

Jan has an entrepreneurial background with focus on startups and new ventures. His internationally-focused mindset enables him to see things around himself from many different perspectives - an attribute he uses a lot in his approach to write the many successful Norwegian funding application. 

Outside of work, Jan enjoys exploring all different aspects of Danish hygge.

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Pernille Barkholt Rask

Project Consultant
Cand.scient Molecular Biology

pbr@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 26 80 59 65

Pernille is part of the Aarhus office, which mainly focusses on the many different Norwegian funding programmes. Here, Pernille primarily works with the SkatteFUNN programme. 

Pernille has a master degree in Molecular Biology. She has spent much time in the Laboratory doing research in aging and thereby developed a scientist mind. She enjoys expanding her knowledge, broaden her horizon as well as gaining new skills. 

In her spare time, Pernille enjoys different outdoor activities with her family but also relaxing with board games or knitting.

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Jessica Pellarini

Project Consultant
MSc. Political Science and European Studies

jp@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 26 80 32 72

Jessica, who is Italian, moved to Denmark years ago to be together with her boyfriend.

She recently joined the Aarhus office and looks forward to working on different proposals. In her previous jobs, she worked as a manager of Horizon 2020 projects.

In her free time, Jessica is passionate about reading and cooking and she likes to go for hikes and immerse herself in nature. 

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Marta Coma mart

Project Consultant
PhD Environmental Engineering Technology

mc@nordicinnovators.dk
+45 26 24 74 17

Marta brings Southern European charm to the Aarhus office and fits well in our multicultural environment. Marta is originally from the most northeast part of Spain but has lived in several countries such as Portugal, Belgium, UK, Australia and now Denmark.

Marta has always worked for universities, teaching and doing research and development together with companies. However, now she is ready to help people to do the same with Nordic Innovators.

When she has time which is not much with a 1 year old, she loves to cook savoury food, try new dishes from different countries and bake cakes! Moreover, as many other "Nordic Innovators", Marta loves to travel.

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Debayan Banerjee

Project Consultant
MSc. Business Creation & Entrepreneurship

db@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +47

With a background in Structural Engineering, Debayan has been working in the field of innovation since 2016. Iinitially, he left his home country, India for one year, however, eight years later he is still living in Norway. 

Debayan is a techno-commercial professional with over 14 years of experience. He has great interest in Strategy development, Consulting & Advisory for SMEs. At Nordic Innovators, he enjoys navigating the Norwegian and EU funding landscape for startups/SMEs so they can rapidly accelerate their commercialization. 

Off work, he likes to read books, argue about things for hours, listen to and make some music, out and about in nature....

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Erik Ländström

Associate Project Consultant
PhD in Bioinformatics

egl@nordicinnovators.dk 
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45 27 79 41 90

Love led Erik to Denmark and he has now settled down in Aarhus with his girlfriend.

After finishing his MSc. in Molecular Biology from the University of Gothenburg, his hometown in Sweden, he spent four years researching diabetes at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.

Moreover, Erik has experience in applying statistical and data scientific methods to tackle problems in life science. Erik looks forward to making use of his background and turn it into successful applications for our clients.

In his free time, Erik enjoys traveling, going to concerts and cooking recipes from all over the world.

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Eirik Kråkenes

Project Consultant
MSc. Industrial Economics

ek@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +47 97 18 33 43

Eirik joined the Bergen office recently and looks forward to using his experience on developing winning proposals for the Norwegian programmes.

Eirik has an interest in Lean Six Sigma, relational (win-win) contracts and published in 2019 an academic paper at the IGLC conference in Dublin for Lean Construction. Moreover, he worked for companies within oil & gas, water start-up company in Indonesia and Engineers Without Borders where he currently is working for improving HSQE on two plastic recycling facilities in Burkina Faso and Mali.

In his free time, he spends much time in nature and loves going for surfing trips to Indonesia. He spent 10 amazing years abroad and lived in incredible places like the Caribbean, Brazil and Thailand.

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Trine Haddeland

Associate Project Consultant
MSc. International Economic Consulting

th@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel.  +45 26 80 58 14

Trine is part of the Aarhus team and brings a broad knowledge within business development, innovation management and development economics.

She has a deep interesting in trade across borders and a strong curiosity for cultural differences which is why Trine went abroad twice within the last years; first to China and then to Ghana.

Trine has been growing up in Denmark, but as half Norwegian she spends most holidays in the lovely city, Mandal, in the South of Norway. When she is not working or traveling, Trine enjoys playing volleyball with friends.

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Frederik Mølgaard

Associate Project Consultant
MSc. Digital Design

fm@nordicinnovators.dk

Frederik has a background in digital design, aesthetic theory and computer science and is a part of our team in Aarhus. With prior experience in the fields of design and software development, and a passion for anything academic, Frederik loves diving into new fields of knowledge and help people frame their problems as well their research proposals.

Frederik has also experienced the startup environment first-hand working on developing virtual reality programmes for the Danish health sector.

When Frederik is not working on new proposals, he loves to read and write about philosophical classics and produce music from his home studio.

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Julie Wedell-Wedellsborg

Senior HR Specialist 
MSc. Human Nutrition 

jw@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 26 79 71 22

As the number of new “Nordic Innovators” keeps growing, we have hijacked Julie as our new HR Specialist to help us make sure that we offer an attractive working environment.  

Julie has worked as a consultant for the last 15 years, mainly around change management. Her passion is to develop, support and implement effective projects, teams and organisations - create working environments with health, safety and wellbeing as the driver for high performance.

When Julie is not spending her energy on corporate health, she is, among others, burning it off on the tennis court or together with her husband and 3 children.

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Ana Dominguez

HR Responsible
BA. Law 

ad@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +34 951 245 480

Ana has a degree in Law and is specialized in Human Resources. She joined Nordic Innovators to help us recrute the right people to our dynamic team and not least develop our HR department.

She brings more than 10 years of experience in Human Resources departments of multinational companies, in technology and innovation projects.
She thinks that the best way to work is to create the best environment, be generous, flexible and never forget a smile.

Her passion is her family and the museums, calling herself "friki of them".

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Susanne Kemp

Communications Manager
MSc. International Business Communication

sk@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 60 75 26 34 

Susanne is shaping the internal and external communication of Nordic Innovators and help planning and conveying our communication activities.

She has a history of working with marketing communication, mainly Business-to-Business and digital marketing in the media and hearing aid industry. She has also organised several seminars and team events that have taking place around the world. 

During winter, Susanne can sometimes be hard to find as she either off skiing again or just away for her daily winter dip in the sea.

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Mette Paasch Petersen

Head of Accounting 
MSc. Economics and Business Administration

mp@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45 24 40 51 53

Don’t be fooled by Mette’s young face! She is already an experienced accountant is Head of Accounting.

Not only does she work full time, she also studies part time at Copenhagen Business School to finish her master’s degree in Science in Economics and Business Administration. So, when you ask her – “what do you do in your free time”, she laughs… and you understand why. The few hours left in her busy life is devoted to her boyfriend, her little son who does not sleep much, friends and the golden doodle, Laika.

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Gintarė Kicaitė

Office Assistant 
BA. Business Administration 

gk@nordicinnovators.dk
Tel. +45  60 90 61 94

Gintare has many different tasks as office assistant. She is always prepared to help everyone who reach out for help. However, luckily she is most busy with assisting the CFO.

Gintare is from Lithuania but has been living in Denmark for several years. Her 7 year old daughter corrects her Danish every day, so one day she will be able to speak it as fluently as her.  

When Gintare is not busy at Nordic Innovators, she enjoys travelling, outdoors activities but also just relaxing with a good movie or book.

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Veronika Zsuzsanna Bankó

Student Assistant 
Industrial Engineering and Management

vba@nordicinnovators.dk

While pursuing a MSc. in Industrial Engineering and Management at the Technical University of Denmark, Veronika is our student assistant and is helping out at the Vedbaek office and doing her thesis.

Veronika came to Denmark because of the great quality and practical approach of the higher education and fell in love with the country. She enjoys the cycling culture and the extremely large emphasis on sustainability, the latter one has completely changed her lifestyle. Veronika does not have much free time, however, she tries to keep in touch with her boyfriend and family in Hungary, practise yoga, enjoy the nature and read.

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Tereza Shanelova

Student Assistant 
Stud. MSc. Business Intelligence 

ts@nordicinnovators.dk

Tereza is our student assistant at the Aarhus office while studying MSc. Business Intelligence at Aarhus University. She will assist us in initiating internal business intelligence activities such as data gathering, analysis and data visualisations. 

Tereza is from the Czech Republic but has been living in Denmark for the last 4 years. She enjoys the Scandinavian culture and outdoor activities, such as cycling, hiking and tennis. On calmer days, yoga, books, sewing or board games take over.

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